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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.
Sasol prioritising coal de-stoning investment as it seeks to allay fears over big Secunda output dip
Energy and chemicals group Sasol has moved to address investor concerns that its yearly production at Secunda will need to fall to only 6.7-million tons for it to meet its goal of reducing the...
Ramokgopa says govt close to finalising structure for private grid financing
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says all the work being done by government on the financial structure to facilitate private investment into the country’s transmission infrastructure is...
Nersa makes far-reaching changes to tariff rules, but implementation timing uncertain
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved far-reaching changes to the way electricity tariffs will be set in future, but it could still take some time before the rules are...
Preferred bidder for Richards Bay bunker fuels terminal named
Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has appointed FFS Tank Terminal as the preferred bidder to develop and operate a liquid bulk terminal specialising in bunker fuels on a brownfield site at...
Eskom insists downward EAF slide has been ‘arrested’ amid Stage 4 loadshedding
Eskom insists the performance of its unreliable generation fleet is on an improving trajectory, releasing a graphic-heavy statement on February 22 disputing a recent report stating that its...
Godongwana draws down R150bn from gold and forex account to reduce borrowings and debt-service costs
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana unveiled a far-reaching reform in relation to government’s treatment of the Gold and Foreign Exchange Contingency Reserve Account (GFECRA), which will result in...
R4bn may be removed from Eskom debt-relief for failure to meet EFC sale deadline
The South African government is proposing to reduce its planned allocations to Eskom under a previously announced R254-billion debt-relief package by R2-billion a year for the 2023/24 and 2024/25...
RFP for private transmission investment to be launched in July
The South African government will release a request for proposals (RFP) in the coming months seeking private sector investment into a pilot electricity grid infrastructure project. The National...
Eskom backs Necom-level consultation on use of electricity tokens to upscale virtual wheeling
Eskom Distribution MD Monde Bala has signalled the utility’s willingness to consider the integration of an Electricity Credit Token (ECT) financial instrument to accelerate the implementation of a...
Impact of curtailment on BW7 under discussion
The Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) reports that it is engaging with Eskom on its newly released curtailment addendum to the latest Generation Connection Capacity Assessment (GCCA 2025) –...
SA green hydrogen developers urged to bid for €270m German grant funding
South African developers of mature green hydrogen or derivatives projects are potentially eligible for nonrefundable grant funding being extended under Germany’s €270-million Power-to-X (PtX)...
Energy Vault, consortium enter licensing deal for gravity storage solution
Grid-scale energy storage solutions company Energy Vault has signed a licensing and royalty agreement with a South African consortium, established with the aim of deploying the NYSE-listed...
Energy Council welcomes IRP extension, calls for strong reform message in SoNA
Energy Council CEO James Mackay has welcomed the decision of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy to extend the comment period for the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2023 by a month...
1 000 MW gas-to-power cap placed on Richards Bay for first gas procurement round
While ‘location agnostic’, South Africa’s inaugural 2 000 MW gas-to-power (GtP) procurement round is limiting the development of facilities in the City of uMhlathuze, where KwaZulu-Natal’s...
Next battery sites being identified amid bidding at eight substations in North West province
Independent Power Producer Office head Bernard Magoro reports that work is under way to identify substation sites for the upcoming third Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer...
Fast-growing ENGIE South Africa will consider grid investments under right conditions
Global independent power company ENGIE, which is prioritising the South African electricity market for significant organic and acquisitive growth, is also open to participating in grid investments...
SA’s draft plan signals renewables investments retreat as the rest of the world powers ahead
While South Africa’s latest draft electricity plan is signalling a pullback in renewables investments for the period to 2030 relative to the prevailing policy, the rest of the world is powering...
Preferred bidder selected to build, operate Richards Bay LNG terminal
South Africa’s State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced that it has selected a public-private consortium as the preferred bidder to develop and operate a liquefied natural...
Ramokgopa seeks to unlock private finance for 6 000 km of new grid in coming three years
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says the current plan for rolling out grid infrastructure, particularly in the coming three years, is insufficient to end loadshedding and should, thus,...
Transmission grid constraints cast shadow over South Africa’s seventh renewables bid window
South Africa’s grid constraints are continuing to cast a shadow over the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), the seventh bidding round for which was...
Grid constraint likely to translate to a renewables price premium, Magoro warns
Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office head Bernard Magoro has signalled that the projects bid during the current seventh renewables procurement bid window could carry a price premium, as bidders...
Sasol, Topsoe appoint CEO to lead new sustainable aviation fuels JV
Sasol and Topsoe have appointed Shell’s Jan Toschka as CEO of their recently established sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) JV. Toschka is described as a seasoned leader in the aviation fuels...
Marokane to officially report for duty as Eskom CEO on March 1
Eskom has announced that Dan Marokane – who was named group CEO on December 8, almost a full year after André de Ruyter formally resigned – will assume office on March 1, 2024. Previously, Eskom...
Pioneering 195 MW solar plant to sell clean electricity to multiple customers across the country
South African independent power producer the SOLA Group has started construction on a pioneering 195 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the Free State, which will wheel and sell clean electricity...
Red Rocket confirms initial 500 MW of interest in 2 000 MW virtual wheeling renewables scheme
Independent power producer (IPP) Red Rocket reports that it has signed up customers for 500 MW of the 2 000 MW of capacity it aims to deploy over the coming three years as part of an innovative...
Tender out for Durban terminal berths expansion
The Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a tender for the reconstruction, deepening and lengthening of three berths at the Pier 2 North Quay of the currently congested Durban...
Sasol’s Mabelane to head board of Eskom’s unbundled grid company
The inaugural board of directors of the National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA), which was announced by the Eskom board on Tuesday, will be chaired by Priscillah Mabelane, who is also...
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