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Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen
Struggles to implement projects holding back South Africa’s green hydrogen plans
7th September 2022 By: Darren Parker

Despite South Africa’s significant potential to become a major global player in green hydrogen production, platinum group metals producer Anglo American Platinum CEO Natascha Viljoen has voiced... 


Minerals Council South Africa CEO Roger Baxter
South African energy issues need joint effort - Minerals Council
1st September 2022 By: Esmarie Iannucci

South Africa’s energy conundrum will require a concerted effort by both industry and government, the Minerals Council South Africa said. Speaking to Mining Weekly Online on the sidelines of... 


Solar and Wind operations
Nersa sets earlier comment deadline for new determinations ahead of 5.2 GW renewables bidding round
26th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has issued an updated invitation, with an earlier September 16 deadline, for written comments regarding its concurrence with new Ministerial... 


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Update on Bid Window 5 and new Bid Window 6 timetable
26th August 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about how Bid Window (BW) 5 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme is... 


GOOD AND READY
Eskom has 5 GW of grid capacity ready to go, but is finalising studies to ensure that the next tranche of land it offers is suitable for renewable-energy developments and has access to grid capacity
Utility on track for 2050 target
26th August 2022 By: Tracy Hancock

State-owned power utility Eskom is on track to ensure that the country’s electricity sector achieves net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an increase in sustainable jobs, should its Strategy... 


Cabinet welcomes appointment of Nersa chair, SANEDI CEO
22nd August 2022 By: Donna Slater

Cabinet has welcomed the appointment of Thembani Bukula as chairperson of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and Zandile Mpungose as deputy chairperson – both as part-time... 


Vaughn Harrison, attorney at Thomson Wilks Inc in alliance with the DWF Group
Opinion: A bird's eye view of the future of SA's energy landscape post COP 26
17th August 2022

In this article, attorneys Vaughn Harrison and Lucrecia Sadhaseevan write about South Africa’s energy landscape post COP 26, as well as the documents and processes that frame South Africa’s just... 


Private sector assistance in public sector issues requires clear, concise objectives – BLSA
15th August 2022 By: Donna Slater

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso says clear and concise requests by the public sector or government go a long way in helping the private sector plan and implement initiatives... 


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Electricity tariffs under the spotlight
12th August 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the consultations that are under way regarding Eskom's next revenue application; the National Energy... 


Enpower granted licence to trade electricity
11th August 2022 By: Donna Slater

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted Enpower Trading a licence to trade energy. This is the first issuing of such a licence in over a decade and brings to a total three... 


Nersa Logo
Nersa reiterates that it has not approved Sasol’s 96% gas hike
11th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says it has not approved an increase in the maximum price of pipeline gas to R133/GJ and insists that it “would not approve any increase which... 


Eskom head office at Megawatt Park
Eskom makes case for major overhaul of retail tariff structure in submission to regulator
8th August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Eskom has submitted a tariff restructuring application to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in which the utility is proposing a major overhaul of the prevailing retail tariff... 


Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan
Eskom moves to ramp up maintenance at six coal plants as it seeks permission to buy up to 1 600 MW of surplus power
1st August 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan reports that Eskom will seek the exemptions it requires to immediately buy up to 1 600 MW of surplus electricity generation that it believes could be... 


Nersa hearings to be held from September 19 to 23
Nersa consultation paper on next Eskom tariff points to possible 38.1% hike
29th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has formally initiated the process of adjudicating Eskom’s next tariff increase with the publication of a consultation paper on the utility’s... 


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Much to do before Ramaphosa's new energy plan can be implemented
29th July 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the interventions announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa to address South Africa's electricity crisis; what... 


44 MW solar plant gets refinanced by shareholders
28th July 2022 By: Darren Parker

The Concentrator Photovoltaics Power Plant No.1 (CPV1), a 44 MW concentrated solar photovoltaic plant in the Western Cape, has successfully been refinanced by its shareholders Pele Green Energy... 


Workers installing rooftop solar
As silent rooftop revolution gathers pace, attention turns to fair tariff structure
28th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that a feed-in tariff is to be created to incentivise businesses and households to invest in rooftop solar is likely to further stimulate the so-called... 


Environmental ambiguities, inclusion of gas in new energy plan of concern for organisations
27th July 2022 By: Donna Slater

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s plan to arrest a degradation in the prevailing electricity generation deficit issue in South Africa has been welcomed by several organisations as a measure that took... 


