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Judgment in favour of power utility welcomed

25th August 2023 State-owned power utility Eskom in July said it was pleased with the Johannesburg High Court judgment dismissing with costs, the interdict application by green energy supplier G7 Renewable Energies to prevent Eskom from implementing the Interim Grid Capacity Allocation (IGCA) rules. In passing... →

Johannesburg secures initial private power deals

By: Bloomberg 24th August 2023 Johannesburg, South Africa’s economic hub, has secured bids from private producers to provide 92 megawatts of electricity to help shield the city from nationwide electricity shortages. The local government and Johannesburg utility City Power last year issued a request for short-term power... →

TIPS sets out to create a South Africa-focused Just Transition Transaction Framework

By: Darren Parker 21st August 2023 Independent, nonprofit economic research institution Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has launched research on a proposed Just Transition Transaction Framework. During a webinar on August 17, the institution introduced the content of the framework and the process for improving the... →

Renewable energy and fossil fuel power infrastructure

Karpowership, Mulilo have South African grid-access rights extended

By: Bloomberg 31st July 2023 Eskom Holdings has extended the right of least two companies to connect to South Africa’s power grid, keeping the struggling projects alive. Karpowership, a Turkish provider of electricity from ship-mounted power plants, had grid access extended from July 31 until the end of the year, it said to... →

Investment of $8bn a year needed to ensure universal clean cooking by 2030

By: Schalk Burger 26th July 2023 Universal clean cooking access could be reached worldwide by 2030 with yearly investment of $8-billion, and clean cooking is a cornerstone of global efforts to improve energy access, gender equity, economic development and human dignity, says global body the International Energy Agency (IEA)... →

Karpowership to proceed with South African environment applications

By: Bloomberg 25th July 2023 Karpowership has been given permission to proceed with applications for environmental approval for plans to install ship-based power plants at South Africa’s Richards Bay and Saldanha ports. Barbara Creecy, South Africa’s environment minister, dismissed appeals from five environmental groups... →

Northern Cape green hydrogen development could drive manufacturing in the province

By: Darren Parker 21st July 2023 If green hydrogen can be produced efficiently and cost effectively in the Northern Cape, the country’s manufacturing capacity will likely migrate there, Northern Cape Economic Development Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Nceda) CEO Hendrik Louw has said. Speaking at the 2023 Hydrogen... →

The Boegoebaai area

Energy users believe natural gas not green enough

By: Darren Parker 20th July 2023 Many large energy users do not see natural gas as a viable option for the production of hydrogen, diversified minerals and investment group Siyakhula Sonke Empowerment Corporation (SSC) renewable energy head Andries van der Linde has said. “If we talk to these big mining companies, they say... →

Jeffrey's Bay wind farm

EU electricity demand expected to reach two-decade low

By: Darren Parker 19th July 2023 The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said the European Union (EU) is likely to experience a decline in electricity demand to the lowest level in two decades. However, the expansion of renewable energy sources in 2024 is deemed more crucial than ever owing to the expected sharp rise in global... →

Ghana aims for 30% nuclear, 20% renewables in energy mix by 2070

By: Darren Parker 20th June 2023 Ghana is gunning for nuclear energy to account for 30% of its energy mix by 2070, with renewable energy set to account for about 20%. “We see three key energy sources play a leading role in the supply of energy for the people of this country. First, we want to expand renewable energy to about 20... →

Energy Ministry power directorate deputy director Seth Mahu

Trade unions sign new wage deal with Eskom

By: Reuters 15th June 2023 South African trade unions at power utility Eskom have signed a new three-year wage agreement with a 7% pay rise for each year, two unions said on Thursday. Negotiators for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and Solidarity had been... →

South Africa seeks a way to allow Eskom to take on green debt

By: Reuters 15th June 2023 South Africa's finance ministry has appointed a consultant to come up with a plan by August to allow utility Eskom to accept-billions in loans designed to help it cut its carbon emissions when the government has blocked it from taking on new debt. Wealthy nations, including Britain, France,... →

Private offtake market adds new impetus to black energy group’s pioneering IPP journey

