- Home
- Covid-19 News
- Latest News
- Sector News
- Back
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Defence & Aerospace
- Economy
- Electricity
- Energy
- Environmental
- Manufacturing
- Back
- Manufacturing Home
- Capital Equipment
- Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals
- Clothing & Textiles
- Food & Beverage
- Foundries, Forges & Die-Casting
- Furniture & Wood products
- Hydraulics
- Industrial Filters & Filtration
- Instrumentation & Control
- Manufacturing
- Metals & Engineering
- Paper, Plastics, Packaging, Printing
- Pipes & Tubes
- Pumps
- Rubber
- Valves
- Welding & Cutting
- Metals
- Mining
- Renewable Energy
- Services
- Technology & Communications
- Trade
- Transport & Logistics
- Water
- Magazine
- Back
- This Week
- Back Copies
- Cartoon
- Business Leader
- Company Profiles
- Features Library
- Back
- Features Library Home
- Aerospace
- Africa Energy Indaba
- Africa Wire, Cable & Tube Conference Preview
- African Utility Week
- Agricultural Engineering
- Air, Gas, Fumes & Dust Control
- Airport Services & Development
- Aluminium
- Automation
- Automotive Assembly in Africa
- Automotive Components
- Automotive Industry
- bauma CONEXPO AFRICA
- Bearings and Bushes
- Biofuels
- Boilers and Burners
- Brewery and Winery
- Business Conferences and Exhibitions
- Business in Africa
- Business in KwaZulu-Natal
- Business in the Western Cape
- Cables and Accessories
- Camasa
- Capital Equipment in Construction
- Cement and Concrete
- Chemicals and Petrochemicals
- Civil Engineering and Construction
- Climate Change
- Commercial and Industrial Property
- Compressors, Air Motors and Vacuum Pumps
- Concrete Manufacturers Association
- Capsa Preview
- Construction
- Constructional Engineering Association (CEA)
- Construction Materials and Equipment
- Consulting Engineers
- Corporate Profiles
- Corrosion Control, Coatings and Tribology
- Creamer Media Virtual Showroom
- Courier and Freight Services
- Defence
- Drones
- Education and Training
- Electrical Power Generation and Transmission
- Electrification and Distribution
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Energy Storage
- Engineering Education
- Environmental Protection
- Eskom
- Factory Automation
- Fasteners
- Fire Prevention and Protection
- Fleet Management (TruckX Conference)
- Flooring Industry Training Association
- Flooring Industry
- Food and Beverages
- Foundries, Forges and Die-Casting
- Freight, Logistics & Warehousing
- Furnaces, Kilns, Ovens and Dryers
- Gas
- Gas-to-Power
- Generators and Standby Power
- Glass Manufacturing
- Green Building and Industries
- Hand-Held and Power Tools
- Harbour and Offshore Services
- Harbour Infrastructure and Dredging
- Health and Safety
- HVAC-R
- Heavy Lifting and Abnormal Loads
- Hydraulics and Pneumatics
- IFAT Africa
- Industrial and Commercial Lighting
- Industrial Cleaning and Shutdown
- Industrial Filters and Filtration
- Industrial Financing
- Industry 4.0
- Infrastructure & Services
- Instrumentation and Control
- Labour Relations
- Laser Technology
- Lifts, Escalators and Passenger Conveyors
- Light Steel Frame Building & Roofing
- Local Southern African Manufacturing Expo
- Locomotives, Railway Trucks and Wagons
- Machine Tools
- Maintenance and Refurbishment
- Manufacturing
- Materials-Handling and Logistics
- Medical and Pharmaceutical Engineering
- Metalworking & Fabrication
- Minerals & Energy Outlook
- Motors, Drives and Mechanical Power Transmission
- Nampo
- Noise, Vibration and NDT
- Nuclear Industry
- Oil Refineries
- Oils and Lubricants
- Packaging, Labelling and Barcoding
- Paper, Pulp and Board
- Personal Protective Equipment
