Danish PM to lead IEA commission on making energy transition people-centered

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has announced the creation of a high-level global commission, headed by Danish PM Mette Frederiksen, to investigate how to ensure that people are placed at the heart of the unfolding global clean-energy transition. Speaking during a virtual briefing on Monday, IEA executive director Dr Fatih Birol said the other members of the commission would be named in due course and that its recommendations would be released ahead of the delayed COP26 climate negotiations, scheduled for Glasgow, Scotland, in November.
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M&R subsidiary Clough secures Waitsia Stage 2 construction, engineering contract

JSE-listed engineering and construction group Murray & Roberts reports that its subsidiary, construction and engineering company Clough, has been awarded a A$400-million contract for an engineering, procurement and construction scope of work on the Waitsia Stage 2 development project in Western Australia.

Clough’s scope of work relates to a gas processing plant, including power generation.

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Government saddened at the death of business leader Mokgatle

Government conveys its sadness about the death of Peotona Group Holdings co-founder and executive director Dolly Mokgatle.

She was an established business leader who held various leadership positions within several of South Africa’s State-owned enterprises and the private sector.

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Three-way talks on Ethiopian dam reach new impasse

Negotiations between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt, in a long-running dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, have reached a new impasse, the three countries said on Sunday. “We cannot continue this vicious cycle of circular talks indefinitely,” Sudanese irrigation minister Yasir Abbas said in a statement.
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First application made for power-tariff relief under new DMRE frameworks

The first application for tariff relief provided for under the Negotiated Pricing Agreement (NPA) frameworks published late last year by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has been submitted to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for authorisation. Nersa tells Engineering News that it will follow its normal approval process and will make a determination within a period of 120 days if all the information has been submitted.
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