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Wind power company installs South Africa’s first ever automated bird protection system
14th May 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Cape Town-based South African renewable energy company Red Rocket has announced that it has installed bird (avian) protection systems at its two operational wind farms and will install them at its... 


Ramokgopa reaffirms Nedlac deliberations on IRP to be ‘last step’ before Cabinet approval
14th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokogopa has reaffirmed that deliberations at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) are the “last step left” ahead of... 


Outage slippages blamed for sixth bout of loadshedding of 2025
14th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has fingered cumulative outage slippages of 3 100 MW as the reason behind South Africa’s latest bout of loadshedding – the sixth this year.... 


Ethiopia agrees minerals, energy deals worth $1.7bn, chiefly with Chinese firms
14th May 2025 By: Reuters

Ethiopia has signed investment deals for its minerals and energy sectors worth more than $1.7-billion, mostly with Chinese firms, its finance ministry said. The East African nation, which struck a... 


Greencoat Renewables aims to make JSE debut in June
13th May 2025 By: Terence Creamer

European renewable energy infrastructure company Greencoat Renewables is seeking a secondary listing on the JSE’s Alternative Exchange, or AltX. The company is already listed on the Alternative... 


Eskom to implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak until Thursday
13th May 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Power utility Eskom has announced that it will implement Stage 2 loadshedding during the evening peak from 16:00 until 22:00 from today until Thursday, May 15, in order to manage limited generation... 


Standard Bank LookSee partners with SANEDI for home energy, credit rating
12th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Financial services firm Standard Bank, through its residential energy efficiency tool, has partnered with the South African National Development Energy Institute (SANEDI) to launch an energy and... 


SAPVIA urges City of Joburg to eliminate prepaid, postpaid tariff differences
12th May 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) should reassess its tariff and work towards eliminating the difference between prepaid and postpaid customers, as prepaid customers will pay a fixed monthly fee of... 


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Coal & Diesel

Organisers hope to drive shift to practicable solutions
9th May 2025

Cape Town-based event and media agency VUKA Group says “business as usual” is no longer an option, commenting on this year’s Enlit Africa 2025 theme of ‘Challenge the Status Quo’. “Industry needs... 


Eskom aims to smooth maintenance profile after difficult summer
5th May 2025

Eskom CEO Dan Marokane has indicated that the State-owned utility is planning to “smooth” its maintenance profile over a longer horizon to avoid the security-of-supply risks currently associated... 


Eskom’s R321bn capex plan has strong focus on grid, renewables and gas
25th April 2025

State-owned electricity producer Eskom has unveiled details of a R321.72-billion capital expenditure (capex) plan for the coming five years, which includes plans for a material rise in grid-related... 


Energy Efficiency

Organisers hope to drive shift to practicable solutions
9th May 2025

Cape Town-based event and media agency VUKA Group says “business as usual” is no longer an option, commenting on this year’s Enlit Africa 2025 theme of ‘Challenge the Status Quo’. “Industry needs... 


Platinum sponsor to awe Enlit attendees
9th May 2025

In the build-up to this year’s Enlit Africa 2025, electromechanical equipment manufacturer and distributor Actom announced a slew of activities taking place at its stand. “As a platinum sponsor to... 


Drip irrigation cuts water and electricity bills on farms
4th April 2025

Drip irrigation has long been a trusted sugarcane irrigation method, with the obvious advantages being reduced resource use and higher yields. However, sugarcane farmers in KwaZulu-Natal have... 


Gas to Power

Develop gas economy now or face economic regression, Ramokgopa warns
7th May 2025

South Africa faces a stark reality: failure to take urgent action to address the impending ‘gas cliff’ will result in economic regression, Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa... 


Ramokgopa announces big increase in gas-to-power load factor to 50%-plus
5th May 2025

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has announced that the load factor for proposed gas-to-power (GtP) plants in South Africa will be increased from 25% to above 50%. Speaking... 


