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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... →

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... →

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... →

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

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 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

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).... →

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

Eskom, CoJ at loggerheads over debt, plans to interrupt Jhb power supply

By: Marleny Arnoldi 8th November 2024 Power utility Eskom has announced plans to interrupt power supply to the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) at certain pre-determined times of day from next month, citing City Power’s failure to pay R4.9-billion in arrears owed to Eskom. The CoJ, in response, says Eskom has overbilled City Power and... →

Scatec’s new sub-Saharan Africa head keen to advance 5GW project pipeline

By: Terence Creamer 6th November 2024 The newly appointed head of Scatec’s sub-Saharan Africa business, Alberto Gambacorta, says the group is pursuing a 5 GW pipeline of renewable energy and storage opportunities in the region and especially South Africa, which is already the Norwegian group’s global hub for engineering and... →

Scatec sub-Saharan Africa GM Alberto Gambacorta

South Africa will champion African energy priorities at G20 next year – Ramokgopa

By: Rebecca Campbell 5th November 2024 South Africa will use its position as Chair of the G20 (the group of 19 major global economies plus the African Union and the European Union) next year to champion Africa’s energy priorities on the global stage. So assured Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa in his keynote... →

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

DA urges ‘anti-competitive’ Eskom to withdraw legal proceedings against Nersa

By: Thabi Shomolekae 31st October 2024 The Democratic Alliance on Thursday urged State power utility Eskom to withdraw its “futile and costly” legal dispute and support the transformation of South Africa’s energy sector. Eskom has approached the High Court to review the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s decision to grant... →

Unlocking private sector participation in infrastructure

By: Creamer Media Reporter 30th October 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the key themes of the first Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement of the Government of National Unity, delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, including specific moves to unlock private sector participation to build new transmission... →

Unlocking private sector participation in infrastructure

R390bn in electricity investment ‘tangible evidence’ of benefits of reforms

By: Terence Creamer 30th October 2024 The first phase of Operation Vulindlela, which was set up jointly by the Presidency and the National Treasury to oversee structural economic reforms, unlocked R390-billion worth of investment in the electricity sector. The investment figure is included in the Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement... →

NTCSA revises latest TDP considering uptick in expected generation capacity

By: Marleny Arnoldi 30th October 2024 The National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) has hosted its inaugural Transmission Development Plan (TDP) briefing since starting commercial operation in July this year, with the 2024 TDP reporting higher required transmission capacity installations compared with the prior TDP, in... →

Batting away Eskom objections, Nersa approves four new electricity traders and first private import/export licence

By: Terence Creamer 29th October 2024 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved four new electricity trading licences, the issuance of which had been opposed by Eskom, along with the country’s first-ever private import/export licence. The Energy Regulator, which is Nersa’s highest decision-making body made... →

Africa power transmission set for investment wave, says UK development bank BII

By: Bloomberg 25th October 2024 Power grids vital to expanding access to energy in Africa and transitioning to cleaner sources are poised for a growing wave of funding that governments should prepare for, according to the UK development bank British International Investment. “Transmission in terms of capital needed is the next... →

South Africa in talks with energy partners on loan guarantees

By: Bloomberg 25th October 2024 South Africa is in talks with its international climate-finance partners over the provision of guarantees for loans for the construction of energy-related infrastructure. “We are managing, in particular, issues with our international partners” around guarantees, said Joanne Yawitch, head of the... →

Nersa helping municipalities to navigate electricity trading, wheeling

By: Marleny Arnoldi 21st October 2024 As electricity in South Africa transitions to a more open market-driven system, it has many implications for the electricity distribution industry, particularly municipalities, with stakeholders working on a reform roadmap for the distribution industry to ensure municipalities remain financially... →

Eskom prepaid customers reminded to recode their meters before November 24

By: Darren Parker 21st October 2024 State-owned utility Eskom has urged prepaid electricity customers to recode their meters by November 24, as required by the Standard Transfer Specification Association. After this deadline, meters will no longer accept electricity tokens unless they are updated to Key Revision Number 2. →

IPP procurement changes mulled to unlock 10 GW of renewables amid grid pressures and green industrialisation ambitions

By: Terence Creamer 21st October 2024 The South African government is considering far-reaching changes to the way public procurement of independent power producer (IPP) generation capacity is being carried out so as to accelerate deployments in a way that navigates the country’s prevailing grid constraints, while also creating the... →

