An updated IRP and Eskom’s restructuring make headlines

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s plan to take an updated Integrated Resource Plan through Cabinet processes soon and the latest update from the Department of Public Enterprises on Eskom’s restructuring.
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Resource-rich countries facing a double transition

Resource-rich countries face a double transition – the transition in their energy supplies and the transition in their mining sectors, German Institute for International and Security Affairs senior associate Melanie Müller has said. The growing drive to confront the issues of climate change and other environmental dilemmas is gaining traction, manifesting as a ‘green energy transition’, denoting a pivotal shift from energy sources reliant on fossil fuels to those harnessed from renewable origins such as solar and wind, she pointed out this week during a webinar hosted by The South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA).
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Firm installs new boilers to optimise operations

Energy plant operations and maintenance company Associated Energy Solutions (AES) is working on an operational optimisation project for a client in the fishing industry to install an additional 60 t/h of boiler plant capacity. The turnkey boiler project includes a new steam plant, with fuel and ash handling, as well as water and ancillary systems; its completion is expected in April 2024.
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