IPP Office outlines new Bid Window 6 timetable as it awaits key Nersa and Eskom approvals for …

The IPP Office has announced a new timetable for the upscaled sixth bid window (BW6) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPPP) through which government will be seeking to procure a whopping 5 200 MW of new wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity during a single bidding round. Proceeding with the full allocation hinges, however, on the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) securing the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) concurrence with a new Ministerial determination expanding the procurement envelop for solar photovoltaic (PV) beyond that catered for under the existing Ministerial determinations.
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Sasol warns carbon tax could prompt it to scale back operations

Sasol, South Africa’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, sees carbon taxes posing a “significant risk” to its business and warned current proposals could cause it to curtail operations and green initiatives. The government sees the taxes as key to meeting its goal of producing net-zero emissions by 2050, but has faced intense lobbying from companies to make them less onerous.
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Eskom warns of Stage 2 load-shedding at peak hours this week

After three days without load shedding, Eskom warned that Stage 2 load-shedding might be implemented at short notice from 16:00 to 24:00, the peak evening hours, over the course of the week.  This is due to power station breakdowns and delays in returning some generating units to service.
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Wärtsilä to upgrade Cameroon-based Kribi power plant to boost reliability

Technology group Wärtsilä has been commissioned to upgrade the electrical and automation systems to increase the reliability of the 216 MW Kribi power plant in Cameroon. The order with Wärtsilä was placed by Kribi power development company (KPDC) – a subsidiary of Globeleq, an independent power producer and the owner and operator of power generating facilities across Africa.
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Sebenzana helping to develop new gas-fired power plant in Senegal

Operations and maintenance company Sebenzana APP is helping the Sendou Power Station’s majority owner Barak Fund and independent power producer (IPP) Compagnie d’Electricité du Sénégal (CES) to develop a natural gas-fired power station at Sendou. The gas-fired power plant is part of Senegal’s aim of moving to greater use of renewable energy supported by gas-fired power plants that use natural gas present in the country, says Sebenzana APP MD Andrew Carr.
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Cabinet welcomes appointment of Nersa chair, SANEDI CEO

Cabinet has welcomed the appointment of Thembani Bukula as chairperson of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) and Zandile Mpungose as deputy chairperson – both as part-time members.

It also welcomed the appointment of Precious Sibiya and Thembeka Semane as part-time members of Nersa, as well as the reappointment of Fungai Sibanda as a part-time member.

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