Tanzania building grid interconnector with Zambia to help mitigate power crisis

By: Reuters 21st October 2024 Tanzania is building a grid interconnector with Zambia to help assist in mitigating a drought-driven power crisis, Tanzania's deputy prime minister said at the Singapore International Energy Week conference on Monday. "We have some interconnectors with our neighbours, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and... →

World moves into the Age of Electricity – IEA

By: Creamer Media Reporter 18th October 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the International Energy Agency's statement that the world is moving into the Age of Electricity; how the critical minerals demand associated with this coming age is an opportunity for Africa; and what this could mean for South Africa. →

World moves into the Age of Electricity – IEA

Africa’s critical-minerals role highlighted as world moves into ‘Age of Electricity’

By: Terence Creamer 16th October 2024 With the global energy system moving into the “Age of Electricity”, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has again highlighted the central role of Africa in producing the critical minerals required to support the electrification of energy services previously dominated by fossil fuels, such as... →

IEA executive director Fatih Birol presenting the World Energy Outlook 2024

As Eskom confirms 2 GW renewables plan, role of tariffs in funding roll-out comes into focus

By: Terence Creamer 14th October 2024 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed confidence that tariff and non-tariff solutions can be found to ensure that Eskom is able to meet the obligations set by the National Treasury as part of the R256-billion debt-relief package while still allowing the entity to... →

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa

South African steel industry needs stable demand to be import-competitive for grid pylons

By: Schalk Burger 11th October 2024 A study benchmarking the price of steel transmission grid pylon towers and what South African manufacturers can do to compete with Chinese and Turkish imports showed that "a bit of" stable demand was needed to enable local manufacturers to compete effectively. The 'Price Benchmarking on Steel... →

South Africa power-line rollout set to spur bond market revival

By: Bloomberg 11th October 2024 A multibillion-dollar plan to expand South Africa’s electricity transmission network could throw a lifeline to the country’s corporate bond market as it struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump. The National Transmission Company South Africa, a state-owned company that will operate... →

The NTCSA officially launched

By: Creamer Media Reporter 11th October 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the official launch of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA); the immediate priorities of the entity; and whether it will find a model to allow independent power transmission projects to play a role in accelerating the rollout of... →

The NTCSA officially launched

Danish Energy Agency backing project to validate wind resources of South Africa’s coal heartland

By: Terence Creamer 10th October 2024 The Danish and South African governments are partnering on a project to map the wind resources of the coal region of Mpumalanga, where access to the grid for new renewables projects is less constrained and where initiatives are under way to explore alternative livelihoods for workers and... →

Cost-competitiveness to underpin surge in global renewables roll-out to 2030 - IEA

By: Terence Creamer 9th October 2024 Led by solar PV, renewables are poised to transform electricity systems across the globe this decade, with the world on course to add more than 5 500 GW by 2030, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA’s) ‘Renewables 2024’ report states. Such additions would increase global renewable electricity... →

IEA executive director Fatih Birol

Ramokgopa convinced ‘sweet spot’ will be found to unlock Independent Power Transmission projects

By: Terence Creamer 7th October 2024 Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed confidence that government and the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) are close to finding the “sweet spot” that will facilitate the integration of private Independent Power Transmission (IPT) projects. Such... →

Eskom Holdings chair Mteto Nyati, NTCSA chair Priscillah Mabelane and Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa joins hand in front of a new ceremonial statue displaying a handshake, unveiled during the official launch of NTCSA on October 7

NTCSA chairperson Priscillah Mabelane speaks with Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the role of the new State-owned grid company, its immediate priorities, and the approach NTCSA could take to Independent Power Transmission projects. Recording and Editing: Shadwyn Dickinson. Recorded: 7.10.2024

Miners worry about South Africa’s lagging transition, looming electricity cost increases

By: Schalk Burger 4th October 2024 South Africa is far behind in its work to transition to a carbon-neutral energy system by 2050, and the significant proposed electricity tariff increases being sought by State-owned Eskom could lead to some businesses and industrial hubs being closed down, mining companies have warned. The... →

Exxaro CEO Dr Nombasa Tsengwa

Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025

By: Creamer Media Reporter 4th October 2024 Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the partnership previously formed between government and business to tackle loadshedding and other crises; the launch of a second phase of this partnership and the areas of focus; and some of the potential risks to this partnership. →

Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025

Opinion: Danish-South African energy cooperation to unleash just energy transition in grid-ready regions

3rd October 2024 South Africa has some of the best resources for wind and solar energy in the world. However, the country battles with grid constraints in areas with higher wind speeds, and little renewable-energy deployment in areas with available grid. The Danish-South African energy cooperation addresses these... →

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