- Plastics, Packaging & Printing
- Power and Electricity World Africa
- Pipes, Tubes and Hoses
- Power-Gen Africa
- Project Management
- Public Transport and Infrastructure
- Pumps
- Rail Transport and Infrastructure
- Roads
- Rubber
- SA Capital Equipment Export Council (SACEEC)
- SA Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
- SA Institute of Materials Handling
- SAISC
- SARMA
- Sasol – Chemicals & Retail Fuel
- Sassda
- Seals, Gaskets and Sealing Mechanisms
- Security Technology for Business
- Seifsa
- Sewage and Effluent
- SEZ, IDZ & Agri Parks
- Small Business and Supplier Development
- Smart Procurement World Indaba Preview
- Solar Energy
- South Africa Germany Partnership
- South Africa-China Partnership
- SA-Italy Partnership
- Southern African Institute of Welding
- Stainless Steel
- Steel
- Steel Construction and Cladding
- Sugar Growers, Millers and Refiners
- Temperature, Pressure and Process Control
- The Concrete Conference
- Testing, Inspection & Certification Services
- Naacam
- Top Projects
- Top Projects: Renewable Energy Projects
- Top Projects: Tswhane Automotive SEZ
- Truck, Trailer, Bus and Bakkie
- Upstream Oil & Gas in Africa
- Vessels, Heat Exchangers, Tanks and Containers
- Valves
- Warehousing and Storage
- Waste Management and Recycling
- Water Engineering and Infrastructure
- Water Week
- Water Treatment, Purification and Desalination
- Welding and Cutting
- Wind Energy
- Wire, Rope, Sling and Chain
- Women in Construction
- Working at Height
- Supplements
- Video Reports
- Audio
- Research
- Press Office
- Back
- All Companies
- Abeco Tanks
- AfriSam
- AutoX
- Bearings International
- Constructional Engineering Association
- Cova Advisory & Associates
- Delta Group
- Eaton
- Engen
- Global Communications
- Husqvarna
- IFAT Africa
- ITALCHAM
- Jungheinrich
- Metric Automotive
- MiX Telematics
- NCPC (National Cleaner Production Centre)
- Pragma
- Pyrotec Packmark
- Rifle-Shot Performance Holdings
- Siemens
- SKF Group
- Skyriders
- SMS group
- SRK Consulting
- SSG Consulting
- Syspro
- UL Southern Africa
- Weir Minerals Africa
- Announcements
- Virtual Showroom
- Login
- Columnists
- What's On
- Jobs
- Topics
- Tenders
- Apps
- Product Portal
- Made in South Africa
- fdt/IFAT/aLA
- About Us
- Legal Notice
- Comment Guidelines
- Letters
- Marketing Videos
- Live Twitter Feed
Note: Search is limited to the most recent 250 articles. To access earlier articles, click Advanced Search and set an earlier date range.
To search for a term containing the '&' symbol, click Advanced Search and use the 'search headings' and/or 'in first paragraph' options.
Sponsored by
- Sectors
- Agriculture
- Automotive
- Chemicals
- Construction
- Defence & Aerospace
- Economy
- Electricity
- Energy
- Environmental
- Manufacturing
- Metals
- Mining
- Renewable Energy
- Services
- Technology & Communications
- Trade
- Transport & Logistics
- Water
Geothermal News
Moody’s upgrades Enel’s long-term credit rating
By: Donna Slater 25th January 2021 Credit rating company Moody’s Investors Service has upgraded the long-term rating of energy company Enel to Baa1, from the previous level of Baa2, with a stable outlook. The ratings agency has also affirmed the Prime-2 short-term ratings of the subsidiaries Enel Finance International and Enel... →
Bokpoort CSP sets new winter production record
By: Marleny Arnoldi 9th September 2020 The Bokpoort concentrated solar power (CSP) project has set a new winter production record of 21.7 GWh in August, surpassing a prior winter record of 19.5 GWh set in 2017. The 50 MW CSP parabolic trough power plant is now in its fifth year of operation, after being approved during the second... →