Infrastructure link between gas demand and supply remains a constraint
2nd May 2025

While there is strong demand for gas for industrial and commercial uses in South Africa – and no shortage of finance for upstream oil and gas projects – the country has yet to take meaningful steps... 


Nuclear

Need for clean energy, advent of SMRs driving global nuclear energy growth
22nd April 2025

UK-based international data analytics and consultancy company GlobalData has forecast that nuclear energy generation, worldwide, will see a compound annual growth rate of 2% over the period 2024 to... 


World Bank's Banga doubles down on intent to end a ban on loans for nuclear power projects
17th April 2025

World Bank president Ajay Banga on Wednesday doubled down on his push to revamp the bank's energy strategy to end a ban on lending for nuclear power projects and enable more natural gas projects,... 


Namibia holds talks with Russia over nuclear energy partnership
2nd April 2025

Namibia’s President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah held talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yury Trutnev seeking to boost cooperation on nuclear energy in Africa’s biggest uranium producer.... 


Regulation

Standard Bank LookSee partners with SANEDI for home energy, credit rating
12th May 2025

Financial services firm Standard Bank, through its residential energy efficiency tool, has partnered with the South African National Development Energy Institute (SANEDI) to launch an energy and... 


SAPVIA urges City of Joburg to eliminate prepaid, postpaid tariff differences
12th May 2025

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) should reassess its tariff and work towards eliminating the difference between prepaid and postpaid customers, as prepaid customers will pay a fixed monthly fee of... 


Nersa’s approval of curtailment rules expected to unlock wind projects in Eastern and Western Cape
9th May 2025

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says the decision by the Energy Regulator to approve a curtailment framework will help unlock scarce grid connection capacity for wind projects... 


Renewable Energy

TIPS launches Just Transition Labour Centre to research, voice the needs of the working class
14th May 2025

Independent, nonprofit economic research institution Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) has launched a Just Transition Labour Centre to help develop the technical expertise required as a... 


Wind power company installs South Africa’s first ever automated bird protection system
14th May 2025

Cape Town-based South African renewable energy company Red Rocket has announced that it has installed bird (avian) protection systems at its two operational wind farms and will install them at its... 


Ethiopia agrees minerals, energy deals worth $1.7bn, chiefly with Chinese firms
14th May 2025

Ethiopia has signed investment deals for its minerals and energy sectors worth more than $1.7-billion, mostly with Chinese firms, its finance ministry said. The East African nation, which struck a... 


Storage

Decentral Energy, Blockpower build solar power system for 240 houses in KwaZulu-Natal estate
7th May 2025

Business energy solutions company Decentral Energy and offgrid energy solutions company Blockpower have commissioned a fully offgrid 828 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation with a 2 MWh battery... 


Itac initiates review of renewable energy facility inputs
2nd May 2025

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses a major tariff review initiated by the International Trade Commission of South Africa for inputs used in solar, wind and battery storage facilities... 


Keren Energy seeks customers for its Western Cape green hydrogen project
2nd May 2025

Keren Energy has made significant progress in the development of its green hydrogen (GH2) production facility near Vanrhynsdorp, in the Western Cape, says CEO George van Rensburg. The project aims... 


Transmission Distribution

Discovery Green, Sasol team up to offer wheeled green electricity to SMEs
15th May 2025

Energy trader Discovery Green and fuels and chemical group Sasol have teamed up to form a new venture that will supply wheeled renewable electricity to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)... 


Nersa’s approval of curtailment rules expected to unlock wind projects in Eastern and Western Cape
9th May 2025

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says the decision by the Energy Regulator to approve a curtailment framework will help unlock scarce grid connection capacity for wind projects... 


Eskom planning ‘open day’ to market newly launched virtual wheeling solution
9th May 2025

Eskom intends hosting an open day for independent power producers (IPPs) and aggregators in the near future to market its virtual wheeling solution, which was officially launched at the end of... 


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