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Enel Green Power RSA's 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster near Humansdorp, in the Eastern Cape, has achieved commercial operation, with Impofu West the last of the three 110 MW facilities to come online in June 2026. The cluster, linked to Secunda through a 116 km, 132 kV wheeling line described as South Africa's largest privately built powerline, supplies Sasol and Air Liquide under long-term power purchase agreements, taking Sasol's online renewable-energy intake to over 500 MW, with 700 MW more under construction towards its 2 000 MW target by 2030.
Sasol-Air Liquide renewable programme surpasses original targetThe joint Sasol-Air Liquide renewable procurement programme, launched in 2021 with a 900 MW goal, has secured about 990 MW across Enel's Impofu projects, TotalEnergies and Mulilo's De Aar 2 South and Paarde Valley projects, Mainstream's operational Damlaagte solar plant and SOLA Group's Naos-1 hybrid solar-battery project, targeted for 2028, aimed at cutting Secunda's carbon intensity.
Sasol-linked rare earths project advances towards feasibilityRainbow Rare Earths' Phalaborwa project in Limpopo, which recovers rare-earth elements from phosphogypsum stacks left from historic phosphate operations last run by Sasol, continues optimisation of its solvent-extraction circuit, with 75% of the flowsheet now in the engineering phase of a definitive feasibility study due by the end of 2026. The project, requiring no mining, targets first production by late 2028 or early 2029, producing separated neodymium/praseodymium oxide alongside dysprosium, terbium and yttrium.
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At Babcock’s Jet Park in Boksburg, Johannesburg, Babcock launched its new role as the preferred partner of Lincoln Electric welding products across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Hendrik du Toit, MD for...
Work is continuing at the project, with the focus being on optimising and simplifying the flowsheet to enhance the plant operability and reduce risk when moving to commercial scale.
M&D Construction Group has marked a significant milestone in its 43-year history with the official opening of its new headquarters at 10 Kikuyu Road, Sunninghill, Sandton. Designed to embody the...
The 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm Cluster has entered into commercial operation.
The Impofu Wind Farm Cluster has entered into commercial operation.
Enel Green Power RSA¹ A company 50% controlled by Enel Green Power S.p.A. has achieved commercial operation on the 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, located in the Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay...
Researchers from the JENano Group at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) are advancing South Africa’s green hydrogen ambitions through integrated research spanning computational materials design,...
The full 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, located in the Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay municipalities of the Eastern Cape, has entered into commercial operation. The cluster comprises three 110 MW...
Energy and chemicals group Sasol and carbon-reduction technology company Topsoe say they will be refocusing the organisational structure of their sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) partnership to...
Hydrogen is potentially a key factor in developing energy resilience and energy security, and South Africa is ideally positioned to be, over time, a hub for green hydrogen production owing to its...
South Africa’s economy continues to face challenges, including slow growth, high unemployment and pressure on important services such as electricity, transport and water. New infrastructure...
CNG Holdings participated in a coordinated emergency preparedness exercise on 24 June 2026, led by Sasol Pipeline Operations and conducted in partnership with the City of Johannesburg Emergency...
SOLA Group reached financial close and started construction on Naos-1 in February 2026.
The Naos-1 project is a landmark 435 MWp solar PV and 660 MWh battery energy storage project, developed entirely by SOLA Group.
As at May 2026, the yearly tariff-setting process with the Department of Water and Sanitation continued to function as expected.
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...
As the world embraces a just energy transition, petrochemicals giant Sasol stands at a critical crossroads as one of South Africa's largest industrial employers and a key pillar of South Africa's...
The HyShift Consortium’s production of power-to-liquid fuels at Secunda will not currently meet Europe’s Renewable Fuels of Non-Biological Origin compliance criteria.
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...
Naos-1 represents the largest solar and battery facility developed specifically for private offtakers in South Africa.
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