Wits Business School is pleased to announce its upcoming energy conference in partnership with the Consulate General of India, Johannesburg. The two-day conference, dubbed Matla-Urja (meaning... 

Zero Carbon Charge (Charge), in partnership with the Automotive Industry Development Centre Eastern Cape (AIDC-EC), and together with the Eastern Cape provincial government, has broken ground on... 

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) has started construction on a R200-million, 7 MW solar PV plant, located in Atlantis, with the first electricity to be delivered by the end of next year. The tender for... 

Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex South Africa has joined the country’s wind industry members in calling for the swift approval of a curtailment framework. In an October 8 media release, Nordex says... 

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... 

South Africa’s economy is increasingly threatened by climate change impacts, resulting in scarcity of important natural resources. To respond to these challenges, industries need to increase their... 

‘What an exciting day this is for Cape Town and also for the people of Atlantis. This is one of our flagship projects in our priority programme to build a more secure energy future, with advanced... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has expressed confidence that government and the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) are close to finding the “sweet spot”... 

South Africa’s overall emissions will reach their peak this year and will be followed by a downward trend that will culminate in the lowest emissions this decade in 2030, the draft first 'Biennial... 

An interactive website about the challenges and opportunities that South Africa faces in the country’s transition to cleaner energy is now available at this link - The Road to a Just Energy... 

South Africa is launching a credit-guarantee facility to boost private sector involvement in the country’s ambitious infrastructure investment plans, reducing the need for public spending. “We are... 

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... 

JSE-listed Northam Platinum has finalised a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an independent power producer (IPP) for an 80 MW solar power plant to service its Zondereinde operation, near the... 

Eskom has been using diesel-fuelled auxiliary turbines extensively to stave off power cuts in South Africa following delays in restoring some generation capacity. The utility fired up the units... 

It’s time for South Africa to interrogate its policy of pursuing a so-called ‘energy mix’, which may sound reasonable, but which has become little more than a convenient fig leaf for policy... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that government will be able to positively intervene on Eskom’s tariff-hike application for the 2025/26 financial year at the... 

South Africa needs to transition into renewable energy in a way that continues to protect the country’s energy availability, Eskom chairperson Dr Mteto Nyati told the Joburg Indaba on Wednesday.... 

Sentiment about South Africa has improved since the formation of a coalition government but the nation needs to be cautious about complacency, according to chief executive officers at two of the... 

South Africa will need to expedite reforms that can boost economic growth to sustain investor inflows that have flooded in since the formation of a coalition government, according to the world’s... 

A second phase of the partnership launched between government and business to tackle South Africa’s electricity, logistics and crime crises has been launched under the Government of National Unity... 

Fears around what the outcome of the upcoming US Presidential elections will mean for the green energy transition and fight against climate change are somewhat overblown, Presidential Climate... 

The electricity subcommittee of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has recommended the approval of four more electricity trading licences, dismissing the objections raised by... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is confident that State-owned utility Eskom’s proposed tariff increase for direct customers of 36.15%, and a 43.55% hike in municipal... 

German renewable-energy company ENERTRAG has appointment Enos Banda as the new CEO of South African operations. A lawyer by training, Banda is a well-known personality in the South African energy... 

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says that government would like to be “ultra-aggressive” in the roll-out of new renewable energy, which he describes as the “future”.... 

South African stationery and plastic products manufacturer Penflex will install a hybrid solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS), which will halve its demand for electricity generated by... 

State-owned logistics agency Transnet has taken tentative steps towards limited engagement with the private sector, but there should be large-scale concessions of port and rail capacity to drive... 

The mining sector shed 6 926 jobs in the second quarter, according to Statistics South Africa’s latest Quarterly Employment Statistics (QES), bringing the total number of workers still employed in... 

The relationship that vanadium development company Vanadium Resources (VR8) is striking up with China Energy International Group could give the Steelpoortdrift project developer an answer to many... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses power utility Eskom's latest Multiyear Price Determination submission to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa, as well as the next steps. 

The role business has played in shaping South Africa’s democracy over the past 30 years and in supporting the 1996 Constitution’s objectives of “healing the divisions of the past” and “improving... 

Leading green energy company G7 Renewable Energies is making headway in advancing South Africa’s transition to a green economy with various wind energy projects in progress for the purpose of... 

South Africa’s ambitious Integrated Resource Plan serves as a “comprehensive roadmap” for meeting the country’s projected electricity demand, balancing financial considerations with climate change... 

Few would disagree that the current financial and operational model for electricity distribution is no longer fit for purpose. This lack of sustainability is reflected in the continual rise in the... 

South Africa recorded a landmark 160 days with no loadshedding, the longest period in over four years. However, maintaining future grid stability will require a doubling down on wind investment as... 

The project will substitute a portion of the current electricity supply from State-owned power utility Eskom. 

The project entails the construction of a railway line that links the Majuba power station to the main coal railway hub in Ermelo, Mpumalanga 

The Virginia plant has resumed liquefied natural gas production after yearly maintenance of the entire plant. 

There are plans to enter into power purchase agreements to acquire clean energy from other sites. 

State-owned power utility Eskom has showcased how it incorporates recycled legacy coal ash into road construction at its Kusile power station, in Mpumalanga. This first-in-country initiative was... 

Details on the approach South Africa will be taking to piloting Independent Power Transmission (IPT) projects as part of a strategy to accelerate the expansion of its electricity grid will be... 

South Africa's donor-funded climate programme has spent just over a sixth of its allotted $11.6-billion, with a focus on expanding the power grid and preventing its coal-mining region slipping into...