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Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
Top CEOs sign up to help tackle South Africa’s energy, transport and crime crises
CEOs from some of South Africa’s largest companies – including Sasol’s Fleetwood Grobler, Anglo American’s Nolitha Fakude, former Exxaro CEO Mxolisi Mgojo, Toyota South Africa’s Andrew Kirby,...
Private offtake market adds new impetus to black energy group’s pioneering IPP journey
The journey by South Africa’s Pele Energy Group (PEG) from fledgling energy investor to that of a pioneering black-owned and -managed independent power producer (IPP) is receiving fresh impetus...
Private sector technical teams to begin work at four troubled coal stations
Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), will be deployed soon across four troubled coal-fired power stations to assist Eskom...
Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan, which he has dubbed IRP 2023, is imminent,...
Economic development not a qualifying criterion for 513 MW battery storage bids
Economic development factors have not been included as qualifying criteria for South Africa’s inaugural Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP), through which the...
Climate commission recommends grid public–private partnerships to speed up just energy transition
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be explored to expand and strengthen South Africa’s...
Fuel industry does not foresee loadshedding-induced diesel shortages this winter
The South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) is not anticipating a domestic diesel supply crunch this winter as a result of a spike in generator-related demand, despite ongoing warnings...
Climate commission calls for revised IRP to upscale renewables allocation to 60 GW by 2030
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which is currently under review, caters for the building of between 50 GW and...
10 GW distributed generation pipeline to help close shortfall in time – Ramaphosa
While warning of a difficult winter for electricity security, President Cyril Ramaphosa has again moved to highlight the success of a recent market reform that has enabled private distributed...
Limited nature of Electricity Minister’s new powers confirmed by Presidency
The Presidency insists that the transfer of responsibility for Section 34(1) of the Electricity Regulation Act to Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa “provides the Minister with a...
President transfers limited powers to procure new electricity generation from Mantashe to Ramokgopa
Following more than two months of uncertainty and reported Cabinet infighting, President Cyril Ramaphosa has transferred Ministerial powers relating to the procurement of new electricity generation...
Private sector injects R340m to support growth of South Africa’s manufacturing sector
A new public-private initiative has been launched in an effort to support the growth and development of South Africa’s manufacturing sector, whose recovery from the Covid lockdowns is currently...
Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement
The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with the Eskom board having approved three emergency...
Namibia signs agreement opening way for feasibility study of $10bn green ammonia project
Namibia has taken another step towards the creation of a green hydrogen industry, after President Hage Geingob’s Cabinet agreed this week to sign a feasibility and implementation agreement (FIA)...
Enviro department evaluating EIAs for renewables projects with a combined capacity of 9 789 MW
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports that the department’s environmental impact assessment section is currently processing applications for renewable-energy...
More than 200 financial institutions are now pursuing coal exclusion policies
More than 200 financial institutions globally, including five South African banks, have established coal exclusion policies, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial...
South Africa urged to explore co-location of wind and solar to maximise limited grid capacity
Co-locating wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities at a single grid connection point could help maximise the use of South Africa’s existing, albeit constrained, transmission network capacity...
Nearly 1 000 MW of private wind projects now registered with the energy regulator
Wind projects with a combined capacity of 984 MW have been registered with the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa), a development that the South African Wind Energy Association...
Makwana hints at possible legal action against De Ruyter
Eskom chairperson Mpho Makwana has indicated that the current board is preparing a possible legal case against former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter for what he describes as “transgressions” arising...
Eskom warns of Stage 8 loadshedding this winter but insists risk of blackout is low
Eskom has indicated that Stage 8 loadshedding – representing 16 hours of cuts in a 32-hour cycle – is possible this winter if coal plant breakdowns breach 18 000 MW and demand rises in sync with...
Gordhan refutes claim that he prompted De Ruyter’s private Eskom investigation
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan tore strips off former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter during his appearance before Parliament’s Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) on Wednesday,...
Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan, which he has dubbed IRP 2023, is imminent,...
Climate commission recommends grid PPPs to speed up just energy transition
The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be explored to expand and strengthen South Africa’s...
Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement
The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with the Eskom board having approved three emergency...
Bill opening the way for competitive electricity market forwarded to Parliament
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has published an explanatory summary of the much-anticipated Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill, which is now poised to be introduced to...
South African port operator pursuing R8bn OEM strategy to bolster equipment performance
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) is optimistic that its emerging strategy of entering into long-term agreements with original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for the supply and life-cycle maintenance...
Ramaphosa denies JETP ‘incoherence’ or being forced to transition from coal
President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that there is any incoherence in his Cabinet regarding the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with developed countries that have agreed to extend...
Lack of action by law enforcement agencies prompted private Eskom investigation – Makgoba
Former Eskom interim chairperson Professor Malegapuru Makgoba believes there would have been no reason for former CEO André de Ruyter to pursue a privately funded intelligence investigation of...
Mantashe says release of ‘IRP 2023’ for comment is imminent
Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reports that an updated version of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity will be released imminently for public consideration....
Treasury says technical assessment of coal stations to be completed by July
The National Treasury has confirmed that the once-off independent review of Eskom’s 14 coal fired power stations is under way and should be concluded by July. The review was announced by Finance...
Ramokgopa says 'frank' talks held with JETP partners on possible coal decommissioning delay
Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that “open and frank” discussions have been held with those countries that have agreed to extended $8.5-billion in concessional funding to...
Auto industry, govt still at odds over demand-side electric-vehicle incentives
The South African automotive industry has again appealed for the inclusion of demand-side incentives to stimulate the uptake of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), notwithstanding government’s...
BLSA defends R18m support for private investigation at Eskom
Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has defended the organisation’s decision to respond to a request by former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter to fund a private investigation into...
More than 200 financial institutions are now pursuing coal exclusion policies
More than 200 financial institutions globally, including five South African banks, have established coal exclusion policies, a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial...
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