Eskom tests market for Medupi flue gas desulphurisation solutions . State-owned electricity utility Eskom has issued a no-obligation request for information (RFI) in a bid to gain insight into what flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) technologies are currently available an...

IPP procurement a signal that growth-enhancing reform is moving ahead – Ramaphosa . President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gazetting of a Ministerial determination enabling the development of more than 11 800 MW of new electricity capacity by independent power producers (IPPs) signals gov...

‘Emergency’ IPP power projects to be grid-connected by mid-2022 . The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) and the Independent Power Producer (IPP) Office has set the long-stop date for projects under the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procur...

DMRE confirms Eskom as buyer of renewable energy under REIPPPP Bid Window 5 . Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe on September 25 gazetted a Section 34 Determination to procure energy from independent power producers (IPPs).

This paves the way for Bid Window 5...

Covid-19 pushes out launch of new D-Max to 2022 . Isuzu Motors South Africa (IMSA) has postponed the launch of its new generation D-Max bakkie from 2021, to the first half of 2022, says IMSA technical operations senior VP Dominic Rimmer.

“Our next g...

Green hydrogen study integrating SADC ahead of trillion dollar market emergence . JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – A German-funded project to develop a green hydrogen atlas across Southern Africa is integrating the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region ahead of the p...

Ten lessons to guide South Africa’s ‘just transition’ from coal to renewables . A new study, which outlines global best practices for just-transition journeys, includes ten lessons for South Africa to consider as the country prepares to navigate what it hopes will be a just transi...

Council for Geoscience starts deep drilling in Karoo Basin . The Council for Geoscience (CGS) on September 21 launched Phase 2 of the Karoo Deep Drilling and Geo-environmental Base Programme (KDD), in Beaufort West.

The council, as mandated by the Department o...

IRP’s wind component could trigger yearly investments of R40bn, create 144 000 jobs by 2030 . The 14.4 GW of new wind included in South Africa’s electricity plan positions the country as a “top ten” wind-energy market for the coming decade, while building capacity at the yearly tempo of 1 600 M...

Nersa says Eskom must be buyer of IPP power arising from new determination . The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says that Eskom should remain the buyer of the electricity produced by independent power producers (IPPs) and procured by the Department of Mineral...