South africa

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: CDC Invests $50m in the Redstone Solar Project

The plant will feed 100 MW into the grid of the state-owned utility Eskom.

Oil Pipeline

S.Africa, Mozambique State Energy Firms to Increase Shareholding in Gas Pipeline

State-owned energy companies from South Africa and Mozambique have exercised their rights to buy the 30% stake in the ROMPCO natural gas pipeline that Sasol is …

Distributed energy

Blockchain Crowdfunding Platform to Scale Solar, Mini-Grids in Sub-Saharan Africa

Engie Energy Access and Energy Web are to develop a decentralised finance crowdfunding platform to support electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hydrogen Project

India Organizing Green Hydrogen Summit of BRICS Nations

India is scheduled to host a two-day summit on green hydrogen, with countries like Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa set to take part in it.

Power Construction

South Africa: Embedded Generation Threshold to Increase to 100MW

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa today announced the increase of the embedded generation threshold from 1MW to 100MW.

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: Kenya: First Nuclear Power Plant in 2022

​Following South Africa, Kenya is the second African nation to build a nuclear power plant.

Natural Gas

GE Releases Position Paper on Accelerating South Africa's Energy Transition with Gas Power and Renewables

Whitepaper discusses South Africa’s urgent need for affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy, to spur industrialization while addressing its climate change…

South Africa

South Africa’s Draft Green Paper On New Energy Vehicles Is A Step In The Right Direction

In 2019, we wrote an article raising the alarm that South Africa’s inertia in incentivising the adoption of electric vehicles could make it miss out on the inc…

Oil Refinery

South Africa: Engen To Convert Durban Refinery to Terminal

As expected, Engen announced that it will be progressing plans to convert its 120,000 bbl/d refinery in Durban, South Africa into a terminal, as the refinery is…

South Africa

Johannesburg Announces Big Push Towards Renewable Energy

Johannesburg, Africa’s dominant financial center, wants to meet 35% of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2030 and will seek proposals for privately su…

Electric Car

Green Paper on Advancement of New Energy Vehicles in SA Released

The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition in South Africa has released an auto green paper on the advancement of new energy vehicles in South Africa.

Electric Car

S Africa Seeks to Boost Electric Vehicle Manufacturing

The South African government has launched a public consultation on how to boost domestic production of electric vehicles and increase the country's competitiven…

Thermal Plant

Kusile Power Station on Target to be Completed by 2023

South African Deputy-President, David Mabuza, recently visited the Kusile Power Station in the Mpumalanga province to evaluate the progress being made.

Wind Power Project

S.Africa: Golden Valley Wind Energy project reaches commercial operation

Renewable power developer BioTherm Energy has completed all four of its projects in South Africa, with the latest, the Golden Valley Wind Energy Facility, havin…

Carbon Neutral

Mobility Company Africa’s First to Become Carbon Neutral

South African-based Planet42 has become the first mobility company in Africa to be certified carbon neutral.