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Beka Schréder launches new head office

Luminaire manufacturer Beka Schréder has opened its new head office, in Olifantsfontein, Gauteng, with the aim to streamline workflows, reduce production bottlenecks and enable quicker turnaround times for customers. With improved logistics, optimised layout and state-of-the-art manufacturing systems, the company is now able to deliver orders with greater speed and precision, it says.
September 11, 2025 by

Mulilo Energy secures R7bn facility from Standard Bank for growth

Renewable energy developer and independent power producer Mulilo Energy has secured an initially R1.1-billion corporate facility from financial services firm Standard Bank to support equity commitments. A further R5.9-billion can also be allocated from headroom as the security pool grows. The Equity HoldCo Facility is designed to further empower Mulilo’s growth trajectory, Standard Bank says.
September 11, 2025 by

Nersa apologises for R54bn tariff error

South Africa’s energy regulator apologised for a R54-billion error in calculating electricity tariffs, a mistake that will be passed on to consumers. The National Energy Regulator of South Africa, which determines what State power utility Eskom can charge for electricity, announced the miscalculation last month, without providing further details.
September 10, 2025 by

Big few months ahead in countdown to South African Wholesale Electricity Market

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has provided a detailed breakdown of the steps being taken in preparation for the launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) – a key evolutionary step in the development of a fully competitive electricity supply industry in South Africa. The aspirational launch date of April 1, 2026, remains in place, but NTCSA senior manager for market operations Keith Bowen has again underlined that the timeline faces several risks.
September 9, 2025 by

Summit considers implications of an equitable, just energy transition

Amid a global emphasis on a just energy transition to help mitigate the impacts of climate change, issues such as exclusion and inequality should be addressed to ensure the transition is equitable. During the fifth instalment of the Standard Bank Climate Summit, held on September 9, Standard Bank Group CEO Sim Tshabalala argued that, in the context of climate policy, exclusion and inequality slow down the transition in the Global South and create intense and effective resistance to transition in the developed world.
September 9, 2025 by

IFC seeks $300m to fund electricity mini-grids in Africa

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is setting up an entity aimed at lowering the cost of mini grids in Africa, to accelerate plans to connect 300-million Africans to electricity by 2030. The vehicle targets a first financial close of approximately $300-million before the end of 2025, with a long-term capitalisation goal of $1-billion, according to Andrew Herscowitz, the CEO of the so-called Mission 300 Accelerator.
September 9, 2025 by

Ethiopia launches massive hydropower dam against bitter Egyptian opposition

Ethiopia officially inaugurates Africa’s largest hydroelectric dam on Tuesday, a project that will provide energy to millions of Ethiopians while deepening a rift with downstream Egypt that has unsettled the region. Ethiopia, the continent’s second most populous nation with a population of 120 million, sees the $5-billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on a tributary of the River Nile as central to its ambitions for economic development.
September 9, 2025 by

Nersa’s approval of AMSA applications may spark fresh dispute with Eskom

Another dispute may be looming between Eskom and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa). This one, over the regulator’s decision to approve ArcelorMittal South Africa’s (AMSA’s) applications for six-year negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) for its Newcastle and Vanderbijlpark operations. In a statement, Nersa noted that Eskom had rejected the applications made by AMSA in September and October last year on the basis that the utility did not agree that they met the criteria for such tariff relief.
September 8, 2025 by

Eskom identifies role for itself in future electricity ecosystem

State-owned power utility Eskom has identified a set of roles it could and should operate in to support the transition of the electricity environment to include more sustainably-generated electricity. Specifically, Eskom chairperson Dr Mteto Nyati, during a briefing on September 5, said that utility would participate in the renewable energy generation space and aimed to “be assertive, as this is a space we feel we should be able to occupy”.
September 8, 2025 by

No loadshedding foreseen this summer, as Eskom generation recovery plan boosts its performance

State-owned power utility Eskom forecasts no loadshedding during the summer from September 1, to March 31, 2026, as supply and demand interventions have added about 4 000 MW of extra capacity to meet expected demand this summer. The ongoing recovery and structural improvements in Eskom’s generation fleet was owing to the focused implementation of its Generation Recovery Plan by its workforce, said Eskom officials and Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa during a briefing on September 5.
September 5, 2025 by