In the statement below, the Energy Intensive User Group of Southern Africa (EIUG), which includes mining and industrial companies that collectively account for over 40% of the electrical energy consumed in South Africa, welcome government’s R59-billion…
EIUG flags summer load-shedding risk as it welcomes R59bn Eskom bail-out Read More »
The protracted nature of the ongoing consultation process for updating the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) will result in the plan being immediately out of date when Cabinet finally approves it later this year. In fact, South African Independent Power P…
IRP to be out of date by time of Cabinet approval as a result of protracted talks Read More »
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made a $2-million cost-sharing commitment to support the completion, by Transnet, of a feasibility study into the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal at the Po…
Transnet and IFC move to catalyse Richards Bay LNG infrastructure PPP Read More »
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has made a $2-million cost-sharing commitment to support the completion, by Transnet, of a feasibility study into the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage and regasification terminal at the Po…
Transnet and IFC team up in effort to catalyse Richards Bay LNG PPP Read More »
Market and project intelligence firm Africa House will lead a group visit of South African companies to Mozambique in August to explore the business opportunities that will arise from the development of three multibillion-dollar gas projects in the far…
Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan says a draft White Paper outlining government’s approach to the unbundling of State-owned power utility Eskom, as well as how its “unsustainable” debt burden will be managed, is being prepared and should be fi…
Gordhan says draft Eskom unbundling White Paper to be finalised soon Read More »
The long-awaited update to the Integrated Resource Plan for electricity is only likely to serve before Cabinet in September, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reported on Thursday. The minister said that the draft IRP was still being…
IRP will serve before Cabinet only in September as Nedlac process drags on Read More »
A leading National Treasury official has warned industry to prepare for a significant strengthening of South Africa’s carbon tax during the second phase of implementation, which will begin in January 2023, describing the first phase, which came into fo…
‘Weak’ carbon tax to be significantly strengthened from 2023 – Treasury official Read More »
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Energy Centre has initiated a project to model the socioeconomic risks and opportunities associated with South Africa’s transition from a coal-dominant electricity industry to one that is increa…
Initial ‘just energy transition’ work points to need to cushion coal regions Read More »
Business Unity South Africa (Busa) has lamented the absence of “real implementation plans” from President Cyril Ramaphosa’s June State of the Nation Address (SoNA) and has urged him to work with business to table a clear implementation plan, with timef…
We need detail, and we need it soon, business says in SoNA response Read More »
