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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.
Not practical to implement new ‘black box’ tariff rules from 2025, Eskom insists
Eskom says the Electricity Pricing Determination Rules (EPDR) approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) in December cannot be implemented for the 2025/26 financial year as...
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...
AMSA announces six-month deferral to longs closure after agreements on short-term measures
Steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) has deferred the wind down of its long-products business by six months amid widespread concern regarding the detrimental impact of the closure on...
Standard Bank not expecting major fiscal slippage despite election pressures
Standard Bank chief economist Goolam Ballim does not anticipate “material fiscal slippage” in the 2024 Budget, despite expenditure pressures associated with the upcoming elections, as well as calls...
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...
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...
Preferred bidder selected for bunker fuels terminal on brownfield Port of Richards Bay site
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...
Nersa formally publishes licences for new grid company
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has officially published on its website the three licences required for the operationalisation of the National Transmission Company South...
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...
Eskom to roll-out ‘load limiting’ to more Gauteng areas following Fourways pilot
Eskom is aiming to expand the coverage of its so-called ‘load limiting project’ – where households equipped with smart meters continue to receive limited power supply during periods of Stage 1 to 4...
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...
Eskom’s new curtailment addendum unlocks 3 470 MW of grid for wind in Western and Eastern Cape
Eskom has taken a major step in unlocking much-needed grid capacity for wind projects in the Western and Eastern Cape provinces by publishing the highly-anticipated curtailment addendum to its...
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...
Energy Vault enters licensing deal for gravity storage solution with SADC-focused consortium
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...
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...
Africa’s flatlining electricity trajectory requires urgent intervention – IEA
A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report on electricity highlights that per person electricity demand across Africa has been stagnant for three decades, making the continent a worrying...
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...
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