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UK creating regulatory framework for nuclear fusion plants – simpler, easier, than for fission

By: Rebecca Campbell 14th May 2024 The UK Government has initiated the consultation process for its proposed policy to regulate the siting of commercial nuclear fusion reactors in England. (Siting policies for Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibility for their respective devolved regional governments.) The UK... →

Opinion: A symphony of solutions – South Africa’s tech-agnostic energy mix

10th May 2024 In this article, renewable energy solutions provider Scatec sub-Saharan Africa project development VP Alberto Gambacorta writes about the need for South Africa to adopt a technology-agnostic and diversified approach to power generation. →

Nuclear associations call on G7 States to strengthen the sector to fight climate change

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th April 2024 Eight major international and national nuclear industry associations have urged the Group of Seven (G7) major democratic industrial economies to take steps to further develop nuclear energy capacity and technology, to help counter climate change. They also welcomed the opportunity to provide... →

Electricity outlook for winter

By: Creamer Media Reporter 12th April 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the halt in loadshedding over recent weeks; what South Africans should expect for the higher-demand winter period; and the longer-term outlook for South Africa's electricity sector. →

Electricity outlook for winter

Draft IRP 2023 lacks environmental, health, climate commitments, says Life After Coal

By: Schalk Burger 27th March 2024 Coal phase-out campaign the Life After Coal Campaign, in its comments on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2023, said the plan has fundamental flaws and expressed skepticism in the plan's ability to ensure cost-effective electricity supply, energy security and to uphold the Constitutional... →

A coal-fired power plant operated by Eskom

IRP 2023 comment deadline fast approaching

By: Creamer Media Reporter 20th March 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the fast-approaching deadline for public comment on the draft Integrated Resource Plan of 2023 and stakeholders' likely reaction. →

IRP 2023 comment deadline fast approaching

Conclusions in opaque IRP 2023 are ‘incorrect and economically damaging’

By: Terence Creamer 19th March 2024 In an excoriating assessment of the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023), Meridian Economics points to serious problems with the modelling and cost assumptions used by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE), which the consultancy says has resulted in “incorrect and... →

Unconstrained IRP would have far more wind and solar PV, analysis shows

Energy Council of South Africa joins World Energy Council

By: Schalk Burger 19th February 2024 The Energy Council of South Africa has become a member of the United Nations-affiliated global body the World Energy Council (WEC), which will serve to strengthen the standing of the Energy Council of South Africa and provide access to a range of international resources and global networks, as... →

Mozambique seeks to end 50-year hydropower pact with South Africa

By: Bloomberg 2nd February 2024 Mozambique plans to end half a century of hydropower supply to South Africa’s State-owned electricity utility, raising risks for the continent’s most industrialized economy and threatening the viability of Africa’s second-biggest aluminum smelter. In the country’s yet-to-be published energy... →

The Cahora Bassa hydropower plant

DMRE to remodel draft IRP 2023 in light of new information, curtailment plans

By: Schalk Burger 1st February 2024 Many of the submissions the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has received from the first round of public engagements about the draft Integrated Resource Plan 2023 (IRP 2023) in January have revealed new sources of data to consider in the plan’s modelling, DMRE energy planning... →

Power lines with the Kendal power station in the background

NNR approves the separation of the operating timelines of Koeberg’s nuclear reactors

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th January 2024 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) has announced that it has approved the request of national electricity utility Eskom to separate the operational timelines for the two reactors of the Koeberg nuclear power plant (NPP). Koeberg, located on South Africa’s west coast, near Cape Town, is the... →

Africa’s flatlining electricity trajectory requires urgent intervention – IEA

By: Terence Creamer 24th January 2024 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 outlier in electricity demand trends. As of 2023, 600-million people, or more than 40% of the African... →

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Big divergence as African electricity demand flatlined over the past three decades and India and South East Asia's surged

Koeberg manager suspended by De Ruyter is back and is 'crucially needed', says Eskom

