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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.
Municipal credit risk poses big challenge as Eskom gears up to implement virtual wheeling
The credit risk associated with municipalities in arrears to Eskom poses a challenge to the roll-out of the utility’s proposed virtual wheeling platform and is also likely to limit the ability of...
Study under way into producing green direct reduced iron at mothballed Saldanha Works
Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) is moving ahead with a study into the production of green hydrogen directly reduced iron (gHDRI) at its mothballed Saldanha Steel Works, in the...
Only 28 of the 136 munis owing Eskom R58bn-plus approved to participate in write-off scheme
Only 28 municipalities have to date been given approval by the National Treasury to participate in the Eskom Municipal Debt Relief Support Programme, which was announced in the February Budget as...
Kusile Unit 3 supplying 720 MW to grid, Eskom confirms
Eskom has confirmed that Unit 3 at the Kusile coal-fired power station is currently providing 720 MW into the electricity grid using a temporary flue that bypasses the flue-gas desulphurisation...
‘Instrument’ being studied to open rooftop solar to poorer households
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that work is under way on the creation of an “instrument” that will allow poorer households to participate in the ongoing roll-out of rooftop solar...
Eskom expects to roll out virtual wheeling scheme before end of 2024
Electricity utility Eskom expects to formally roll-out a virtual wheeling scheme, which it has been piloting with mobile telecoms group Vodacom since August, to the rest of the market before the...
Early Kusile restart uncertain as Creecy adjudicates emissions appeal
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed that Minister Barbara Creecy is still adjudicating an appeal of the National Air Quality Officer’s (NAQO’s) decision...
Grid investment ‘fully funded’ for next three years, but scale-up requires alternative models
Eskom has indicated that it has sufficient funding for the coming three years for the grid infrastructure investments that will be pursued in line with its Transmission Development Plan, but says...
Pace of energy transition will define South Africa’s economic prospects – Olver
Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) executive director Dr Crispian Olver says South Africa’s energy transition and the pace at which it progresses will determine the country’s long-term economic...
Standard Bank’s pipeline of private utility scale renewables projects stands at 4 GW
Standard Bank reports that it has financed 400 MW of distributed generation since government’s recent decision to allow utility scale projects of any size to proceed without a licence even when...
Fuel cell electric vehicle demonstration seen as catalyst for nascent green hydrogen economy
In a milestone for South Africa’s nascent green hydrogen economy, three large corporates have teamed up to showcase the potential of using domestically produced hydrogen as a zero-emission...
As Kusile unit returns early, South Africa misses renewables procurement deadline
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has welcomed the earlier-than-expected return of Kusile Unit 3 coal-fired generation, but has also acknowledged that government simultaneously failed to...
JET pledges rise to $11.9bn as South Africa moves to finalise implementation plan
The South African government has received additional pledges, worth nearly $3.5-billion, in support of its Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET IP), increasing the overall envelope of...
Export component of South Africa’s green hydrogen strategy will seek to lock in price subsidies
The initial export component of South Africa’s yet-to-be-approved Green Hydrogen Commercialisation Strategy is not premised on the trade of scarce renewable electrons – converted into molecules or...
Renewables-hosting capacity of existing Western Cape grid could be doubled with 10% curtailment
An assessment by two leading European transmission system operators (TSOs) of an Eskom-generated grid analysis shows that the capacity of the existing Western Cape grid to host variable renewable...
SIU’s Mothibi says contents of private Eskom investigation ‘cannot be ignored’
Special Investigating Unit head Advocate Andy Mothibi says the fact that former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter did not receive board authorisation to commission a private intelligence investigation into...
Localisation policy locking SA into ‘wrong path’ – report
A new Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) report argues that the South African government’s policy of localisation is locking the country “into the wrong path” of rising protection and...
Eskom aiming not to breach Stage 4 loadshedding this summer
Eskom is aiming to limit loadshedding to Stage 4 during the summer months to the end of March by restricting unplanned breakdowns to 14 500 MW during what is also its high-maintenance season, when...
Roadmap to ‘fundamentally reform’ freight logistics sector by end of October
Government has committed to finalise a Freight Logistics Roadmap, outlining a sequenced set of actions to fundamentally reform the logistics system, by the end of October. The commitment was made...
IDC reports surge in disbursements to R17.8bn despite economic headwinds
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has reported a 147% surge in disbursements to R17.8-billion for 2022/23, up from only R7.2-billion in the prior year – a performance that is within...
Creecy upholds decision allowing Kusile to bypass pollution system, with tighter conditions
Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has upheld the decision of the National Air Quality Officer (NAQO) to permit the temporary operation of the Kusile coal power station...
Early Kusile restart uncertain as Creecy adjudicates emissions appeal
The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed that Minister Barbara Creecy is still adjudicating an appeal of the National Air Quality Officer’s (NAQO’s) decision...
Kenhardt hybrid plant to prove competitiveness of dispatchable renewables – Scatec CEO
The global head of renewable-energy group Scatec is “extremely enthusiastic” about the market opportunities in South Africa, where he says variable wind and solar generation offer the cheapest and...
As new Mulilo chair, Jan Oberholzer hopes to support 5 GW roll-out
South African independent power producer Mulilo Energy has appointed former Eskom COO Jan Oberholzer as its new non-executive chairperson as it gears up to grow its renewables and battery storage...
Grid investment ‘fully funded’ for next three years, but scale-up requires alternative models
Eskom has indicated that it has sufficient funding for the coming three years for the grid infrastructure investments that will be pursued in line with its Transmission Development Plan, but says...
Gordhan criticises Eskom’s ‘elongated’ restructuring timelines, wants grid company trading from Nov
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has criticised Eskom’s “elongated” restructuring timeframes and has called for greater urgency and drive from the utility in completing the remaining...
Eskom expects NTCSA to begin trading from April
Eskom expects the remaining suspensive conditions required for the operationalisation of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) to be met by the end of its current financial year...
Energy Regulator approves two outstanding licences for new grid company
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved the two licence applications required for the operationalisation of the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA),...
Diesel supply problem blamed for low OCGT use during intense loadshedding week
Eskom has confirmed that problems in the diesel supply chain last week meant that it did not operate its open-cycle gas turbines (OCGTs) as “hard” as it would have done normally in a context where...
M&R continuing with efforts to regain RUC as it seeks to rebuild from 2023 shock
Downscaled engineering and contracting group Murray & Roberts (M&R) is continuing with efforts to regain control of RUC, the Australian mining services business it lost when its Australian holding...
Two more risk mitigation hybrid projects take steps towards financial close
Two more preferred bidders selected as part of the much-delayed Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which was launched as an emergency procurement round in...
New grid company to be buyer and system operator under transitional arrangements
The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) has confirmed that transitional arrangements are being put in place to ensure that the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) will be able...
Renewables hosting capacity of existing Western Cape grid could be doubled with 10% curtailment
An assessment by two leading European transmission system operators (TSOs) of an Eskom-generated grid analysis shows that the capacity of the existing Western Cape grid to host variable renewable...
Cabinet consulted on IRP update, but further input required before public release
Cabinet was consulted on the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity during its meeting on September 13, but the document will be further consulted and revised before it is released...
Pieterse says results of State configuration review could be made known before November
New National Treasury director-general Dr Duncan Pieterse reports that recommendations arising from a joint review by the National Treasury and the Presidency regarding the configuration of...
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