Grid, renewable energy expansions should proceed in parallel

In South Africa, plans for the strengthening the country’s electricity transmission grid and further increasing renewable energy generating capacity were not yet in alignment, JUWI Renewable Energy Deputy Head of Project Development South Africa Beth O’Connor has pointed out. She was addressing a session at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre, on Thursday. (JUWI was a utility-scale provider in the renewables energy sector, undertaking project development, engineering and construction, and operations and maintenance, for projects with a capacity of 30 MW and upwards.) She noted that the variability of renewable energy had impacts on the grid. Currently, the country’s grid was constrained in the Eastern, Western and Northern Cape, Free State and North West provinces, and partly constrained in Limpopo provinces. These provinces included most of the country’s renewable energy potential. 
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Nersa moves to consult on key building blocks in shift to electricity market competition

The outcomes of two public consultation processes initiated recently by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) are likely to have far-reaching implications for the country’s transition to a competitive electricity market. The first is the ‘Wholesale Electricity Pricing Methodology’, a consultation paper which was published on May 18, and the second is the ‘Transitional Generation Pricing and Vesting Contract Framework’, released on May 20.
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