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.
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.
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.
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.
South Africa’s role as a strategic liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) gateway to sub-Saharan Africa comes into focus this week, as government and industry leaders convene in Johannesburg. The sub-Saharan Africa LPG Expo taking place on April 9 and 10 at the Sandton Convention Centre will open with an address by Electricity and Energy Deputy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré, setting the tone for a programme focused on clean cooking and South Africa’s evolving role in regional energy supply.
State-owned Eskom has announced the successful redemption of its ES26 bond, a decisive milestone in the utility’s journey toward financial independence. First issued in March 2007 as a R500-million tranche at a coupon of 7.85%, the ES26 bond grew to an outstanding amount of about R38-billion over its 19-year tenure, reflecting strong and sustained investor support, Eskom says in a statement.
Consulting engineers, as key experts, are best positioned to unlock faster, better-quality infrastructure in the water, energy and transport sectors. There is a need for deeper and longer partnerships that ensure consulting engineers are involved from the earliest stages of policy and planning, not just after project approval, asserts industry association Consulting Engineers South Africa CEO Chris Campbell. He says a key strategy for harnessing such public–private partnerships (PPPs) is having integrated project teams that bring together municipal engineers, national agencies, consulting firms and private-sector operators co-design and co-implement solutions, particularly rehabilitating and maintaining water and road networks.
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
Water stress is forcing the global energy sector to redesign cooling infrastructure to manage declining water availability, research published by Wood Mackenzie reveals. Thermoelectric, nuclear and hydro plants produced 80% of global power in 2025, and all depend on water for cooling.
In this article, ENGIE South Africa renewables and batteries MD Sanjeev Mungroo writes that the success of South Africa’s electricity reform depends on the expansion of the transmission grid, as it is central to ensuring a competitive electricity market.
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