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Ramokgopa again moots policy interventions to provide relief from Eskom hike

By: Terence Creamer 20th November 2024 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who is Eskom’s shareholder Minister, has reiterated his opposition to the utility receiving a 36.15% tariff hike next year, while also indicating that various policy interventions are being considered to reduce the increase. Speaking at a... →

VW Africa expands solar array at Kariega plant to more than 12 000 panels

By: Irma Venter 20th November 2024 Volkswagen Group Africa (VWA) has added an additional 3 MW solar power to its local grid, bringing the total output of renewable energy to 5.9 MW. This is enough energy to power at least 2 000 two-bedroom houses with geysers and electrical appliances. →

Image of the car park installation at the VWA plant

The car park installation at the Kariega plant

Remodelled draft IRP to be unveiled next week for limited public consultation

By: Terence Creamer 20th November 2024 A remodelled Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity will be released to the public next week and is expected to deviate materially from the heavily criticised draft IRP2023, which was published for public comment in January. Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says... →

SANEDI CEO Dr Titus Mathe

Group of nations make COP29 pledge on no new unabated coal power

By: Bloomberg 20th November 2024 A total of 25 countries and the EU are pledging to commit to no new unabated coal power in their next round of national climate plans, the latest global pledge aimed at curbing use of the fuel. Signatories to the agreement, outlined during the ongoing COP29 climate talks in Baku, include Canada,... →

A truck carrying coal with a coal-fired power station in the background

Zimbabwe power tariff hike sparks 3 000 MW of energy investments

By: Bloomberg 20th November 2024 Zimbabwe’s decision to adopt tariffs that reflect costs has sparked a wave of investments in the energy sector that will help ease its power crisis. Since the switch in December last year, energy investments have sharply increased with 3 000 MW of projects currently under development, according... →

Namibia aims to raise $450m to boost power generation

By: Bloomberg 20th November 2024 Namibia’s state-owned electricity utility plans to raise $450-million by selling bonds in the country and raising development bank loans to help the southwest African nation boost power generation. Namibia Power Corp. said it has signed loan agreements totaling €166-million ($175-million) with... →

Summit underscores importance of just energy transition, C&I industry

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 19th November 2024 It is imperative that South Africa and industry decarbonises and, with the transition towards more sustainable forms of energy already occurring, stakeholders should focus on how the transition is implemented in a just manner at the pace that is required, and the steps and strategies this would... →

NOA Group to supply Old Mutual Real Estate portfolio with wheeled renewable power

By: Schalk Burger 19th November 2024 Property fund Old Mutual Real Estate Holding Company (OMREHC) has entered into an energy supply agreement with commercial and industrial renewable energy company NOA Group Trading to provide electricity for its property portfolio. The wheeling transaction will deliver more than 90% renewable... →

Two more battery projects achieve financial close, next set of bidders to be announced within weeks

By: Terence Creamer 19th November 2024 Two more battery storage projects selected as preferred bids under South Africa’s first public procurement bid window (BW1) for the technology have achieved commercial close. The projects have a combined investment value of R4.7-billion and increase to 360 MW/1 440 MWh the amount of utility-scale... →

A group photo taken at the signing ceremony attended by Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, seated at centre

Eskom once again urges prepaid metered customers to recode their meters before Nov 24

By: Schalk Burger 19th November 2024 State-owned power utility Eskom is once again urging all prepaid electricity customers to update their meters immediately to avoid an unexpected loss of electricity after the deadline of November 24. It is critical that all customers, including those who have not bought electricity in the past... →

Zambia, Zimbabwe face wake-up call after Kariba dam water levels plunge, Minister says

By: Bloomberg 19th November 2024 A plunge in water levels at the world’s largest man-made reservoir, which has left Zambia and Zimbabwe without power for hours, shows why they need to diversify their energy sources, according to a top official. “The over-dependence on hydropower has exposed the vulnerability of the energy mix,”... →

Photo by Reuters
The Kariba dam

Affordability and Eskom inefficiencies come under scrutiny as Nersa hearings kick off

By: Terence Creamer 18th November 2024 The issues of electricity affordability and Eskom’s inefficiencies emerged as recurring themes as the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) kicked off nationwide public hearings in Cape Town on Monday into the utility’s latest revenue application. Through its sixth multiyear price... →

