The South African government will within days announce new ways to address the country’s worst power crisis yet, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Friday. Addressing a South African Communist Party (SACP) conference, Ramaphosa said the government needed to “use every available means and remove every regulatory obstacle to bring extra electricity onto the grid as soon as possible”.
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has signed an above-inflation wage agreement with Eskom’s wholly-owned construction, maintenance and transportation services subsidiary Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI).
The wage agreement – valid for a year and expiring on June 30, 2023 – entitles all bargaining unit-affiliated ERI employees a 7% increase in basic salaries across the board, effective June 30.
The Euro-Japanese Laurelin project, to develop innovative technologies to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into renewable methanol, is completing the assembly of three advanced chemical reactor demonstrators, to test three different CO2 conversion technologies. The project has been running for a year, and is funded by the European Union’s (EU’s) Horizon 2020 programme and the Japan Science and Technology Agency. It involves research organisations, universities and small and medium enterprises in EU …
South Africa is considering more than doubling the amount private power producers can generate without requiring a license in a bid to reduce blackouts that are hobbling the economy, people with knowledge of the matter said. President Cyril Ramaphosa is racing to make an announcement as soon as Sunday, the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter isn’t public. South Africa last year removed a license requirement for private investors to build their own power plants of up to 100 megawatts under a plan to reduce excessive bureaucracy and add generation capacity.
To achieve universal energy access by 2030, Africa will need a range of technologies and policy changes that open national grids to private participation, enable the establishment of microgrids and move to regional power trading and power pools, energy industry experts highlighted during a webinar this week. The ‘Energy in Africa’ think-tank webinar, hosted by consulting and market research multinational Frost & Sullivan Africa on July 14, debated the opportunities, challenges and dynamics in the energy industry in Africa.
The World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC) says platinum group metals (PGMs) are enabling many sectors globally to achieve net-zero carbon emissions goals through their use in hydrogen energy and low-emissions technology, and especially through green hydrogen production.
Hydrogen fuel – made from methane or by electrolysis of water – can be used in hydrogen fuel cells to produce electricity, which is, in turn, used to power drive systems in vehicles, offering an alternative to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
African National Congress (ANC) President Cyril Ramaphosa on Friday announced that the party is strongly considering the establishment of a second State-owned power utility to reduce the risk posed by Eskom’s failings. Ramaphosa, who gave the ANC’s message of support on the third day of the South African Communist Party’s elective congress, said the proposal was initially made by Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe after the power utility plunged the country into stage six load-shedding.
Buyout firm Actis appointed Citigroup to help with the sale of its BTE Renewables business in South Africa and is seeking a value close to $1-billion, according to people familiar with the matter. The parties are close to putting together a shortlist of potential buyers, said the people, who asked not to be identified as the plans are still private. While the deal is attracting some interest there’s no guarantee a transaction will go ahead, they said.
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has outlined a set of ten interventions that it believes could unlock much-needed investment into new generation and storage capacity over the coming two years and should be included as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa comprehensive plan for tackling load-shedding, which is expected to be unveiled soon. The BUSA intervention envisages the introduction of 15 GW of additional generation capacity, together with 4 GW of battery storage, over a 24-month period.
Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) has outlined a set of ten interventions that it believes could unlock much-needed investment into new generation and storage capacity over the coming two years and should be included as part of President Cyril Ramaphosa comprehensive plan for tackling load-shedding, which is expected to be unveiled soon. The BUSA intervention envisages the introduction of 15 GW of additional generation capacity, together with 4 GW of battery storage, over a 24-month period.
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