Tshwane energy plan
Mayor Cilliers Brink, summarized the City of Tshwane’s energy plan to curb loadshedding yesterday.Speaking to media at the Rooiwal Power Station yesterday, Brink said an intra-departmental energy task team was…
National Electricity transmission license approved
The Energy Regulator (NERSA) approved the National Transmission Company of South Africa (SOC) Ltd (NTCSA), be issued with a trading licence. The service to be rendered under the trading licence,…
Face-lift for Steenbras Hydro Pump Station
The Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme is scheduled to receive a face-lift to the value of R107 million, the City of Cape Town said in a statement. “This will ensure…
Eskom rands and cents
South Africa’s state-owned company, Eskom Holdings, received a ZAR4 billion ($339 million) loan from Germany’s state-owned development Bank, KfW, back in July 2023. A statement from National Treasury back in…
DBSA explains hydrogen bucks
Content from DBSA: Mohan Vivekanandan, the Group Executive of Origination & Coverage at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), gave a keynote address at the Devac Hydrogen conference in…
Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme (iREREP)
Infrastructure SA writes: Infrastructure South Africa in collaboration with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure and GTAC hosted a successful bidders briefing for the Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource…
203 MW hybrid projects appointed
The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe (MP), signed project agreements with an additional two (2) preferred bidders appointed as part of the Risk Mitigation Independent Power…
Leaders in clean energy
Studies conducted back in 2016 by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), concluded that a scale up of renewable energy, will result in an increase of the GDP.Doubling up on…
Hope for rural communities: Renewables
Renewable energy presents an opportunity to power up rural communities. About 31% of South Africa’s population (of an estimated 57.78 million) lives in rural areas. Some households rely on fuelwood…
Plans to light up Joburg
The City of Johannesburg’s 10 – point plan to secure 500 Megawatts of electricity by 2030, was tabled at a media briefing this morning by Environment and Infrastructure Services MMC:…