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Namibia aims to raise $450m to boost power generation
20th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

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.... 


Summit underscores importance of just energy transition, C&I industry
19th November 2024 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

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... 


NOA Group to supply Old Mutual Real Estate portfolio with wheeled renewable power
19th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


Two more battery projects achieve financial close, next set of bidders to be announced within weeks
19th November 2024 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Eskom once again urges prepaid metered customers to recode their meters before Nov 24
19th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


Zambia, Zimbabwe face wake-up call after Kariba dam water levels plunge, Minister says
19th November 2024 By: Bloomberg

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... 


Affordability and Eskom inefficiencies come under scrutiny as Nersa hearings kick off
18th November 2024 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Renewable-energy minigrids can empower informal sector in Africa
15th November 2024 By: Schalk Burger

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... 


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For over 60 years, VEGA has provided industry-leading products for the measurement of level, density, weight and pressure. As the inventor of the...

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Coal & Diesel

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


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


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


Energy Efficiency

Eskom leads large-scale commercial BESS rollout
8th November 2024

State-owned electricity utility Eskom is leading the large-scale commercial rollout of battery energy storage system (BESS) technology in South Africa, aiming to demonstrate its feasibility and... 


Supportive regulatory environment advances BESS
8th November 2024

State-owned electricity utility Eskom, with the South African government, has made significant progress in supporting battery energy storage systems (BESS), which is pivotal in ensuring energy... 


Much faster progress on energy efficiency needed to meet global 2030 goal – IEA
7th November 2024

One year on from the global pledge made at COP28 to double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030, new analysis from the International Energy Agency (IEA) suggests that countries are... 


Gas to Power

World moves into the Age of Electricity – IEA
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... 


Opinion: Non-profit gas aggregation imperative for South Africa
8th October 2024

In this opinion article, Industrial Gas Users’ Association of Southern Africa CEO Jaco Human makes the case for pursuing gas aggregation on a non-profit basis, while also urging Eskom and Sasol to... 


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


Nuclear

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


World moves into the Age of Electricity – IEA
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... 


Govt, business set 3% growth target for 2025
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... 


Regulation

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


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


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


Renewable Energy

Namibia aims to raise $450m to boost power generation
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.... 


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


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


Storage

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


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


Energy council calls for overhaul of public IPP procurement model
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... 


Transmission Distribution

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


Renewable-energy minigrids can empower informal sector in Africa
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... 


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


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