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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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            <title>Opinion: The electricity conversation nobody is having – tariffs are the market</title>
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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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            <title>Industrial decarbonisation requires modernisation which increases efficiency, cuts costs</title>
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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>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <title>WEG, Energy Venture Capital partner to finance hybrid energy projects in South Africa</title>
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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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            <title>SolarAfrica acquires solar project from Nordic green energy supplier</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar energy company SolarAfrica has entered into an agreement to acquire the Nyakallo solar project, in Limpopo, South Africa, from green energy developer Norsk Renewables. With financial close anticipated within the next 12 months, the project is expected to begin evacuating power by the second half of 2028, offering commercial and industrial businesses earlier access to new renewable capacity at scale.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Water needed electricity, she pointed out, for pumping and treating. Water and electricity were both essential to maintain and grow the country's industrial base. The two sectors were rapidly merging.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 systems (GESSs) in South Africa and, eventually, also the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The first GESS plant will be built at Eskom’s Hendrina power station, in Mpumalanga. The system is expected to provide 25 MW of capacity with four hours of storage, equivalent to 100 MWh, and is designed to be fully scalable up to 4 GW.]]></description>
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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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            <title>Solar and wind solutions paired with battery storage cost-competitive – Irena</title>
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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>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>South Africa poised for record IPP deployments in 2026</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s utility-scale renewables and battery storage market is poised for a record year of installations, a new research note produced by the Power Futures Lab at the UCT Graduate School of Business shows. Authors Dr Olakunle Alao and Dr Wikus Kruger state that six projects with a combined capacity of 1 787 MW had already advanced to financial close by April 30, while a further 27 projects, representing 3 575 MW, are poised to achieve that milestone by year-end.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 addiction to diesel generators. Netflix shot the second season of its hit show "One Piece" in Cape Town, its biggest production in Africa to date and the first to be filmed using a solar-powered base camp for off-grid electricity during a shoot.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Climate investment firm Inspired Evolution has made a $40-million investment in distributed renewable energy company CrossBoundary Energy to accelerate the deployment of commercial and industrial renewable energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa. The investment will support the development, construction and expansion of CrossBoundary Energy’s portfolio of renewable energy assets, including solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and hybrid energy solutions.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Dimsum Energy, Goldwind Africa partner to develop Eastern Cape renewables pipeline</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent renewable energy developer Dimsum Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with global renewable energy company Goldwind Africa to develop Energy Fields, a large-scale portfolio of renewable energy projects in the Eastern Cape, targeting more than 2 GW of wind, solar and battery storage capacity. Through this partnership, the parties intend to develop and build utility-scale wind and solar projects in high-resource areas of the Eastern Cape, integrate battery energy storage systems to enhance grid stability and dispachability, support corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for industrial users and strengthen local supply chains and skills development.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[India-based infrastructure and energy solutions company Pace Digitek has partnered with technology systems integration company NEC XON South Africa to distribute and deploy its product portfolio, including grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) and related energy solutions, across Botswana, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia and South Africa. NEC XON will be the go-to-market and deployment partner, while Pace Digitek and its subsidiary Lineage Power (LPPL) will focus on product development, manufacturing and supply of the solutions, the companies say.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration sector is undergoing a significant transition as the phase-out of ozone depletion substances and phase-down of high global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants accelerates, says refrigeration gas services company A-Gas. This shift, driven by global environmental regulations, affects sectors such as cold chain logistics, automotive and manufacturing, with A-Gas head of environmental services Michael Labacher noting that regulatory requirements are mandating a move towards lower GWP and natural refrigerants.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 about 3%, which is more than twice the rate of overall energy demand growth, says international organisation the International Energy Agency (IEA). The main reasons for the slowdown in global energy demand were lower global economic growth, less extreme temperatures in some regions and rapid uptake of more efficient technologies.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent power producer Mulilo reports that construction of its R1.4-billion Mercury battery energy storage system (BESS) project will begin soon and that the facility is scheduled to enter into commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2027. The 76 MW/304 MWh project is the first of five projects awarded to Mulilo during Bid Window 2 of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme to have advanced to financial close.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 supply by 2040 and the world warms by 2.1 °C by 2100. Even in the most coordinated decarbonisation scenario, climate impacts are severe and require that capital be allocated to resilience strategies, it notes.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Aim- and TSX-V-listed rare earth elements and associated minerals company Mkango Resources’ subsidiaries HyProMag and Mkango Rare Earths UK have been named as collaborative project winners of the Driving Research & Investment in Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE35) research and development (R&D) competition – an initiative of the UK Department for Business and Trade (DBT) to support the UK automotive industry through £4-billion of capital and R&D funding. HyProMag is leading the three-year £6.5-million Rare Earth Automotive Circular Technologies for the UK (REACT UK) project to establish and deliver a full circular UK supply chain comprising recovery, recycling and remanufacturing of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) magnets from end-of-life hybrid and electric vehicles.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Integrated power solutions company Cummins on April 10 launched its battery energy storage system (BESS) offering for the Southern African market, with its South African head office in Midrand set to host a C1500B5ZE BESS unit. Speaking to Engineering News at the launch, Cummins new energy solutions director Ismael Chang said this unit is slated to be operational in about five months.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 constrained diesel supply, warns financial advisory firm Cresco Project Finance Energy Strategy advisory partner Dominic Goncalves. About 57% of South Africa’s total refined diesel supply is shipped through the Strait of Hormuz, and only two of five local refineries in South Africa are operational.