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Conference highlights implications of science, technology, innovation in driving sustainability
9th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

As the world transitions from traditional, centralised power generation to more decentralised, digitally integrated systems – driven by decarbonisation imperatives – South Africa’s energy sector is... 


Infrastructure Fund chief investment officer Mohale Rakgate, Netherlands Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation Minister Aukje de Vries and City of Johannesburg Mayor Dada Morero
Infrastructure Fund secures R550m grant for Jhb waste-to-energy project
9th October 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The Infrastructure Fund, a blended finance platform created through a partnership between the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), the National Treasury and Infrastructure South Africa, has... 


Global transition to clean energy drives forward, despite US backsliding
8th October 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

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... 


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Security, affordability dominate policy considerations for a global energy transition
8th October 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Energy security and affordability have become key policy considerations in many regions, particularly as the global energy transition has entered a more turbulent, complex phase, shaped by... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Installed renewable capacity set to double by 2030 – IEA
7th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Global renewable power capacity is predicted to increase by 4 600 GW, or more than double, by 2030, led by the rapid rise of solar PV, says intergovernmental organisation the International Energy... 


Despite some immediate CBAM reprieve, South African industry warns of serious potential fallout
Despite some immediate CBAM reprieve, South African industry warns of serious potential fallout
6th October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

A postponement from incorporating indirect carbon emissions into the European Union’s (EU’s) calculation of a product’s embedded emissions under its Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will... 


ACTOM Group CEO Mervyn Naidoo
ACTOM acquires SGB-SMIT Power Matla
6th October 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Power transformers and electrical infrastructure company ACTOM has acquired primary transformer manufacturing company SGB-SMIT Power Matla (SSPM), which will enhance ACTOM's transformer... 


Wetility co-founder and chief product officer Ikenna Oguguo
Wetility to launch One Bill offering as a holistically managed total energy service
6th October 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Solar technology company Wetility has provided a preview of its One Bill offering, which it describes as a comprehensive energy management system designed to increase solar adoption in South... 


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Partnership creates profitable biomass solutions
3rd October 2025

The strategic partnership between energy and environmental solutions provider John Thompson, a division of electromechanical equipment manufacturer and distributor ACTOM, and biomass energy... 


Professor Schalk Grobbelaar addressing a crowd
ESG adoption driven by climate change
3rd October 2025 By: Halima Frost

Climate change is accelerating environmental, social and governance (ESG) adoption by pushing companies to view sustainability as a source of competitiveness, consistent with the Ecological... 


Eskom announce the completion of its multidecade coal build programme on September 29, when Kusile Unit 6 entered into commercial operation
Eskom outlines R320bn capex plan, as it signals 2028 return to capital markets
1st October 2025 By: Terence Creamer

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... 


Sungrow to build 233 MW solar PV plant in DRC for CrossBoundary Energy
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy project developer Sungrow will build a 233 MW solar PV plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for commercial and industry energy investment company CrossBoundary Energy,... 


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Discovery Green signs PPA with Red Rocket for Mpumalanga solar farm
30th September 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Discovery’s renewable-energy business Discovery Green has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with independent power producer Red Rocket for the Tournee solar park, a 300 MW solar farm... 


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SPS, B2Gold launch first solar wheeling project under Namibia’s MSB programme
30th September 2025 By: Irma Venter

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS), in partnership with B2Gold Namibia, the Oelofse family and Fortitude, have commissioned Namibia’s first solar wheeling project under NamPower’s Modified Single... 


Connecting 300m people in Africa to electricity could boost GDP by $500bn by 2040 – BCG
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

In Africa, 600-million people lack access to electricity, despite global energy poverty having decreased by about 80% since 2010. By providing electricity access to 300-million of those Africans... 


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BII invests $20m in hardest-to-reach Africa energy access expansion initiative
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

UK development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has committed $20-million to impact investment organisation Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Initiative to help expand... 


Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré signing the pledge
Energy dept, SAREM committee pledge to accelerate country's renewable energy plan
30th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

The executive oversight committee (EOC) of the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) and Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré have signed a pledge in which they... 


CHARGE hosts naamsa's NEV road trip at its solar-powered charging station
29th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Renewable energy offgrid charging infrastructure company Zero Carbon Charge (CHARGE) hosted the industry organisation naamsa | The Automotive Business Council's New Energy Vehicle (NEV) Road Trip... 