African countries urged to allocate 25% of stimulus spending to renewable energy 
By: Terence Creamer 8th July 2020 African countries should aim to invest 25% of their Covid-19 stimulus budgets in renewable energy, Sustainable Energy for All CEO Damilola Ogunbiyi said on Wednesday, noting that renewable energy had emerged as the cheapest source of new electricity for most countries on the continent. Speaking... →

Herbert Smith Freehills releases guide to assist green energy developers
By: Donna Slater 12th May 2020 Professional services firm Herbert Smith Freehills says Africa-focussed developers and sponsors in the renewable energy market can fast-track project development and enhance bankability by using development funds (DFs). The firm lays out the plans and their benefits in a newly launched renewable... →
Mantashe seeks comment on draft regulations enabling municipalities to buy own power

By: Terence Creamer 6th May 2020 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has released, for public comment, draft amendments to the Electricity Regulations on New Generation Capacity that would enable municipalities “in good financial standing” to develop or procure their own power generation. In a statement,... →

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe
Privatisation slowly becoming reality
By: Tracy Hancock 20th March 2020 The type of participants attending this year’s Power & Electricity World Africa & The Solar Show are proof that Africa seeks to become less reliant on governments for its electricity supply, says event organiser Terrapinn Power & Electricity World Africa conference producer Caroline Mubima.... →

Collaboration needed in electrical sector
By: Tracy Hancock 20th March 2020 South Africa’s entire electrical sector needs a “shake up” and a lot more collaboration, Electrical Conformance Board of South Africa (ECBSA) MD Peter Pedrick has learnt since taking up his position in May last year. Historically, South Africa was internationally recognised for its effective... →

Re-engineering of coal sector skills needed
By: Tracy Hancock 20th March 2020 The South African renewable-energy sector will not have an adequate pipeline of competent individuals to train if it does not endeavour to re-engineer the skills of workers in the Limpopo and Mpumalanga coal mining regions, South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (Saretec) director Naim... →

Additional renewable energy development zones proposed
13th December 2019 The second phase of the Strategic Environmental Assessment for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy in South Africa proposes three additional renewable energy development zones for wind and solar PV energy projects. The renewable energy development zones support the responsible implementation... →

Plans to speed up electrification in Africa
By: Kim Cloete 10th October 2019 Africa needs to connect around 73-million people to electricity every year to reach the goal of affordable and sustainable energy for every single African by 2030, says the African Union (AU) Commission. Atef Marzouk, head of the Energy Division of the AU Commission’s Department of Infrastructure... →
The IRP brings winds of change

By: Kim Cloete 10th October 2019 With the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) due to be finalised and a generous share of the energy mix being set aside for wind power, the winds of change are blowing across the industry in South Africa and into the rest of Africa. Leaders in the industry were upbeat during the final plenary of the... →

KenGen's latest geothermal plant adds 79 MW to grid
By: Reuters 30th July 2019 Kenya Electricity Generating Co (KenGen) has added 79 MW to the national grid from a new geothermal plant, and the remainder of a total 158 MW to be produced by the plant is expected to be connected at the end of August, the company said on Tuesday. The Olkaria V plant in Kenya's Rift Valley,... →

Respected head of IPP Office, Breytenbach, asked to leave post
By: Terence Creamer 22nd July 2019 The respected head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office, Karen Breytenbach, has confirmed to Engineering News Online that she has been asked to vacate her position by the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). News of her departure was... →

Karen Breytenbach
Kenya slashes 2030 power production targets as use still low – media
By: Reuters 20th June 2019 Kenya has cut its target for expanding its electricity output by 2030 by nearly 30% as demand is growing more slowly than expected, its energy minister was quoted as saying. The country now plans to add 7 200 MW of installed electricity capacity to its grid by 2030, down from an original target... →