Koeberg Koeberg nuclear power station with zebras in the foreground
Eskom submits safety case in support of keeping Koeberg going
27th July 2022 By: Darren Parker

Public entity the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has confirmed that State-owned Eskom has submitted the safety case in support of its application to extend the operational life of the Koeberg... 


An Eskom power station
Eskom says measures unveiled by Ramaphosa will aid recovery of ‘disappointing’ coal fleet
27th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity utility Eskom says the measures announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa will enable it to intensify its maintenance efforts to drive improvements to the energy availability factor (EAF)... 


AfriForum seeks to assist households, businesses wanting to sell power into grid
26th July 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Civil rights organisation AfriForum has launched its #MyPower campaign following President Cyril Ramaphosa’s announcement that businesses and households will be allowed to install solar power with... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa doubles next renewables round, scraps 100 MW cap on distributed plant and moots feed-in tariff as he unveils load-shedding crisis response
25th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled several far-reaching interventions – including a doubling in the allocation for the next renewables procurement round, the scrapping of the 100 MW... 


South Africa to ‘open floodgates’ for private power generation
25th July 2022 By: Bloomberg

South Africa plans to try and resolve its chronic power shortage by making it easier for private companies to build plants and paying households and businesses to produce electricity from solar... 


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Alumo Energy advises consumers to worry about quality of solar installations, rather than rumoured levies
25th July 2022 By: Donna Slater

Rumours of a special new R938 levy to be imposed on electricity consumers that have installed a solar system are misleading, says solar power and battery back-up solutions provider Alumo Energy MD... 


Pandemic, war and 'crazy' prices menace South African pivot from coal
21st July 2022 By: Reuters

South Africa, where daily blackouts are a fact of life, knows better than most that it cannot rely on coal power. But just when its plans to shift to renewable energy to help drive Africa's most... 


President Cyril Ramaphosa
Ramaphosa reflects on how far transformation has come
20th July 2022 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Since the launch of government’s Black Industrialists Programme in 2015, coupled with efforts from the Industrial Development Corporation, the National Empowerment Fund and other agencies, more... 


Eskom challenges Nersa's approch to calculating its regulatory asset base
Eskom approaches court for review of Nersa’s treatment of regulatory asset base, warning it could trigger loan covenants
19th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity utility Eskom will challenge the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) most recent revenue determination in court but will restrict the challenge to the regulator’s... 


South Africa to unveil solutions to power crisis within days
15th July 2022 By: Reuters

The South African government will within days announce new ways to address the country's worst power crisis yet, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday. Addressing a South African Communist Party... 


Coalition demands Ramaphosa address energy crisis, replace Mantashe
14th July 2022 By: Donna Slater

The Climate Justice Coalition – a coalition of South African trade unions and grassroots, community-based and nonprofit organisations – will march to the office of the Presidency on Nelson Mandela... 


Vally Padayachee
Electricity veteran offers his A-to-Z guide for tackling load-shedding crisis
13th July 2022 By: Terence Creamer

Ahead of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s much-anticipated announcement of a comprehensive plan for tackling load-shedding, electricity industry veteran Vally Padayachee has drafted an ‘A-to-Z’... 


UK Africa Minister has visited South Africa to discuss just energy transition and other issues
13th July 2022 By: Rebecca Campbell

The UK High Commission (embassy) in Pretoria reported on Wednesday that that country’s Minister (equivalent to Deputy Minister in South Africa) for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Vicky... 


Nxesi opposes any plan to privatise Eskom
11th July 2022 By: Bloomberg

South Africa’s labour minister said he’ll oppose any move to privatize the beleaguered power utility Eskom Holdings, as it struggles to generate power, avoid outages and repay $23-billion of debt.... 


SAWEA reiterates need for a comprehensive plan to ensure energy security
11th July 2022 By: Schalk Burger

Industry body the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has reiterated that South Africa needs a comprehensive plan, informed by energy experts and government stakeholders, to achieve... 


BW6 signals bullishness, greater uptake of renewables – SAWEA
8th July 2022 By: Schalk Burger

During a virtual bidder's conference in preparation for Bid Window 6 (BW6) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) on July 7, participants and the broader... 


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An update on renewables procurement, energy solutions as load-shedding continues
8th July 2022 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Creamer Media's Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about load-shedding continuing to dominate headlines, the energy solutions that have been proposed and an update on... 


Solidarity CE Dr Dirk Hermann
Solidarity calls on the private sector to apply for energy generation permits en masse
7th July 2022 By: Darren Parker

The only viable and sustainable solution to South Africa’s escalating electricity crisis is for small independent power producers (IPPs) to immediately flood the market on a large scale, trade... 


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