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European Commission launches €545m Initiative to Accelerate Africa’s clean energy transition
29th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has announced a €545-million Team Europe package to support Africa's transition to clean energy. The announcement was made by means of a video... 


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Loadshedding fell 82% in first half amid demand drop, steady Eskom output
26th September 2025 By: Darren Parker

South Africa experienced a sharp reduction in loadshedding during the first half of this year, with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) reporting on September 26 that the... 


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Clean energy trajectory increasingly influenced by geopolitical fragmentation – bp
26th September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global energy company bp has added to its latest ‘Energy Outlook’ publication a section on important current issues influencing the global energy system, such as geopolitical fragmentation and the... 


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Private wind farm to reduce emissions
26th September 2025

As the largest private facility of its kind built to date in South Africa, the Witberg Wind Farm – located between the Touws river and Laingsburg, in the Western Cape – will prevent the emission of... 


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Wind energy growth demands complex logistics
26th September 2025

With wind energy becoming a key pillar in the transition to renewable energy, Midrand-based crane rental agency Concord Cranes regional director Richard Reid notes that, while wind turbines appear... 


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Wind farm prioritises minimising environmental impact
26th September 2025

Mitigating the environmental impacts of construction work requires careful planning and meticulous execution, particularly in areas such as the Karoo – where vegetation can be more sensitive to... 


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Wind industry bottlenecked by grid, transmission delays
26th September 2025 By: Lynne Davies

The most urgent challenge for the wind industry is unlocking grid capacity, but the complete unbundling of State-owned transmission company the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA)... 


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Wind sector prepares for market reform
26th September 2025

A stable, affordable and sustainable electricity supply remains South Africa’s most urgent priority. This urgency is sharply felt by the wind industry where there is a need to unlock grid capacity,... 


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Market launch and unbundling progress will send powerful reform signals
26th September 2025

Having been established in late 2022 at the height of South Africa’s electricity crisis, the Energy Council of South Africa’s initial focus was almost singular: partner with government and Eskom to... 


Investec receives energy trading licence, to focus on services for clients and IPPs
25th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

JSE- and LSE-listed financial services firm Investec has been awarded an energy trading licence by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). The banking and investment services firm... 


Construction of major solar power plant has started in Zambia
23rd September 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Zambian renewable energy company Maamba Solar Energy has started construction of its 100 MW solar power plant, at the town of Maamba, in Zambia’s Southern province. The project was officially... 


Maxion Wheels in Johannesburg
Terra Firma starts operating 2.9 MW solar project at Maxion plant
23rd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Wheels producer Maxion Wheels and solar solutions company Terra Firma have commissioned a 2.9 MW solar project that is powering Maxion’s manufacturing plant in Johannesburg. The installation... 


Anthem's Castle Wind Farm
Newly consolidated renewables major, Anthem, sets 6 GW goal for 2030
22nd September 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Two well-established South African renewables companies – African Clean Energy Developments and EIMS Africa – have officially combined to form a new large-scale independent power producer (IPP)... 


Renergen CEO Stefano Marani.
Renergen, Springbok Solar reach coexistence agreement after land dispute
22nd September 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Natural gas and helium producer Renergen has reached comprehensive settlement and coexistence agreements with the SOLA Group's Springbok Solar Power Plant, which ends all legal disputes between the... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa to give keynote address at Windaba 2025 – SAWEA
19th September 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Industry organisation the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) says Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa will open the Windaba 2025 conference at the Cape Town... 


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Property management group driving sustainability goals
19th September 2025 By: Halima Frost

Underpinned by sustainability, the goal of South African real estate investment trust Growthpoint Properties is to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across its portfolio by 2050. “We continue to... 


The Capital Hotels, Apartments and Resorts CEO Marc Wachsberger
New hotel creates inroad to Gqeberha business
19th September 2025 By: Halima Frost

Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, has been selected to anchor hybrid hotel and accommodation developer The Capital Hotel Group’s entry into the region, thereby addressing an underserviced market and... 


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Companies urged to better understand the importance of ESG
18th September 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

As requirements for environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting become increasingly more stringent, companies in South Africa are urged to better understand the importance of ESG... 


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