The world will get half its power from wind, solar by 2050
By: Bloomberg 18th June 2019 Nearly half the world’s electricity will come from renewable energy by 2050 as costs of wind, solar and battery storage continue to plummet. That titanic shift over the next three decades will come as electricity demand increases 62% and investors pump $13.3-trillion into new projects, according... →
Strong renewable energy capacity growth continues
By: Simone Liedtke 4th April 2019 The decade-long trend of strong growth in renewable energy capacity continued in 2018 with global additions of 171 GW, according to data released by the International Renewable Energy Agency this week. The year-on-year increase of 7.9% was bolstered by new additions from solar and wind energy,... →

Africa needs to embrace all forms of energy, says Van Loggerenberg
By: Mamaili Mamaila 15th March 2019 There is huge demand for electricity in Africa, with about 600-million people on the continent who have no access to electricity. →

KenGen gets contract with Ethiopian Electric Power for geothermal drilling
By: Reuters 25th February 2019 Kenya's KenGen on Monday said it secured a multimillion-shilling contract to provide geothermal drilling services to State-run Ethiopian Electric Power. The power producer's contract with East Africa's largest power producing company is being funded by the World Bank through a loan to the... →
Event set to dissect the future of African energy
By: Paige Müller 15th February 2019 The eleventh edition of the Africa Energy Indaba – which will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, from February 19 to 20 this year – will focus on the future prospects and direction of energy on the African continent from an energy provision and investment point of view.... →

AFRICA’S ENERGY FUTURE The Africa Energy Indaba will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, in Johannesburg, from February 19 and 20 this year
KenGen to raise funds from the market this year, eyes green bond
By: Reuters 14th February 2019 The Kenya Electricity Generating Company plans to raise funds from the market later this year and it may opt to issue the country's first green bond, its chief executive said. KenGen has a 1 631 MW annual capacity and it supplies 70% of the East African nation's electricity. Private investors... →
Kenya starts construction of 83 MW geothermal plant
By: Reuters 4th December 2018 Kenya has started building a geothermal power plant to add 83 MW of capacity to the national grid, the state-owned power generation utility said on Tuesday. Geothermal power is Kenya's second largest source of electricity after hydroelectric power. The country has total installed power capacity... →
Africa poised to be global renewable-energy leader – AfDB president 
By: Terence Creamer 8th November 2018 African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina says Africa is poised to become the leading region for renewable-energy globally and has reaffirmed the bank’s support for the ambitious ‘Desert to Power’ programme in the Sahel region. Speaking in Johannesburg at the inaugural Africa... →

AfDB president Dr Akinwumi Adesina
KenGen says new geothermal plant nearly ready
By: Reuters 12th October 2018 KenGen's new 165.4 MW capacity plant powered by geothermal steam is three quarters complete and on schedule for commissioning next July, Kenya's main electricity producer said on Friday. Geothermal steam, hot underground steam found in the Rift Valley which is used to drive turbines for... →
Acwa Power, CEF to co-invest in Redstone CSP project 
By: Marleny Arnoldi 16th July 2018 Power generation technology developer Acwa Power on Monday signed an investment agreement with South Africa’s Central Energy Fund (CEF) regarding the Redstone concentrated solar thermal power plant (CSP) plant, in the Northern Cape. →

Toshiba signs MoUs to support African hydropower, geothermal roll-out
By: Schalk Burger 18th May 2018 Energy systems multinational Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions signed four memoranda of understanding (MoUs) to cooperate with African countries to develop hydropower and geothermal energy systems. The MoUs were signed on the sidelines of the Japan-Africa Public-Private Economic Forum, in... →
Toshiba, RentCo form geothermal power generation partnership
By: Schalk Burger 7th May 2018 Energy systems multinational Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions and lease financing company RentCo East Africa on Monday signed a general cooperation agreement to expand sales channels and orders of wellhead geothermal power generation systems in Kenya and the wider sub-Saharan Africa. In a... →
World Bank approves $180m loan guarantee for Kenya's energy sector
By: Reuters 30th April 2018 The World Bank approved a $180-million loan guarantee on Monday for Kenya Electricity Generation Company to help strengthen the financial position of the state-run company, which produces more than 70% of the country's electricity. The guarantee will help in long-term commercial financing of up... →
Africa pursuing diversified energy investments to deliver power
By: Jessica Oosthuizen 20th April 2018 Africa has an abundance of energy resources that can be brought online rapidly and cost effectively, says engineering, procurement and construction services provider Black & Veatch sub-Saharan Africa business development director Webb Meko. With governments realising that no single technology... →