By: News24Wire 22nd January 2024 Velaphi Ntuli has returned as the general manager of Koeberg nuclear power station after he was suspended in June 2021 over performance issues - allegations of which he has since been cleared. At the time of his suspension, Koeberg's Unit 1 had not returned to service in May 2021 as scheduled.... →

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Koeberg nuclear power station

Nuclear energy conference in Ghana in May to be hosted by that country’s President

By: Rebecca Campbell 18th January 2024 The Africa Nuclear Business Platform (AFNBP) has announced that its 2024 conference, to be held in Accra, Ghana, from May 27 to May 30, will be attended by Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. The host agency for the AFNBP 2024 conference will be Ghana’s Ministry of Energy. “Many... →

Proposed new IRP met with some skepticism

By: Creamer Media Reporter 12th January 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the background to the publication for public comment of the latest Integrated Resource Plan (IRP); the main changes in the IRP 2023, compared with the IRP 2019; the initial reaction to the new IRP; and the public commentary process. →

Proposed new IRP met with some skepticism

UK to invest hundreds of millions into the production of fuel for advanced reactors

By: Rebecca Campbell 8th January 2024 The UK government has announced that it is to invest £300-million in the creation of a commercial-scale production plant for high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) fuel for nuclear reactors. It will be located in the north-west of England. HALEU is defined as uranium that is enriched to more... →

South Africa's new energy plan is 'shoddy' and will probably fail – analysts

By: News24Wire 6th January 2024 South Africa's new energy generation plan lacks detail and leaves many unanswered questions, according to some energy analysts. The long-awaited draft of the Integrated Energy Plan (IRP) of 2023 was gazetted for public comment this week. →

Outa questions Gazprombank, nuclear procurement announcements

By: Tasneem Bulbulia 13th December 2023 This week’s announcements of government’s plan to pursue the procurement process for 2 500 MW of new nuclear capacity, along with Cabinet’s decision to endorse a R3.7-billion investment deal between PetroSA and Gazprombank to resuscitate the gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay, “appear to have... →

Outa CEO Wayne Duvenage

Refinery partnership, new nuclear procurement raises questions

By: Creamer Media Reporter 13th December 2023 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the controversial decision by Cabinet to approve a proposed partnership with a Russian company to support the restart of the mothballed gas-to-liquids refinery in Mossel Bay, as well as proposed plans for government to procure 2 500 MW of new... →

Refinery partnership, new nuclear procurement raises questions

South Africa to release 2 500 MW nuclear RFP by March, despite electricity plan review

By: Terence Creamer 12th December 2023 The South African government will publish a request for proposals (RFP) for 2 500 MW of new nuclear capacity by March 2024, following the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) concurrence with a procurement determination published in 2020. Nersa’s concurrence, which was provided... →

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

Koeberg Unit 2 to return in Sept, heightening risk of both units being out simultaneously

By: Terence Creamer 10th December 2023 Eskom generation head Bheki Nxumalo has indicated that an extended outage at Koeberg Unit 2, which begins on December 11, is currently expected to continue until September 2024, increasing the prospect of both Koeberg units being out of service simultaneously from late July next year. Nxumalo... →

The Koeberg nuclear power station behind transmission lines

IRP update approved by Cabinet includes new coal decommissioning schedule

By: Terence Creamer 10th December 2023 Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that Cabinet has approved the release of an updated Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for public comment and also confirms that the document contains a revised decommissioning schedule for Eskom’s aged coal power stations when compared with the... →

Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has confirmed that the IRP update contains a revised decommissioning schedule for Eskom’s aged coal power stations.

Eskom's new CEO confirmed

By: News24Wire 8th December 2023 Daniel Leseja Marokane has been appointed as chief executive officer of Eskom. On Friday afternoon, Minister of Public Enterprises Pravin Gordhan said Marokane would join Eskom no later than 31 March 2024. →

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Dan Marokane

South Africa set to pick Dan Marokane as new Eskom CEO

By: Bloomberg 7th December 2023 Dan Marokane is expected to be appointed as the new CEO of South Africa’s state power utility Eskom Holdings after an almost year-long search for a candidate, according to people familiar with the decision. The company’s failure to boost generation from its old and poorly maintained power plants... →

