South africa

Hydropower Plant

Stortemelk Hydropower Project Receives Recognition for Sustainability

Using an industry-leading assessment tool, a small-scale hydro project in South Africa, Stortemelk, has been recognised as an impressive example of sustainable …

Wind Farm

Lake Turkana Wind Power, Clir to Enhance Africa’s Largest Wind Farm

Clir Renewables has announced a partnership agreement with Lake Turkana Wind Power, leaders in African renewable energy generation.

Crude Oil

Almost Half of South Africa’s Oil Refining Seen Shut Until 2022

South African plants owned by Glencore and Petroliam Nasional that make up 43% of the nation’s oil-refining capacity are expected to stay shut until at least 2…

Energy Investment

Enel and Qatar Sovereign Fund Forge Renewables Tie-up

Transaction involves the acquisition by QIA of 50% stake in 800MW wind and PV portfolio in South Africa and Zambia.

Nuclear Power Plant

Eskom Shuts Down Some Koeberg Nuclear Power Plant Units

According to South African news media reports, due to the leak, Eskom has taken the Koeberg nuclear power plant's Unit 1 off the assembly line and has accelerat…

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: Juwi to Equip the Evander Mine with a 9.9 MWp Solar Power Plant

Juwi Renewable Energies, the South African subsidiary of the juwi group, has been awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for a 9.9…

Oil & Gas Trade

ExxonMobil and Vopak Sign MoU for South Africa’s LNG Feasibility

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation and Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together on a feasibility study to assess the co…

South Africa

AFRICA: AfDB Allocates $5 million to Renewable Energy Projects in the G5 Sahel

The "Desert to Power" initiative has just received a grant of 5 million dollars from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa, managed by the African Development …

Wind Farm

SOUTH AFRICA: BioTherm Connects its Golden Valley Wind Farm to the grid

BioTherm Energy, a South African independent power producer (IPP), has just connected its Golden Valley wind farm to the South African electricity grid.

Wind Farm

Enel Starts Operating 140 MW of Wind Energy Capacity in South Africa

EGP’s Nxuba wind farm, the company’s third wind facility in the Eastern Cape province, is expected to generate 460 GWh of energy annually.

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: Acwa Power Refurbishes its Bokpoort Thermodynamic Solar Power Station

The transaction was carried out with several financial partners led by the Anglo-South African bank Investec.

Solar Power Plant

SOUTH AFRICA: GRS Completes Construction of the Greefspan II Solar Power Plant

The Spanish company GRS Energy, completes the construction of the Greefspan II solar power plant in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa.

Rooftop PV System

AFRICA: Zola Signs with DPA for Solar Electrification in 9 Countries

Solar photovoltaic system supplier Zola Electric has just signed a partnership with Distributed Power Africa (DPA), a subsidiary of Econet, a major telecommunic…

Coal Trade

Anglo American Maps Out Thermal Coal Exit, Sees Higher Output

The global miner said a de-merger and listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange was the most likely route for its South African thermal coal assets.

Carbon Neutral

Five Coal-Fired Power Countries in the World have Committed to Carbon Neutrality!

According to EMBER's statistics, among the world's top ten coal power countries, 5 countries have committed to achieving carbon neutrality, including China (206…