‘High priority’ IRP update to be published soon
By: Terence Creamer 10th April 2018 Department of Energy (DoE) director-general Thabane Zulu says the updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) is undergoing a final set of processes and consultations, as stipulated by Cabinet in December, before being published in the Government Gazette. Speaking at the Africa Power Roundtable in... →

Department of Energy director-general Thabane Zulu
Tè Power starts construction on $121m Guinea IPP project
By: Marleny Arnoldi 28th March 2018 Guinea-based special purpose company Tè Power Company, which is sponsored by Africa-focused energy project developer Endeavour Energy, has reached financial close and started construction on the $121-million Tè Power Plant project – a 50 MW greenfield thermal power plant in Conakry, Guinea. →
PEWA to set stage for African energy investment once again
By: Marleny Arnoldi 16th March 2018 With 600-million people in Africa not having access to electricity, the onus is on Power & Electricity World Africa (PEWA) to provide the platform that will encourage investment in infrastructure and grid connection across Africa. →

Ethiopia signs $4bn deal to build 1 000 MW-geothermal power plants
By: Megan van Wyngaardt 20th December 2017 Ethiopia has signed an agreement to build two geothermal power plants at a combined cost of $4-billion, to be run by the country's first privately-owned utility. The Corbetti and Tulu Moye plants will produce a combined 1 000 MW of power upon completion in eight years time in the... →
Power and utilities drone market worth more than $9bn
By: Donna Slater 24th November 2017 The international drone market comprising solutions that use drones for the power and utilities industries is worth as much as $9.46-billion a year, according to a report published by professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). →
African countries embrace alternative energy sources
28th July 2017 With African governments realising that long-term power solutions will not come in the form of one technology, South Africa’s Department of Energy is advocating advances in coal, renewable energy, gas and nuclear technologies, says global engineering, procurement, construction and consulting... →

IMPROVED ALTERNATIVES Kenya is making use of diverse alternative energy sources, such as geothermal electricity
Africa’s energy future lies in solar energy, says CEO 
By: Anine Kilian 19th July 2017 The future of Africa’s energy sector must rest in solar power if it is going to overcome the obstacles it currently faces, according to Zimbabwe-based renewable energy company Samansco CEO Nyasha Bamhare. Addressing delegates at the PowerGen Africa conference, which is taking place in Sandton... →
IRP draft hinders cogeneration opportunities 
By: Tasneem Bulbulia 9th June 2017 An unintended consequence of the recently published draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for energy is that because it excludes cogeneration as a viable technology, cogenerators will be unable to participate in the energy market without Ministerial consent, says Paper Manufacturers Association of... →

OVERLOOKED ENTITY The impact of the DoE IRP draft excludeing cogeneration as a viable, green technology raises concerns forpulp and paper industry
Internship academy launches young professionals platform
5th May 2017 In response to the youth unemployment epidemic on the African continent, internship facilitators Africa Internship Academy (AIA), will be launching its Young Energy and Power Professionals (YEPP) platform at the 2017 African Utility Week, which takes place at the Cape Town International... →

![]() |
![]() |
1 |
2 | ![]() |
![]() |
Company Post
Latest News
Latest Videos
Projects
Topics In These Articles
About
Engineering News is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za
Other Creamer Media Products include:
Mining WeeklyResearch Channel Africa
Polity
About
Newsletters
Subscriptions
We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.
Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.
View storeSubscriptions
Advertise
Advertising on Engineering News is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za
View options