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Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
Interest from IPPs aiming to connect renewables to the national transmission grid surges to 133 GW
The latest edition of the South African Renewable Energy Grid Survey points to there being massive and growing interest from developers of solar PV, wind, battery and hybrid plants to connect to...
Sasol confirms refinements being made to emissions reduction pathway
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has reiterated that its target to reduce its greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 remains in place, but has also confirmed that it is refining its...
Phillips confirms 193Mt ‘stretch target’ for rail amid criticism that recovery plan lacks ambition
Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips has acknowledged criticism over the pace at which it plans to recover rail volumes and has reported that an internal “stretch target” of 193-million tons has been set...
Marokane says ‘holistic’ conversation needed on tariff rules and other regulatory gaps
Eskom CEO Dan Marokane says the State-owned company is eager to participate in a “holistic conversation” about the gap that has emerged between the changes under way in the electricity sector and...
Transnet’s recovery plan seen as lacking ambition
Government and business are urging Transnet to show greater ambition in its plans to recover freight volumes, describing the current recovery plan as falling well short of what is required to...
‘Necom 2.0’ to focus on system-wide constraints to electricity security and affordability
Amid waning loadshedding, government and business have agreed to begin “repurposing” the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) to shift focus from interventions aimed at arresting the...
Transnet Property mulls investment-property vehicle as it moves ahead with sale of residential stock
The property division of Transnet has been given board approval to sell its residential and non-core commercial properties over the coming two years, while moving to package the balance of the...
DBSA urged to play leading role in fixing municipalities during next phase of Operation Vulindlela
Deputy Finance Minister David Masondo has called on the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), which is a major lender to local government, to play a leading role in supporting the Government...
IDC optimistic of industrial investment recovery following fall in disbursements to R15.9bn
South Africa’s Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is optimistic of converting the rise in business confidence that has accompanied the recent easing in loadshedding and visible efforts to...
Nersa promises ‘utmost transparency’ after confirming receipt of Eskom's MYPD6 submission
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has confirmed that it received, on August 16, Eskom’s sixth multiyear price determination (MYPD6) revenue application for the 2025/26, 2026/27...
Eskom holds back from declaring end to loadshedding pending return of delayed units
Eskom has refrained from officially declaring an end to loadshedding despite having operated for more than 150 days without implementing rotational cuts; a period that coincided with the...
Clause posing threat to municipal electricity revenues may be excluded when ERA enters into force
President Cyril Ramaphosa has left the door open to excluding a section in the Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act that could negatively affect the revenues municipalities raise from...
Timeline for inaugural IEP announced as govt sets year-end target for updated IRP
The South African government aims to Gazette an update to the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity before the end of the 2024 calendar year and finalise South Africa’s inaugural...
$613m in JET-IP grants allocated to projects, Presidency reports
The Presidency has released new details showing that $613-million of the $821-million in grants pledged to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) have now been...
Securing ringfenced revenue for NTCSA seen as pivotal move in tackling R390bn grid backlog
Ringfencing revenue for the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) is regarded as a crucial short-term step for ensuring that the newly operationalised Eskom Holdings subsidiary is...
Eskom releases names of transformer suppliers
Eskom has released the names to Engineering News of the five transformer companies appointed to a panel of suppliers that will compete for upcoming contracts for a total of 101 large-scale...
Sasol extends gas supply plateau to June 2027 but only as ‘bridge’ to LNG imports
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has confirmed a yearlong extension, to June 2027, in its gas supply from southern Mozambique to South African industrial customers, which have been warning of a...
Ramaphosa signs Electricity Regulation Amendment Act into law
President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the much-anticipated Electricity Regulation Amendment (ERA) Act, which lays the legislative foundations for the establishment of a fully independent...
AECI in early-stage move to produce green explosives as internationalisation drive accelerates
Explosives and mining chemicals group AECI is moving to secure green ammonia for use in the production of lower-carbon explosives, demand for which is expected to grow in some of the mining...
Grid rules must prioritise all shovel ready projects
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa indicates that he is in favour of grid-access rules that ensure as much new capacity is added as quickly as possible regardless of whether...
Transnet’s recovery plan lacks the ambition needed for higher growth, government and business warn
Government and business are urging Transnet to show greater ambition in its plans to recover freight volumes, describing the current recovery plan as falling well short of what is required to...
‘Necom 2.0’ to focus on system-wide constraints to electricity security and affordability
Amid waning loadshedding, government and business have agreed to begin “repurposing” the National Energy Crisis Committee (Necom) to shift focus from interventions aimed at arresting the...
Port of Richards Bay moves to diversify beyond bulk exports while bolstering climate resilience
The Port of Richards Bay, in KwaZulu-Natal, is progressing with planning for infrastructure and terminal investments aimed at consolidating its position as a bulk export hub for key minerals such...
Eskom again moots 20 GW clean-energy build programme
Eskom will replace its declining coal capacity with clean-energy options in line with country policy and the Just Energy Transition, Eskom GM for primary energy Dan Mashigo told participants at a...
$613m in JET-IP grants have been allocated to projects, Presidency reports
The Presidency has released new details showing that $613-million of the $821-million in grants pledged to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Investment Plan (JET-IP) have now been...
Eskom makes shock objection to issuance of trading licences
Eskom has lodged a surprise objection to the issuance of licences to private traders in areas where its distribution entity currently holds a licence, arguing that the current rules of the National...
Localisation to be used to create early stage demand in targeted sectors – Tau
While proclaiming industrial policy to be the “centre piece” of the government of national unity’s economic development strategy, new Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Parks Tau indicated he...
Regulator grants Eskom permission to extend life of Koeberg Unit 1 to July 2044
South Africa’s National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) board has approved a 20-year life extension for Koeberg Unit 1, but has deferred a decision on the nuclear power station’s Unit 2 until late 2025,...
AECI in early-stage move to produce green explosives as internationalisation drive accelerates
Explosives and mining chemicals group AECI is moving to secure green ammonia for use in the production of lower-carbon explosives, demand for which is expected to grow in some of the mining...
Grid rules should favour shovel-ready projects whether public or private – Minister
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa indicates that he is in favour of grid-access rules that ensure as much new capacity is added as quickly as possible regardless of whether...
IRP2023 comments to be workshopped to ensure ‘credible’ outcome
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has committed not to dismiss the more than 4 000 public comments received in response to the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP2023),...
Ramokgopa announces electricity tariff review amid affordability ‘crisis’ for poor households
Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that a review of South Africa’s electricity pricing policy will be launched with the aim of addressing a rising affordability...
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