Archive for date: May 22nd, 2026

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Opinion: Africa’s energy transition is a growth story, but only if we act together

In this article, Vodacom CEO Shameel Joosub questions why, despite enormous renewable potential, progress in Africa’s energy transition remains slow, as well as what is needed to change this trajectory.
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SA’s electricity distribution sector in crisis

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the growing challenge of municipalities’ failure to settle arrear debt owed to power utility Eskom, as well as the possible remedies to this growing problem.  
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AMEA Power’s 120 MW solar plant achieves commercial operation

Dubai-based renewable-energy company AMEA Power has successfully commissioned its 120 MW Doornhoek solar PV plant in South Africa – the first project under Bid Window 6 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme to reach commercial operation. The $120-million Doornhoek project, near Klerksdorp, in the North West province, will generate about 325 GWh/y of clean electricity, which will offset more than 330 000 t/y of CO₂ emissions.
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