Construction starts on Atlantis SEZ for green technologies

Construction on Zone 1 of the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for green technologies in the Western Cape has started. The first tenant in the 22 ha Zone 1 will be industrial and specialist gas supplier Iconic Gases, with work on the company’s factory set to start in November, says Atlantis SEZ CEO Matt Cullinan.
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Private sector technical teams begin work at four troubled coal stations

Private sector support teams, assembled with the support of the R100-million Resource Mobilization Fund (RMF), have been deployed across four troubled coal-fired power stations to assist Eskom with its Generation Recovery Plan. Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that the teams officially began their work at Matla, Kriel, Majuba and Kendal on June 5, with specific targets having been set for the recovery of each plant’s energy availability factor (EAF).
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Scatec replants local quiver trees at Kenhardt site

Renewable energy company Scatec has undertaken a massive quiver tree planting and replanting operation at its Kenhardt site, in the Northern Cape. The replanting started after the company was awarded the solar project under the Renewable Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.  The site is currently under construction and, once it reaches completion, will have a total solar capacity of 540 MW, battery storage capacity of 225 MW or 1 140 MWh, and provide 150 MW of dispatchable renewable power under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
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