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            <description><![CDATA[Applications are now open for Project Smart Solar, an eThekwini municipality-backed smart energy pilot delivered in partnership with energy technology company Plentify and supported by international development partners such as bilateral development finance institution Agence Française de Développement (AFD), the EU and the EU delegation to South Africa. Through the pilot, 280 qualifying households and facilities across eThekwini will be selected to participate in a practical initiative aimed at improving how energy is used, managed and optimised at household and facility level.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The University of Cape Town (UCT) has signed a power purchase agreement with Discovery Green for wheeled renewable electricity that will account for up to 90% of the electricity consumed across the institution’s main and health sciences campus from the third quarter of 2027 onwards. The near-ten-year PPA is described as the first of its kind concluded in South Africa between an electricity trader and a public institution of higher education.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>EU aims to use investor roadshow to convert €12bn pledge into South African projects</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The EU, which announced a €12-billion investment package for South Africa in October, is undertaking investment roadshows in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban this week as part of efforts to convert the high-profile investment pledge into firm projects. The EU and South Africa signed the Clean Trade and Investment Partnership (CTIP) in November last year, alongside a memorandum of understanding on sustainable minerals and metal value chains.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Sustainability, urbanisation driving demand  for efficient systems</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Demand for energy efficient heating, ventilation, air condition and refrigeration (HVAC-R) systems is increasing, owing to ongoing urbanisation and industrial development in developing economies, says air-conditioning manufacturer Daikin South Africa. Segment manager for industrial and refrigeration products Ian Roelofse says expanding middle-class populations in developing economies and stricter environmental regulations are contributing to this increased demand.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <title>Countries prioritising domestic energy options amid ‘largest-ever energy security crisis’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 the world’s largest-ever energy security crisis, precipitated by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Presenting the IEA’s eleventh World Energy Investment report, executive director Fatih Birol said that besides moves to domesticate energy supply amid a growing trust deficit, governments were also reshaping their investment strategies around diversification, electrification and energy efficiency.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 ensure full and sustainable cost recovery for system operation and network infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Greencoat Renewables moves from AltX to JSE main board</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Renewable infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables will move onto the main board of the JSE, having been listed on the JSE's AltX since June 2025. The company has also been listed on the Euronext Dublin Growth market and the LSE’s Aim market since 2017. It will reclassify and transfer its secondary listing on the AltX to a dual primary listing on the main board of the JSE.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 15:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 country’s energy mix, as the amount of coal mined and traded globally continues to climb, said coal and energy company Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke. In 2008, six-billion tons of coal were mined global, with 800-million tons traded by sea. In 2025, nine-billion tons of coal were mined worldwide and seaborne trade in coal had doubled to 1.5-billion tons, he pointed out.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom has started construction of a 75 MW solar PV project alongside its Lethabo coal-fired power station in the Free State, which is expected to generate some 147 GWh yearly once at full production. The State-owned company said in a statement that the R1.2-billion project formed part of a “construction‑ready pipeline” of at least 2 GW of renewable energy and pumped storage projects to be progressed during 2026.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 16:05:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Etana, Growthpoint, Cape Town pioneer pooled renewable electricity wheeling</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Energy trader Etana Energy, JSE-listed real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties and the City of Cape Town have successfully implemented the first pooled wheeling of renewable electricity model across multiple properties within the city’s municipal network. Building on the City of Cape Town’s first renewable electricity wheeling pilot, launched with Growthpoint and Etana in 2023, the parties say the new pooled wheeling model represents the next evolution of municipal wheeling.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sanlam Alternative Investments, the alternative investments business within Sanlam, has become the first private institutional shareholder in renewable energy trader and buyer Africa GreenCo (GreenCo) through the investment of $10-million for a 10% shareholding. GreenCo states that, with more than 2 TWh of electricity traded to date, it holds the highest purchase-side market share across the Southern African Power Pool’s competitive markets. It adds that the investment by Sanlam Alternative Investments will help GreenCo further scale its trading operations.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 11:36:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub questions why, despite enormous renewable potential, progress in Africa's energy transition remains slow, as well as what is needed to change this trajectory.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Decarbonising industrial operations requires increasing operational efficiency, and achieving this will also reduce costs. So highlighted German development agency GIZ South African technical adviser Sibusisiwe Khuzwayo, in a presentation on the last day of the 2026 Enlit Africa conference, which was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. South African industry was facing converging pressures, she pointed out. On the operational side, there were assets that were often ageing, ...]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the growing challenge of municipalities' failure to settle arrear debt owed to power utility Eskom, as well as the possible remedies to this growing problem.  ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Dubai-based renewable-energy company AMEA Power has successfully commissioned its 120 MW Doornhoek solar PV plant in South Africa – the first project under Bid Window 6 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme to reach commercial operation. The $120-million Doornhoek project, near Klerksdorp, in the North West province, will generate about 325 GWh/y of clean electricity, which will offset more than 330 000 t/y of CO₂ emissions.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Ener-G-Africa (EGA) has commissioned its Western Cape solar panel manufacturing facility in Paarl. The plant has a nameplate assembly capacity of up to 150 MW a year on a three-shift operation.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[In South Africa, plans for strengthening the country's electricity transmission grid and further increasing renewable energy generating capacity are not yet in alignment, JUWI Renewable Energy deputy head of project development South Africa Beth O'Connor points out. She was addressing a session at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Thursday. (JUWI is a utility-scale provider in the renewables energy sector, undertaking project development, engineering and construction, and operations and maintenance, for projects with a capacity of 30 MW and upwards.) She noted that the variability of renewable energy had impacts on the grid. Currently, the country's grid was constrained in the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, Free State and North West provinces, and partly constrained in Limpopo. These provinces included most of the country's renewable-energy potential. ]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 16:59:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electric technologies and energy solutions provider WEG has partnered with strategic energy investment company Energy Venture Capital (EVC) to provide funding of between R5-million and R500-million to hybrid energy projects in South Africa. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly evaluate hybrid energy projects on a case-by-case basis and offer funding opportunities consistent with the energy market.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent power producer and licensed trader NOA has amplified a recent call for the publication of a Cabinet-endorsed electricity reform roadmap to ensure that the shift to the competitive market structure envisaged in legislation and policy is implemented. NOA head of trading Andrew Taylor argued this week that the Electricity Regulation Amendment Act and the impending launch of the South African Electricity Wholesale Market (SAWEM) offered a credible path to a competitive, green and affordable electricity system, but currently lacked an authoritative, coherent and sequenced implementation plan.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 as to address prevailing uncertainty over the transition to a competitive market structure. In his Budget Vote address on Tuesday, the Minister said the SAWEM would introduce clearer price signals, improve dispatch efficiency, allocate balancing responsibilities, improve transparency and reduce long-term reliance on the single buyer model.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Chinese solar and storage solutions manufacturer Sungrow has reported that Zambia’s largest single solar PV project, the 136 MW Itimpi Phase II plant in Kitwe, came online on April 30. Owned and operated by Zambia-based power infrastructure solutions provider Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC), the landmark facility is powered end-to-end by Sungrow’s SG350HX-20 string inverter and EMU200A energy management unit, delivered together with the project’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 secured with State-owned power utility Eskom. This was stated by South32 executives at a gala event to celebrate the smelter's 30 years in operation.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar company GoSolr has been awarded top prizes for the effectiveness of its brand from UK organisation the Design Business Association (DBA). The company won the gold and overall Grand Prix prizes at the DBA Design Effectiveness Awards 2026 for its brand launch project, in South Africa, in November 2022.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African renewable-energy company Anthem reports that it has reached financial close on the 20 MW Tsamela solar PV project in Eswatini, which is seeking to increase domestic generation capacity so as to reduce reliance on electricity imports. The project is reportedly the first of five developments selected under the Eswatini Electricity Regulatory Authority’s Solar PV procurement programme to reach financial close.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 policy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The clear and accelerating pivot from solar-only to hybrid energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa is owed to cost-effective battery energy storage systems (BESS) making hybrid solutions financially viable, notes commercial energy company RenEnergy.  As diesel prices soar, grids falter under increased strain and electricity tariffs escalate, the solution for much of the commercial and industrial sectors in sub-Saharan Africa is a shift to hybrid systems. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sungrow Southern Africa is the regional office of Sungrow Power Supply, supporting the delivery of advanced solar and energy storage solutions across the Southern African market.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar and wind energy paired with battery storage are reliable and deliver cost-effective, round-the-clock electricity, says intergovernmental agency the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Additionally, in prime solar and wind regions, hybrid solutions, combined with storage, provide round-the-clock power at lower costs than fossil fuels, IRENA’s '24/7 renewables: The economics of firm solar and wind' report shows.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 generates most of its electricity from one of the dirtiest fossil fuels. The loan would be used by South Africa to extend its own energy transition aims, Japanese diplomatic officials said, asking not to be identified in line with government practice, during a visit by its Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi. The size of the loan was not specified.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[There are gaps in South Africa's ability to effectively localise manufacturing and fully capture the economic benefits of the energy transition that is being driven by rapid solar PV expansion, rising electricity tariffs and private sector investment, says industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA). This rapid growth in demand presents opportunities for local manufacturing of certain components, but local manufacturing participation in the solar value chain remains limited. Most high-value components, such as PV modules, inverters and trackers and lithium-ion batteries, are still imported.]]></description>
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