Nov 22, 2021
Global leaders gathered at the final day of the African Energy Week 2021 conference and exhibition to discuss strategies to mitigate climate change and ensure that Africa’s transition to a clean energy future will alleviate energy poverty. Themed,...
Nov 17, 2021
State-owned power utility Eskom set to implement R178 billion Transmission Development Plan over the duration of 2022 and 2031 to lengthen the network to enable the integration of 30 GW of new renewable, generation capacity. The power utility that...
Nov 15, 2021
Now, more than ever, attention in South Africa has shifted to how best generate electricity at affordable rates and how to optimise utility management during these uncertain times. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) recently...
Sep 13, 2021
The amendment to schedule 2 of South Africa’s Electricity Regulation Act, which was recently gazetted, raises the threshold for self- or distributed-generation power plants from 1 to 100MW. The change will allow private companies to construct power...
Aug 25, 2021
The recent gazetting of amendments to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) of 2006, which increases the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW, is good news for South Africa’s biggest energy users. It...
Aug 18, 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act to enable embedded generation projects up to 100 MW to proceed without requiring a licence from NERSA. By Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis, Mzukisi Kota...
May 28, 2021
South Africa has long dominated Africa’s growth charts. And I believe that South Africa has the potential to be the fastest-growing economy on the continent again. There’s one issue that we must address, and that’s the issue of electricity. Simply...
May 27, 2021
Companies across South Africa have stepped up this National Energy Month to bring their corporate innovation capabilities forward – in line with Government’s call to find urgent solutions to the country’s energy crisis. Some of the clear-cut...
Mar 24, 2021
The African Development Bank has committed $530 million to finance the construction of a 343 km, 400 kV central-south transmission line that will connect the north and south transmission grids in Angola and allow for the distribution of clean...
