Mantashe says DMRE committed to pursuing energy mix that ensures security of supply

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) will continue to pursue an energy mix that will ensure security of supply, while remaining cognisant of the country’s international commitments to respond to climate change, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said during a keynote address at the inaugural Energy South African Youth Economic Council Summit, on January 13. The theme for the summit was: “How will the COP26 Green Deal affect South Africa’s ‘Just Energy Transition’ plan and its developmental economic objectives?”.
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Electricity sector outlook

Creamer Media’s Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Engineering News Editor Terence Creamer about the difficulties in the South African electricity sector in 2021, the issues that are still facing Eskom, whether there are any signs of hope for the sector this year and what should be done to begin dealing with the country’s energy crisis once and for all.  
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Mantashe on State capture: An attack on deployment is an attack on transformation, democracy

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has warned that the State capture report may launch heavy attacks on deployment – and by extension, transformation and democracy. The minister delivered a keynote address at the gala dinner of the Energy Summit, hosted by the South African Youth Economic Council on Thursday evening. His address focused on the country’s just energy transition, but he also used the opportunity briefly to address the Zondo Commission’s report on State capture.
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IEA sees South Africa’s 100 MW reform offering some short-term supply relief

South Africa’s new policy allowing power plants smaller than 100 MW to connect to the grid for self-consumption and sell power into the grid without applying for a generating licence may help address capacity issues in the short term, the International Energy Agency (IEA) states in a new report. “A number of large industrial customers have already announced plans to build plants to power their own operations in response to this evolution in policy,” the IEA adds in the January edition of its semi-annual ‘Electricity Market Report’.
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