Coega, Eskom to ensure new nuclear build leads to inclusive growth, skills development

State-owned special economic zone (SEZ) developer the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) and State-owned Eskom have established a three-year strategic framework for cooperation in support of South Africa’s Nuclear New Build Programme (NNBP). The two State-owned entities will collaborate across key focus areas, including infrastructure development, industrialisation and localisation, regulatory and site readiness, skills and supplier development, logistics coordination and socioeconomic investment initiatives.
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Cape Town to buy power from waste-to-energy producers

The City of Cape Town (CoCT) intends to procure bulk electricity, depending on the commercial viability, of at least 5 MWac from waste-to-energy independent power producers (IPPs) through power purchase agreements (PPAs) for up to 20 years. For the contract to be commercially viable, the city says that the energy pricing must be lower than Eskom’s equivalent tariff, and emissions must also be lower than Eskom’s grid emissions factor.
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Mulilo’s Mercury battery storage project achieves financial close

South African independent power producer Mulilo, which announced at the recent South Africa Investment Conference that it would be investing R15-billion in new renewables and storage projects, reports that it has achieved financial close on the 76 MW/304 MWh Mercury Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project. Located near Viljoenskroon in the Free State, the Mercury BESS project was selected in December 2024 as one of eight preferred bidders under the second bid window of South Africa’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.
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CHIETA, Sasol launch hydrogen fuel cell training programme

Sector education and training authority the Chemical Industries Education and Training Authority (CHIETA) and JSE-listed energy and chemicals company Sasol have launched a green hydrogen fuel cell training system at Sasol’s operations in Sasolburg, in the Free State. At the core of the training system is a working 50 W hydrogen fuel cell system, which allows learners to engage directly with the technology and understand key system functions through applied experimentation.
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