By: Terence Creamer 6th June 2023 The journey by South Africa’s Pele Energy Group (PEG) from fledgling energy investor to that of a pioneering black-owned and -managed independent power producer (IPP) is receiving fresh impetus from an unexpected source: the robust private-offtake market that has been stimulated by a recent... →

Pele Energy Group Founders (from left to right): Thapelo Motlogeloa, Gqi Raoleka, Fumani Mthembi, Obakeng Moloabi and Boipelo Moloabi

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Pele Energy Group Founders (from left to right): Thapelo Motlogeloa, Gqi Raoleka, Fumani Mthembi, Obakeng Moloabi and Boipelo Moloabi

Private sector technical teams to begin work at four troubled coal stations

By: Terence Creamer 5th June 2023 Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), will be deployed soon across four troubled coal-fired power stations to assist Eskom with its Generation Recovery Plan. Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa initially indicated... →

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The Kendal power station is one of four being prioritised for technical support

Ramokgopa describes five-year emergency powership term as ‘non-negotiable’

By: Terence Creamer 2nd June 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has reiterated his position that any procurement of electricity from powerships should be limited to a maximum of five years, describing such a term as “non-negotiable”, while also warning that imposing such a restriction could result in higher... →

Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

'We are not involved': Absa says it won't be funding Karpowership

By: News24Wire 2nd June 2023 Absa Group has settled on a final position not to fund the controversial Karpowership projects in South Africa, it confirmed on Friday. Speaking at the banking group's annual general meeting on Friday, chairperson Sello Moloko cut short a question posed by an activist organisation to confirm that... →

Karpowership, distributed generation and grid investment updates

By: Creamer Media Reporter 2nd June 2023 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the latest updates on the actions South Africa is taking to address the electricity crisis, including positive developments on the distributed generation and trasnmission grid investment fronts, but with the immediate prognosis in terms of... →

Karpowership, distributed generation and grid investment updates

Climate commission calls for revised IRP to upscale renewables allocation to 60 GW by 2030

By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2023 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which is currently under review, caters for the building of between 50 GW and 60 GW of variable renewable energy by 2030, supported by co-located storage of between 3 GW and 5... →

PCC says the transmission grid should be moved to the centre of electricity planning

Ramokgopa says 2GW of powership capacity to be procured for five years

By: Terence Creamer 1st June 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa confirmed with lawmakers this week that government intends pushing ahead with the procurement of electricity from powerships, amid ongoing environmental opposition to the floating gas-to-power plants and significant concerns over the cost implications... →

Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Mining industry has critical role in closing energy supply gap – Mantashe

By: Darren Parker 31st May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is convinced that mining companies can supplement State-owned Eskom’s supply of electricity, and that this would be critical for narrowing the electricity supply and demand gap, thereby improving South Africa’s mining industry global ranking,... →

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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

Ramokgopa in conversation with Karpowership on five- to ten-year contracts

By: Terence Creamer 30th May 2023 South Africa’s Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is having discussions with Karpowership about the potential for introducing the floating gas-to-power plants under a power purchase agreement (PPA) with terms of between five and ten years, instead of 20 years. In providing an update on... →

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni

BLSA reiterates call for govt to stick to Necom's Energy Action Plan

By: Schalk Burger 22nd May 2023 It is critical that government consolidates around the National Electricity Crisis Committee (Necom) plan and delivers on the implementation timelines as they stand now. "Given that there is 3 GW less generation available than during the past winter, it seems certain that South Africa is heading... →

Karpowership has mooring rights for three South African ports

By: Bloomberg 19th May 2023 Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply electricity to South Africa, secured government permission to moor its ship-mounted power plants at three of the country’s harbours. A dispute with the port operator may delay or thwart one of the projects. A so-called Section 79 notice granting... →

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A Karpowership floating storage and regasification unit

Government pursuing every megawatt of generation it can find, says Ramakgopa

By: Rebecca Campbell 19th May 2023 It was “inevitable” that South Africa would have to use powerships to help deal with the country’s power supply crisis, Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told delegates in his closing keynote address at the Enlit Africa conference in Cape Town in Thursday afternoon. Loadshedding –... →

