The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) expects to identify a partner within the next year for a planned demonstration small modular reactor (SMR), as it steps up efforts to revive... 

South Africa’s decarbonisation debate often starts from a simple premise: coal must be replaced. In principle, the direction is clear. In practice, it collides with a far more complex reality, says... 

Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources has officially opened the new Mine 1 operation at its Matla coal mine, in Mpumalanga, following a strategic expansion to support continuous... 

In this article, EE Business Intelligence MD Chris Yelland writes that the immediate impact of the EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on South African exports is relatively limited, but... 

South Africa is poised to delay the retirement of about a fifth of its coal-fired electricity-generation capacity as gas projects earmarked to replace them remain behind schedule, contrasting a... 

Countries are increasingly prioritising domestic energy resources as they seek to reduce their reliance on imported fuels in response to what the International Energy Agency (IEA)  is describing as... 

In this article, Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that, as South Africa's electricity sector moves toward a competitive market, tariffs must... 

South Africa's coal sector, and nonprofit research organisation CoalTech Research Association, which is funded by coal industry organisations, must focus on defining the role of coal in the... 

Decarbonising industrial operations requires increasing operational efficiency, and achieving this will also reduce costs. So highlighted German development agency GIZ South African technical... 

Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote... 

South Africa's biggest city and economic hub Johannesburg could have its power supply throttled by state-owned electricity company Eskom over unpaid debts, Eskom said on Tuesday. Engineering News... 

Proper asset management by Eskom has achieved an electricity availability factor of 65.16% this year-to-date, highlighted Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI) engineering manager Reinaldo da Veiga. He was... 

Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources has officially opened the new Mine 1 operation at its Matla coal mine, in Mpumalanga, following a strategic expansion to support continuous... 

In this article, Apollo Africa CEO Nico de Bruyn writes that South Africa’s electricity reform debate often centres on generation, yet these reforms are entirely dependent on the underlying issue... 

Power utility Eskom and and NYSE-listed grid-scale energy storage solutions provider Energy Vault have signed a strategic development agreement to deploy long-duration gravity energy storage... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that his department will publish a “sequenced” implementation roadmap for the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) so... 

Diversified miner South32’s Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal, could continue operating for another 20 to 30 years if a competitive long-term electricity agreement is... 

Amid rising fuel prices and dropping temperatures in South Africa, Engineering News editor Terence Creamer joins me to discuss what issues these developments raise for the energy transition and... 

To advance its locally developed carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) technology, South African company EPCM Global Engineering is progressing to the next stage of development through a... 

Japan plans to fast-track talks with South Africa on a yen-denominated energy loan, while promoting its technology to blend ammonia with coal to reduce carbon emissions in a country that still... 

In this opinion article written jointly by Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard, the case is made for Equitable Fossil Fuel Transitions, whereby equity and justice are structurally integrated into... 

Solar panels are replacing diesel generators on some major film sets in South Africa, as streaming giants come under growing pressure to clean up one of the film industry's dirtiest habits - its... 

Eskom board member Clive Le Roux says the State-owned company will be in a better position financially by selling electricity to the ferrochrome smelters at 62c/kWh than if that demand was lost... 

State utility Eskom said on Wednesday that it expected to implement no power cuts during the southern hemisphere winter months from April to August as its power station fleet had become more... 

Scientists at the University of the Witwatersrand have designed South Africa's first app to warn residents of pollution levels, as Johannesburg suffers a spike in coal emissions in recent weeks,... 

Global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, which is slightly below the preceding decade’s average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, while global electricity demand increased by... 

Even under the low-carbon scenario, modelled by consulting firm Bain & Co in its 'Global Energy and Materials Outlook 2026' report, fossil fuel supply constitutes 52% of global primary energy... 

Two of South Africa's major labour unions have accepted state power utility Eskom's 7% wage increase offer, while a third has rejected it and declared a deadlock, demanding a higher raise, union... 

South Africa's power utility Eskom, which uses diesel in its open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) generators to meet peak demand, may have to start implementing Stage 1 or 2 loadshedding in a scenario of... 

South Africa has the potential to develop at least one, and maybe as many as three, internationally competitive gigafactories for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells. This... 

Diversified natural resources company Exxaro Resources and State-owned Eskom have signed a new long-term coal supply agreement (CSA), securing the continued supply of coal from Exxaro’s Matla mine... 

Without regional trade, South Africa’s market will remain shallower, more volatile and less resilient to future power supply shocks, writes Africa GreenCo co-founder and chief commercial officer... 

Eskom Holdings said it has been ordered by the Supreme Court of Appeal to disclose details of its coal, transport and diesel procurement contracts to activist group Afriforum. South Africa’s state... 

South Africa’s energy transition is on the right track, but structural grid constraints, slow climate finance deployment and the socioeconomic realities of the coal regions threaten to hinder... 

Africa has the potential to bypass a century of centralised, carbon-heavy power systems and move straight to a digital, distributed and low-carbon grid, but only if project execution matches...