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Reducing demand charges requires a deliberate peak-shaving strategy
Tariff arbitrage emerges as bankable strategy
23rd October 2026 By: Keabetswe Shilakwe

Escalating time-of-use (ToU) tariff prices are prompting South African commercial and industrial electricity users to reconsider how and when they consume energy, says solar energy provider... 


DOMINIC GONCALVES 
Developers and independent power producers are beginning to consider not only who will buy electricity, but how output can be divided, shaped, firmed, traded and reallocated over its operating life
Renewable fixed-tariff PPA no longer only option – company
23rd October 2026 By: Keabetswe Shilakwe

The dominance of the long-term, fixed-tariff power purchase agreement (PPA) as the sole bankable contract for renewable energy in Southern Africa is ending, says financial advisory company Cresco... 


IPP breaks ground on 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park
23rd October 2026

Independent power producer (IPP) Yellow Door Energy in September announced that it had broken ground on the 49 MWp Lion Thorn Solar Park, near Leeudoringstad in the Maquassi Hills Local... 


AI helps Discovery Green manage renewable energy procurement risk
AI helps Discovery Green manage renewable energy procurement risk
23rd October 2026

Discovery Green, the renewable-energy business of financial services and insurance group Discovery, is using AI to manage the risks its business clients face when procuring renewable energy.... 


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