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

South Africa needs oil, gas, nuclear, as well as renewables – Mantashe

By: Rebecca Campbell 17th May 2023 Delivering the keynote address at the Enlit Africa conference in Cape Town on Wednesday, South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reported that the current moratorium on the development of the country’s shale gas resources would be lifted. Any subsequent Court challenges... →

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay

By: Terence Creamer 16th May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan, which he has dubbed IRP 2023, is imminent, revealing during his Budget Vote on Tuesday that the draft will be presented to Cabinet only in the second... →

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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement

By: Terence Creamer 12th May 2023 The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with the Eskom board having approved three emergency procurement programmes that now only require the concurrence of the regulator before proceeding. The... →

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Biggest African bank cites energy needs in fossil fuel defense

By: Bloomberg 9th May 2023 Standard Bank Group, Africa’s biggest lender by assets, defended it’s investment in fossil-fuel projects, saying tthe continent’s energy needs have to be balanced with climate concerns. The Johannesburg-based bank’s exposure to coal mining, oil and gas and power generation from fossil fuels rose... →

Karpowership permitted to resubmit Richards Bay bid

By: Bloomberg 5th May 2023 Karpowership secured permission from South Africa’s environment department to refile an application to moor a ship-mounted power plant in the eastern port of Richards Bay as the company’s stalled plans to affect a 1 220 MW electricity supply contract regains momentum. The Turkish company withdrew... →

Event to focus on JET

By: Bonginkosi Tiwane 5th May 2023 With this year’s Enlit Africa event themed ‘The Multi-dimensional, multi-sectoral energy transition’, Enlit Africa content head Claire Volkwyn says this was the natural progression following last year’s theme of collaboration. →

A group of men who attended the Utility CEO Forum at the previous Enlit Africa Exhibition

AN ASSEMBLY OF DELEGATES Enlit Africa returns to Cape Town from May 16 to 18

Diverse approach needed to solve energy crisis

By: Bonginkosi Tiwane 5th May 2023 As a vast continent, with 54 countries and more than 1 000 languages, Africa’s approach to electrification and industrialisation should be both intricate and collaborative, says Frost & Sullivan Africa partner and CEO Hendrik Malan. →

Plans for Karpowership's Saldanha Bay project hit another delay

By: News24Wire 4th May 2023 Karpowership SA has withdrawn an environmental impact assessment report for its proposed Saldanha Bay project, which forms part of its application for environmental authorisation. Given the withdrawal of this document, its application for environmental authorisation has lapsed, according to the... →

Renergen, Timelink ink ground-breaking LNG supply agreement

By: Simone Liedtke 3rd May 2023 Dual-listed natural gas and helium producer Renergen, through its subsidiary Tetra4, has signed agreements with transport company Timelink to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) and displace a significant portion of diesel in Timelink's line-haul fleet. Timelink will also convert its fleet to... →

Complaint against Karpowership consultants dismissed by DFFE

By: Bloomberg 3rd May 2023 South Africa’s environment ministry dismissed a complaint by a nonprofit against Karpowership’s plan to moor a ship-mounted power plant off the nation’s west coast, a rare win for the Turkish company. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, in a letter to The Green Connection... →

Mantashe doubles down: Loadshedding can be over by year-end - but take Karpowership 'seriously'

By: News24Wire 25th April 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe still believes loadshedding could be over by the end of the year if emergency power procurement through Karpowership, along with other measures, are taken "seriously". The minister said in an interview with Talk Radio 702's Clement Manyathela... →

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Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe

South Africa weighs mega renewable-energy tender to curb outages

By: Bloomberg 25th April 2023 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa proposed a “mega bid window” for the procurement of renewable energy to curb rolling blackouts, even as previous plans to build clean power generation have been delayed. Ramokgopa recommended buying a minimum of 15 000 MW of energy, in addition to other... →

Wind turbines, solar panels and transmission infrastructure

South Africa must stick to plans to deal with electricity crisis – BLSA

By: Schalk Burger 24th April 2023 The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM), set up under the Presidency, has brought together the best people and put together a plan that has the best chance of resolving the country's greatest economic challenge – the electricity crisis, states Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi... →

An aerial view of the Kusile power station

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