The Deputy Minister of Energy, Ambassador Thembisile Majola, says transformation in the petroleum sector remains a critical imperative of the Department of Energy (DoE). “We should never lose sight of the important goal of transformation....
The Department of Energy is working with a number of countries on the continent in an effort to grow energy capacity for all Africans. This is according to a statement made by Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson, as well as Deputy Minister...
Government is sending 50 trainees from the South African nuclear industry to China to take part in the nuclear power plant operations training, said the Department of Energy (DoE). In a statement last week, the department said the trainees would be...
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced the preferred bidders for phase four of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement programme, who are expected to feed an additional 1 121 Megawatts to the grid. The Minister’s announcement...
Government is making significant progress in its engagement with various prospective nuclear vendor countries as part of expanding the nuclear new build programme. Recently, government has been holding consultations with a number of nuclear vendor...
The Department of Energy freeze on rolling out the solar water heating programme has created an uncertain environment that has deterred investors, Parliament heard yesterday. Coupled with this, the rollout of the renewable energy independent power...
It will take 20 to 30 months before power utility Eskom has caught up with maintenance and is back on the right track, energy department director general Wolsey Barnard said on Tuesday. “It’s going to take time, it’s going to take...
Renewable energy has benefited South Africa, a study by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has found. The independent study by the CSIR found that renewable energy from the country’s first wind and solar (photovoltaic)...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will be implementing a pilot project for non-grid solar home systems which means the installation of green electricity at shacks, making it one of the first local authorities in the country to do so. Standing...