Concerns linger over Koeberg's life extension

By: Creamer Media Reporter 7th December 2023 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the outlook for the Koeberg life-extension operation following significant delays and rising safety concerns. →

Concerns linger over Koeberg's life extension

Global nuclear energy summit announced for early next year

By: Rebecca Campbell 4th December 2023 The intergovernmental International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) director-general, Rafael Mariano Grossi, French President Emmanuel Macron, and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo have jointly announced that an international summit-level conference on nuclear energy would take place in... →

Both Koeberg units to be offline from July unless NNR approves Eskom’s licence decoupling request in Jan

By: Terence Creamer 4th December 2023 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) will decide in January whether to grant Eskom’s request for the Koeberg Unit 1 and Unit 2 licences to be separated to reflect a later commercial operation date for Unit 2 to enable the unit’s continued operation beyond July 2024. Should the NNR board refuse... →

The Koeberg nuclear power station

South Africa has hosted major nuclear energy school for African countries

By: Rebecca Campbell 27th November 2023 The fourth International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Nuclear Energy Management (NEM) school for Africa was held in Cape Town, from November 13 to November 24, the South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has highlighted. Necsa hosted the school, on behalf of South Africa’s Department of... →

Necsa Group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe

Cabinet approves Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan

By: Darren Parker 20th November 2023 Cabinet has approved the Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan (JET-IP), Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni announced in a briefing in Pretoria on November 20. “The implementation plan will guide South Africa's transition to a low-carbon economy through the scaling up of... →

Wind turbines, solar panels and power pylons

Public hearings for Koeberg life extension to start in February

By: Darren Parker 15th November 2023 The National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) will hold public hearings into State-owned utility Eskom's application to extend the operational life of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station (KNPS) by 20 years, in February next year. Eskom is currently authorised to operate the KNPS, which comprises two... →

Eskom says Koeberg Unit 1 being started as another resumption target is missed

By: Terence Creamer 15th November 2023 Eskom reports that it has received permission from the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) to restart Koeberg Unit 1, but has once again missed a recently updated target date for grid synchronisation. →

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The Koeberg nuclear power station

South Africa still weighing impact of charging Eskom interest

By: Bloomberg 9th November 2023 South Africa is still assessing the effect of adding interest to a R254-billion debt relief package for state-owned Eskom Holdings as the company prepares to split into three, according to a National Treasury official. Treasury announced in last week’s budget that it would convert the loans in... →

Mantashe seeks to extend life of coal-fired power stations

3rd November 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has called on the private sector to “please and come talk to us” if they have any ideas on extending the life of South Africa’s fleet of coal-fired power stations. “There are many that have been earmarked for decommissioning because they are... →

‘Nuclear renaissance’ being driven by new, safer and more efficient reactors

By: Marleny Arnoldi 1st November 2023 A panel of experts has found that new technology in the nuclear space is enabling a nuclear renaissance after two decades of low investment into new projects in this sector, especially as energy mixes are becoming more diversified globally. Speaking on a panel hosted by British newspaper... →

Municipalities owing Eskom R56.8bn apply to participate in debt write-off scheme

By: Terence Creamer 1st November 2023 The National Treasury has confirmed that a total of 67 municipalities, which collectively owe Eskom R56.8-billion, or 97% of the municipal arrears debt of over R58-billion owed to the utility at the end of March, have formally applied to participate in the debt write-off programme. The National... →

South Africa's energy transition gathers pace

By: Schalk Burger 27th October 2023 Speakers across a range of disciplines and domains have said that South Africa's electricity market is transitioning to a more pluralistic market that will also include a much larger range of services to support generation, transmission, aggregation, grid balancing, energy trading, day-ahead and... →

Solar panels, wind turbines and transmission lines

Koeberg: New delay as reactor is prepared for startup

By: News24Wire 20th October 2023 The return of Koeberg's Unit 1 to commercial service has been delayed by a further 10 days as some critical tests are still to be completed before the reactor is started. The last date that Eskom provided for the return of Unit 1 from the extension of life project was 3 November. It is now... →

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Koeberg Power Station

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