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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.
Systems in place for recoding of 6.8m prepaid meters ahead of Nov 2024 deadline – Eskom
Eskom insists its systems and strategies are in place to facilitate the seamless operation of the 6.8-million prepaid meters within its distribution areas after November 24 next year – the date by...
Cabinet approves Green Hydrogen Commercialisation Strategy
Cabinet has approved the Green Hydrogen Commercialisation Strategy (GHCS) for implementation, with the goal of positioning South Africa as a major producer and exporter of green hydrogen....
Unlocking grid immediately through curtailment a priority, Cassim confirms
Eskom interim CEO Calib Cassim has described unlocking grid connection capacity, using curtailment, as an urgent priority while Eskom and other stakeholders assess funding options to expand the...
UK pledges R20m to identify bankable African critical minerals processing prospects
The UK will make R20-million in funding available to help identify the most bankable opportunities for African countries to attract investment into the processing of critical minerals. Boston...
Ramaphosa says loadshedding corner has been turned as another Kusile unit restarts
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa claims that South Africa “has turned a definite corner as far as loadshedding is concerned”, adding that the levels and frequency of loadshedding...
Invest in grids today or face gridlock tomorrow, IEA warns
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is warning that investment in transmission and distribution infrastructure is failing to keep pace with renewables projects, and is leading to a large and...
Three coastal provinces move to partner on green hydrogen ahead of finalisation of country strategy
The Eastern, Northern and Western Cape provinces have agreed to team up in a bid to position South Africa as a global hub for the production of green hydrogen and derivative products, as well as to...
Municipalities approved so far for Eskom debt relief owe a combined R26.69bn
The National Treasury has confirmed that the collective debt owed to Eskom by the 28 municipalities approved for participation under the Eskom Municipal Debt Relief Support Programme represents...
Roadmap to ‘fundamentally reform’ freight logistics sector by end of this month
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...
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...
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