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The City of Cape Town (CoCT) intends to procure bulk electricity, depending on the commercial viability, of at least 5 MWac from waste-to-energy independent power producers (IPPs) through power purchase agreements (PPAs) for up to 20 years. For the contract to be commercially viable, the city says that the energy pricing must be lower than Eskom’s equivalent tariff, and emissions must also be lower than Eskom’s grid emissions factor.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:53:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Mulilo’s Mercury battery storage project achieves financial close</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African independent power producer Mulilo, which announced at the recent South Africa Investment Conference that it would be investing R15-billion in new renewables and storage projects, reports that it has achieved financial close on the 76 MW/304 MWh Mercury Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project. Located near Viljoenskroon in the Free State, the Mercury BESS project was selected in December 2024 as one of eight preferred bidders under the second bid window of South Africa’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Sector education and training authority the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) and JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol have launched a green hydrogen fuel cell training system at Sasol’s operations in Sasolburg, in the Free State. At the core of the training system is a working 50 W hydrogen fuel cell system, which allows learners to engage directly with the technology and understand key system functions through applied experimentation.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>SA has potential to be real player in the battery energy storage system market</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 is the conclusion of a recent report undertaken for the non-profit and public benefit Localisation Support Fund (LSF) by Ernst & Young Advisory Services (EY-Parthenon). The biggest market will be the local manufacture of battery energy storage systems (BESS). Need and Demand]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Opinion: Power beyond borders – regional trade could boost SA’s energy security</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 Cathy Oxby. Eskom is edging closer to a year without loadshedding, recently surpassing the 300-day mark – the longest stretch of uninterrupted power supply in years. Eskom Generation’s recovery plan, support from National Treasury’s debt relief for the utility and wider power sector reforms that have unlocked private generation capacity have all helped reduce power cuts.]]></description>
            <author>Creamer Media Reporter  </author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 16:46:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>South Africa needs to reintroduce exploration into its mining DNA</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Exploration is the start of any mining value chain and increasing investment in exploration is fundamental to South Africa using its mineral resources to drive development of its industries and economy, mining leaders said during the sixth edition of the South Africa Investment Conference, on March 31. South Africa has mined its mineral resources on an industrial scale for more than a century, but has forgotten how to fund and sustain exploration. It needs to reintroduce exploration into its DNA, said mining industry organisation Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Investment commitments by South African and international renewables investors featured prominently at the sixth South Africa Investment Conference, with combined pledges of more than R50-billion announced. In addition, green energy also featured strongly in an energy-related investment prospectus released by government at the event, where a new R2-trillion investment target was set for the period to 2030.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>RENEWABLE ENERGY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:21:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Development finance institutions (DFIs) the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have formed a partnership to collaborate on the development, financing and implementation of energy security projects within special economic zones (SEZs). Energy security within SEZs contributes to greater competitiveness by ensuring that industries are able to thrive without disruption, as SEZs attract significant investments, contribute to creating employment opportunities and are key drivers of economic growth.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 16:37:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Registration fees for rooftop solar systems waived for a further six months – Eskom</title>
            <link>https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/registration-fees-for-rooftop-solar-systems-waived-for-a-further-six-months-eskom-2026-03-27</link>
            <description><![CDATA[State-owned power utility Eskom has extended the waiver of the registration fees for small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems, such as rooftop solar power installations, for a further six months to end September 2026. All registration and connection fees – up to R10 000 for urban or residential customers and up to R36 000 for rural customers – are waived until September 30, 2026, for Eskom customers' SSEG systems up to 50 kW.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>SOLAR REGISTRATION</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:48:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>FNB highlights role of financial institutions in accelerating Africa's energy transition</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At the Solar & Storage Live Africa 2026 event, financial services provider FNB is showcasing how financial institutions can play a practical role in accelerating South Africa and the rest of Africa’s energy transition, not only by selling technology, but by enabling access, trust, and long‑term value. Across the continent, rising electricity costs, grid constraints and energy uncertainty are driving strong demand for solar and storage solutions. While adoption is growing, the real challenge lies in affordability, credible suppliers and informed decision‑making. These factors increasingly shape how households and businesses approach renewable-energy solutions and investments.]]></description>
            <author>Tracy Klückow</author>
            <category>Storage</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Sungrow exhibits its innovative offering at Solar &amp; Storage Live Africa</title>
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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. Part of a global renewable-energy technology company founded in 1997 by Professor Cao Renxian, Sungrow showcased its continuous innovation in PV inverter and energy storage technology at Solar & Storage Live Africa 2026, hosted at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand.]]></description>
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            <category>Storage</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>WEG positioning to be key player in African battery and storage market</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electrical equipment manufacturer WEG Africa is showcasing its latest innovations in solar power generation and energy storage solutions at Solar & Storage Live Africa 2026, hosted at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. With the growing demand for reliable energy storage, WEG is positioning itself as a key player in the battery and storage market, offering solutions that seamlessly integrate with solar power systems. The company’s advanced solar inverters and storage technologies are designed to enhance grid resilience, ensuring a stable and reliable energy supply for industrial and commercial users.]]></description>
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            <category>Storage</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Anthem already mulling addition of batteries at 475 MW Notsi PV project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Anthem CEO James Cumming says there is a “high probability” of a battery energy storage system (BESS) being integrated into its massive 475 MWac (620 MWdc) Notsi solar PV project in the Free State, with the site having already been permitted to include BESS. The South African independent power producer started construction on the R9-billion project in March following financial close, which was concluded on the back of 20-year-plus offtake agreements with electricity traders Discovery Green and NOA.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 08:20:00 +0200</pubDate>
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