Independent Power Producers

In this article by Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) chief economist and group executive Zeph Nhleko, he highlights infrastructure investment as the central lever to break South Africa’s... 

By: Dr Jonty Cogger - Senior Attorney at Centre for Environmental Rights While South African government charts the country’s energy future behind closed doors, a pivotal decision with decades-long... 

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... 

AMEA Power has successfully commissioned the Doornhoek solar PV plant. 

The first project under Bid Window 6 has reached commercial operation. 

The Witberg and Umsinde Emoyeni wind farms are scheduled to enter commercial operation this year.  

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... 

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 Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has signed a 25-year terminal operator agreement with Ukwanda LNG, to develop an onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification facility... 

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... 

In this article, Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay provides a breakdown of the budget vote presented by Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in Parliament earlier... 

Sanlam Alternative Investments, the alternative investments business within Sanlam, has become the first private institutional shareholder in renewable energy trader and buyer Africa GreenCo... 

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has, in her latest newsletter, congratulated State-owned Eskom on a full year without loadshedding, describing this achievement as a... 

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... 

Siemens South Africa has announced the localisation of its 8DA gas-insulated medium-voltage switchgear manufacturing for the South African market, in partnership with Private National Grid (PNG),... 

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... 

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... 

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,... 

Cape Town’s Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) has deployed 120 electric buses since January this year, traveling a combined 115 000 km to 120 000 km a week. “At this rate, we should get close to...