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SA has potential to be real player in the battery energy storage system market

South Africa has the potential to develop at least one, and maybe as many as three, internationally competitive gigafactories for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells. This is the conclusion of a recent report undertaken for the non-profit and public benefit Localisation Support Fund (LSF) by Ernst & Young Advisory Services (EY-Parthenon). The biggest market will be the local manufacture of battery energy storage systems (BESS). Need and Demand
April 3, 2026 by

South Africa needs to reintroduce exploration into its mining DNA

Exploration is the start of any mining value chain and increasing investment in exploration is fundamental to South Africa using its mineral resources to drive development of its industries and economy, mining leaders said during the sixth edition of the South Africa Investment Conference, on March 31. South Africa has mined its mineral resources on an industrial scale for more than a century, but has forgotten how to fund and sustain exploration. It needs to reintroduce exploration into its DNA, said mining industry organisation Minerals Council South Africa CEO Mzila Mthenjane.
April 1, 2026 by

Cape Town seeks 500 MW from energy traders at below-Eskom rates

The City of Cape Town has issued an energy trader tender that targets the procurement of 500 MW through power purchase agreements (PPAs), spanning one to ten years, from a variety of power generation technologies, including solar. Interested parties have until May 13 to respond to this tender, aimed at diversifying the city’s energy mix and protecting it against Eskom’s loadshedding schedule and the utility’s rising electricity charges.
April 1, 2026 by

Green energy features prominently at 2026 investment gathering

Investment commitments by South African and international renewables investors featured prominently at the sixth South Africa Investment Conference, with combined pledges of more than R50-billion announced. In addition, green energy also featured strongly in an energy-related investment prospectus released by government at the event, where a new R2-trillion investment target was set for the period to 2030.
April 1, 2026 by

Record installed global capacity in 2025 proves renewable energy resilience

Global renewable energy capacity increased by 15.5%, or 692 GW, year-on-year to 5 149 GW in 2025, intergovernmental organisation the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has revealed. Its ‘Renewable Capacity Statistics 2026’ report also shows that renewable energy dominated the total capacity expansion in 2025 at an 85.6% share, while non-renewables continued to account for a smaller share of additions.
April 1, 2026 by

Government aims to move with speed on private investments for development

During the South Africa Investment Conference on March 31, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson spoke about how the government was supporting greater investment by private-sector players in the economy. Godongwana emphasised that a reliance on monopolies in an economy meant that, if there was a problem with a monopoly, the entire sector it served was challenged.
April 1, 2026 by