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Industrial gas users welcome demand certainty created by IRP, but warn that supply questions linger
21st October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

The Industrial Gas Users Association of Southern Africa (IGUA-SA) has welcomed the focus given to gas in the Integrated Resource Plan 2025 (IRP 2025), but executive officer Jaco Human says critical... 


Investment firms partner to launch R150m smart utilities, infrastructure initiative
21st October 2025 By: Darren Parker

Real estate investment and fund manager ALT Capital Partners, through its REimagine Fund 1, has formed a strategic partnership with the investment holding company New GX Capital funded Airnergize... 


Minister’s ‘State will lead, market will follow’ electricity assertion raises questions
20th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new electricity generation, while simultaneously... 


Adjudication board rules Stefanutti entitled to R685m additional payment for work at Kusile
20th October 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Dispute Adjudication Board (DAB) has issued its decision with respect to a dispute between JSE-listed Stefanutti Stocks and State-owned utility Eskom over the Kusile power station, finding that... 


IRP 2025 raises gas load factor to 50% as adjustments are also made to accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’
19th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

South Africa’s latest Cabinet-approved Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2025) includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost scenario modelled, including a raising of the minimum... 


Africa needs to exploit all its energy resources to generate electricity
17th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Africa needs to exploit all the energy resources that it possesses, including coal, to generate electricity. So affirmed Nigerian enterprise Heirs Energy’s head of commercial operations, Joseph... 


Rising business confidence reflects optimism in South Africa's energy sector – Energy Council
17th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Energy sector organisation the Energy Council of South Africa welcomes the rise in business confidence to 121.1 in September, as reported by the South African Chamber of Commerce and Industry.... 


EY unpacks value of smart meter management, digital integration as power system decentralises
17th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the South African energy sector undergoes a profound shift from traditional, centralised power generation to a more decentralised but interconnected one, digitally integrated systems can... 


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Coal & Diesel

Cabinet approves Eskom, Necsa board changes and new IRP
17th October 2025

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes announced this week to the boards of Eskom and Necsa, as well as Cabinet's approval of the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan... 


New Cabinet-approved Eskom board will still be chaired by Mteto Nyati
16th October 2025

Cabinet has approved a new Eskom Holdings board, which will continue to be chaired by Mteto Nyati, whose term has not expired because his appointment was made a year after the September 2022... 


Global transition to clean energy drives forward, despite US backsliding
8th October 2025

Norway-based independent risk management and assurance group DNV reports, in the ninth edition of its “Energy Transition Outlook”, that the policy reversals in the US regarding clean energy are... 


Energy Efficiency

Energy equipment provider returning to Electra Mining in 2026
10th October 2025

Having participated in Electra Mining Africa 2024 (EMA24), energy equipment and solutions provider CHINT, will be returning to the trade show in 2026, to connect with industry stakeholders,... 


Centre installs new HVAC system
19th September 2025

The installation of a new heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) system has begun at the Bedford Centre shopping mall, in Johannesburg, Gauteng, to meet the operational needs of a new... 


Platform helps municipalities manage decentralised energy sources
12th September 2025

As South African municipalities embrace decentralised energy sources to strengthen grid resilience and cut costs, many are discovering that managing small-scale generators is far more complex than... 


Gas to Power

IRP 2025 raises gas load factor to 50% as adjustments are also made to accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’
19th October 2025

South Africa’s latest Cabinet-approved Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2025) includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost scenario modelled, including a raising of the minimum... 


Eskom outlines R320bn capex plan, as it signals 2028 return to capital markets
1st October 2025

Having finally announced the completion at the end of September of its generation build programme, which included two mega coal projects that ran years behind schedule and tens of billions over... 


New Nigerian power plant continues ramp-up and is now close to maximum capacity
26th September 2025

Nigerian private-sector power-producing group, Sahara Power, has announced that its new Afam 2 gas-fired power plant has now ramped up its output to 160 MW, all feeding into the Nigerian national... 


Nuclear

Cabinet approves Eskom, Necsa board changes and new IRP
17th October 2025

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes announced this week to the boards of Eskom and Necsa, as well as Cabinet's approval of the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan... 


Necsa reports R125m profit as Cabinet names new board after governance tussles
16th October 2025

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has reported a net profit after tax of R125.2-million for the financial year to March 31, 2025, while Cabinet has appointed a new board... 


Global transition to clean energy drives forward, despite US backsliding
8th October 2025

Norway-based independent risk management and assurance group DNV reports, in the ninth edition of its “Energy Transition Outlook”, that the policy reversals in the US regarding clean energy are... 


Regulation

Cabinet approves Eskom, Necsa board changes and new IRP
17th October 2025

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes announced this week to the boards of Eskom and Necsa, as well as Cabinet's approval of the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan... 


Ramokgopa to provide ‘IRP 2025’ briefing after Cabinet approves policy
16th October 2025

Cabinet has approved the new Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, which is being referred to as ‘IRP 2025’. Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the plan outlined the... 


Court order confirming R54bn Nersa-Eskom settlement delayed following AfriForum intervention
15th October 2025

The court order confirming the controversial R54-billion settlement between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has been delayed after the High Court granted AfriForum’s... 


Renewable Energy

Growthpoint acquires 30% stake in hydroelectric plant, secures exclusive access through Etana PPA
21st October 2025

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has acquired a 30% stake in independent power producer Serengeti Energy’s operational Boston Hydro plant near Clarens, in the... 


Minister’s ‘State will lead, market will follow’ electricity assertion raises questions
20th October 2025

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s insistence that the State will lead and the market follow in the procurement of new electricity generation, while simultaneously... 


IRP 2025 raises gas load factor to 50% as adjustments are also made to accommodate nuclear and ‘clean coal’
19th October 2025

South Africa’s latest Cabinet-approved Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2025) includes several policy adjustments that deviate from the least-cost scenario modelled, including a raising of the minimum... 


Storage

SAPVIA welcomes solar overtaking coal as world's main energy source
17th October 2025

Industry organisation the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) welcomes the findings of global energy think tank Ember, which has reported that renewable energy sources... 


First solar wheeling project under Namibia’s MSB programme comes on stream
17th October 2025

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS), in partnership with B2Gold Namibia, the Oelofse family and Fortitude, has commissioned Namibia’s first solar wheeling project under State-owned utility NamPower’s... 


LSF confident in building economic case for VRFB manufacturing in South Africa
15th October 2025

After commissioning energy consultancy Customised Energy Solutions (CES) to determine the potential for a commercial vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) value chain in South Africa, the Localisation... 


Transmission Distribution

Cabinet approves Eskom, Necsa board changes and new IRP
17th October 2025

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes announced this week to the boards of Eskom and Necsa, as well as Cabinet's approval of the next edition of the Integrated Resource Plan... 


IPP body to meet Eskom on grid-access concerns after alerting competition body to the potential for abuse
13th October 2025

The South African Independent Power Producer Association (SAIPPA) expects to meet with Eskom later this month to discuss its concern that the State-owned entity’s proposed renewables projects may... 


IPP Office insists ITP criteria ‘not exclusionary’ as local industry raises procurement framework concerns
13th October 2025

A joint letter sent to the Independent Power Producer Office (IPP Office) on September 23 by organisations representing local industry, raised several concerns about the prequalification process... 


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