South Africa’s transmission network, built for a centralised, coal-based power system, cannot carry the country into a decentralised, renewables-led future, says financial solutions provider Old... 

After several delays since its launch in 2017, the $294-million Kariba Dam Rehabilitation Project (KDRP), aimed at repairing decades of erosion from high-velocity water discharge and refurbishing... 

In continuing a two-part series of webinars on opportunities for digitalisation in South Africa’s energy sector, expert participant Siham Salie-Abrahams, representing advisory firm HKA Global, said... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy has provided additional information about its proposal to repurpose the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) to meet the country’s 2030... 

Renewable energy company the SOLA Group's 195 MW Springbok solar power project, in Virginia, in the Free State, has achieved an early commercial operation date. The multi-buyer, flexible energy... 

The latest edition of the South African Renewable Energy Grid Survey (SAREGS) has again confirmed that there is a strong and growing development pipeline of solar PV, wind, battery and hybrid... 

In anticipation of the formal launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) and the Balance Responsible Party (BRP) framework, engineering business and IT enabler for the... 

The 10 MW Maxwell solar plant, which represents a “ground-breaking step” in Namibia’s transition to renewable energy and “serves as a model for future public-private power partnerships”, has been... 

Although the virtual wheeling power purchase agreement (PPA) between telecommunications company Vodacom and renewable energy company SOLA Group draws inspiration from international corporate PPA... 

South Africa’s R440-billion transmission grid expansion programme has attracted interest from international developers, including a company owned by Indian billionaire Gautam Adani and Chinese... 

The bottlenecks in South Africa’s national transmission grid, referred to as gridlock, are a major concern for the country’s wind power sector. This was highlighted during a panel discussion on the... 

Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn says the ease with which individuals with deep coal industry experience have transitioned into renewable energy has been a remarkable aspect of the company’s recent... 

A mega-scale wind project, which includes a 100-km self-build transmission line to connect into the national grid, is steadily advancing towards construction, which is currently anticipated to... 

African countries need $150-billion of investment to realise universal electricity access by 2035, which equals $15-billion of investment every year; however, less than $2.5-billion was committed... 

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.... 

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... 

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... 

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... 

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has warned that Eskom’s proposal to implement distribution agency agreements (DAAs) to curb growing municipal debt to the utility could be... 

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

Eskom is again warning that municipal debt and electricity theft could undermine its nascent recovery. Terence Creamer unpacks this and some of the other key messages emerging from the State-owned... 

Eskom veteran Monde Bala has been appointed as CEO of the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), effective October 1, having served in the position on an interim basis for the past two... 

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... 

Eskom CFO Calib Cassim warns that municipal arrear debt owing to Eskom could exceed R300-billion by 2030, while once again highlighting the failure of the current National Treasury initiative to... 

State-owned power utility Eskom reported its first full‑year profit in eight years on Tuesday, helped by government debt relief, higher tariffs and a sharp reduction in power cuts. The company's... 

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... 

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... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses government's interventions to tackle load reduction, which is highly disruptive to the lives of people living in areas where electrical overloading... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has unveiled a new smart meter-led strategy to address the ongoing problem of load reduction, where the supply of electricity to poor... 

Seventeen African governments have committed to reforms and actionable plans to expand electricity access as part of Mission 300, which is a partnership between development finance institutions the... 

South African National Energy Development Institute (Sanedi) energy secretariat head Professor Sampson Mamphweli says the government intends to leverage the Expropriation Act to acquire land for... 

The City of Johannesburg (CoJ) is accelerating action against its worst defaulters, which may see electricity meters being removed as part of the city’s aggressive credit control initiative under... 

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... 

Fraud linked to Eskom's Online Vending System (OVS) has been reduced to "very low levels of activity", the power utility says. “Earlier this year, Eskom strengthened the protection of its systems... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the preparations that are under way for the launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market, or SAWEM.