Renewable-energy minigrids can empower informal sector in Africa

By: Schalk Burger 15th November 2024 About 70% of Africa's population are employed in the informal sector, and renewable energy-based, small-scale microgrids or minigrids present an opportunity to provide decentralised electricity to offgrid and rural communities, which will boost job creation in the informal sector. Microgrids can... →

SAPVIA calls for incentives for SSEG market

By: Schalk Burger 15th November 2024 Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has made a presentation to Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy in which it called for solar investment incentives that offer tax benefits and grants for installations, specifically targeting... →

SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu

IBM, Sustainable Energy for All launch new energy, urban development solutions

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 15th November 2024 Technology company IBM and international organisation Sustainable Energy for All have announced new, publicly available AI-powered solutions to enable decision-makers and policymakers to map urbanisation and identify energy and infrastructure needs for communities in developing regions. The... →

The new solutions aim to enable decision-makers and policymakers to map urbanisation and identify energy and infrastructure needs for communities in developing regions

TotalEnergies, bp, Equinor and Shell to invest $500m to improve energy access in Africa, Asia

By: Schalk Burger 15th November 2024 Oil, gas and energy multinational companies TotalEnergies, bp, Equinor and Shell have made a $500-million joint investment commitment to create positive energy access impact for people in key regions over the coming years. The funds will help to support the UN Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG... →

Ramokgopa to recommend lifting PBMR from care and maintenance

By: Schalk Burger 15th November 2024 The Department of Electricity and Energy is preparing a report to Cabinet to recommend the approval of lifting the pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR) from care and maintenance to allow South Africa to revive the development of its PBMR capability. “Nuclear is the future and is alive in South... →

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Public hearings on Eskom's MYPD6, retail tariff plan to kick off

By: Creamer Media Reporter 15th November 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the much-anticipated hearings into Eskom's latest revenue application next week, the hearing date that has been set for Eskom’s retail tariff plan application; and the likely outcomes of these the MYPD6 and retail tariff plan hearings. →

Public hearings on Eskom's MYPD6, retail tariff plan to kick off

AFD approves another €400m JET-linked policy loan to South Africa

By: Terence Creamer 14th November 2024 Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has approved another €400-million policy-based loan to support South Africa’s Just Energy Transition (JET), increasing its approvals to €700-million out of the €1-billion it pledged to South Africa at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. The loan is described as the... →

UK agency seeks to help South African industry to decarbonise

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th November 2024 The UK Energy Systems Catapult sought to help South Africa leapfrog the errors the UK had made, in seeking to create a net-zero carbon emissions energy system. So highlighted Energy Systems Catapult advisor Brendan O’Neill, addressing the Southern African Sustainable Energy Conference (SASEC)... →

German nonprofit specialises in helping renewable energy projects in emerging markets

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th November 2024 German non-profit renewable-energy company Atmosfair is focused on making renewable energy, and carbon offsetting, projects in developing and emerging economies (including South Africa) viable, explained project manager David Grüttner. He was addressing the Southern African Sustainable Energy... →

South Africa needs to train top people differently, to achieve the just energy transition

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th November 2024 South Africa has to focus on developing top-level human resources in order to ensure that the country minimises mistakes and project failures during the just energy transition (JET). So cautioned South African specialist consultancy Idea 2 Business systems engineering solutions adviser Dr Harry... →

IPP Office confirms ongoing dispute with 13 projects over payment of bid bonds

By: Terence Creamer 14th November 2024 The head of South Africa’s Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO) has confirmed that it has called the bid bonds for 14 projects that failed to advance to commercial close during the fifth bid window (BW5) of the country’s renewables procurement programme. Bernard Magoro told lawmakers this... →

Independent Power Producer Office head Bernard Magoro

Parts of Jhb face weekend water cuts as Eikenhof substation to undergo repairs

By: Creamer Media Reporter 14th November 2024 Power and water utilities City Power, Johannesburg Water and Rand Water have advised that an emergency power outage will be implemented at the Eikenhof substation from 08:00 to 16:00 on November 17 and that it will impact on the supply of water in parts of Johannesburg. The outage is necessary... →

Energy council calls for overhaul of public IPP procurement model

By: Terence Creamer 13th November 2024 The Energy Council of South Africa has called for an overhaul of the way government procures new electricity generation and storage capacity from independent power producers (IPPs), describing the current model as outdated. Addressing the Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy, CEO James... →

