Scatec’s Kenhardt project starts producing electricity for the national grid

Renewable energy company Scatec’s Kenhardt hybrid solar and battery storage project has officially started producing and supplying electricity to the national grid from its three plants in the Northern Cape. The project has an installed solar capacity of 540 MW and a battery storage capacity of 225 MW, or 1 140 MWh, and delivers 150 MW of dispatchable power from 05:00 to 21:30 year-round to the national grid under a 20-year power purchase agreement with State-owned Eskom.
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Ntshavheni confirms draft IRP 2023 contains ‘significant’ revisions, but offers no clarity …

Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni has confirmed that the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) approved by Cabinet for public comment includes two time horizons as well as significant changes to the underlying assumptions that inform the plan when compared with the prevailing edition. However, she was unable to offer a timeframe for when the document would be Gazetted by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe, nor could she provide specifics on the comment period that will be allocated and whether public hearings would be held.
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Passage of NHI Bill would spell disaster for the health sector – BLSA

Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busi Mavuso has warned of the deteriorating health sector without the prospect of recovery, owing in large part to the passage last week of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill into law, barring the assent of President Cyril Ramaphosa.  In her weekly newsletter published on December 11, Mavuso called this development a “shocking negative” for the health sector and noted its potentially dire consequences for the South African economy. 
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