Energy Council of South Africa CEO James Mackay

Teraco to build 40 MW JB7 data centre at Isando Campus

By: Schalk Burger 13th November 2024 Data centre and information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructure company Teraco has started building a new 40 MW hyperscale data centre at its Isando Campus in Ekurhuleni, Gauteng. The facility, known as JB7, is currently scheduled for completion in 2026 and will incorporate the... →

A rendering of Teraco's JB5 and JB7 data centres

Global CO2 emissions to hit record high in 2024, report says

By: Reuters 13th November 2024 Global carbon dioxide emissions, including those from burning fossil fuels, are set to hit a record high this year, pulling the world further off course from averting more destructive climate extremes, scientists said on Wednesday. The Global Carbon Budget report, published during the UN's COP29... →

COP29 is being held in Azerbaijan this month

Hearing into Eskom’s far-reaching retail tariff plan set for Dec 18

By: Terence Creamer 12th November 2024 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published timelines for the processing Eskom’s retail tariff plan (RTP) application, in which potentially far-reaching changes to the tariff structure are requested. The timeline deviates slightly from the timelines included in Nersa’s... →

Sanari invests R87.5m in power generation systems company Energenic

By: Schalk Burger 12th November 2024 Private equity firm Sanari Capital has made an R87.5-million investment in power generation systems company Energenic to enable it to scale-up its business in Africa and South Africa. Energenic's solutions provide reliable and cost-effective energy solutions to key growth sectors on the... →

First hot-rolled coil produced at Scaw’s new R5bn Germiston mill

By: Terence Creamer 12th November 2024 The first hot-rolled coil (HRC) has been produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex in Ekurhuleni, heralding the reintroduction of competition into South Africa’s flat-steel market. The R5-billion steel investment, which has been 75% funded by Absa and Investec and 25% funded by the... →

The first of what Barnes Group CEO Doron Barnes says will be many hot-rolled coils produced at Scaw Metals’ Union Junction complex

This video, supplied by Scaw Metals, shows the first hot-rolled coil being produced at the new Germiston mill on November 11, 2024

Teraco starts building 120 MW solar power plant to wheel power to its data centres

By: Schalk Burger 12th November 2024 Information and communications technology infrastructure company Teraco has started construction of its 120 MW utility-scale solar PV power plant in the Free State, which is expected to come online in late 2026. Teraco will own the 120 MW solar PV plant and wheel the renewable energy to its data... →

Teraco CEO Jan Hnizdo

‘No crisis looming’ as independent technical assessment set to resolve billing dispute between Eskom, City Power

By: Darren Parker 11th November 2024 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramakgopa has confirmed that an independent technical assessment of the R6.1-billion billing dispute between State-owned utility Eskom and the City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) wholly-owned electricity utility City Power will be carried out over the... →

The lights will remain on in Johannesburg over Christmas

International nuclear body to have a high profile at the COP29 climate summit

By: Rebecca Campbell 11th November 2024 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will highlight the role of nuclear energy, as a key instrument to achieve net-zero carbon emissions, during the COP29 UN Climate Summit. The summit will be held from November 11 to November 22, in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The IAEA delegation... →

Data indicates improving, stabilising electricity generation in South Africa – Minerals Council

By: Sabrina Jardim 8th November 2024 Latest data reflects steadily improving and stabilising electricity generation in South Africa, the Minerals Council South Africa notes. In its latest economic insights for September to October, the council notes that State-owned utility Eskom's energy availability factor (EAF) continues to... →

IPP Office to oversee pilot procurement of private independent transmission projects

By: Terence Creamer 8th November 2024 Government has confirmed that the Independent Power Producer Office (IPPO), which has overseen the public procurement of more than 7 300 MW of operational renewable-energy capacity since 2011, will oversee a pilot programme to procure South Africa’s first independent transmission projects (ITPs).... →

Nersa publishes Eskom’s proposed Retail Tariff Plan for public consultation

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 8th November 2024 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published State-owned utility Eskom’s proposed Retail Tariff Plan for public consultation, detailing changes to its tariff charges and rates. The primary goal is to ensure customers only pay for the costs they incur, Eskom says in a... →

Eskom Distribution group executive Monde Bala

Eskom opposes Nersa's granting of four new electricity trading licences

By: Creamer Media Reporter 8th November 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses Eskom's opposition to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's decision to grant four new electricity trading licences; whether Eskom's opposition to the granting of the licences came as a surpsie and what will happen next →

Eskom opposes Nersa's granting of four new electricity trading licences

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