South africa

Solar project

South African Rail Operator Launches Solar Tender

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) has opened an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) tender for solar installations at its sites acro…

Photovoltaic （PV）

SA IPP Reaches Financial Close On 100MW PV Plant

Pele Green Energy (PGE) has successfully reached financial close on the 100MW Sonvanger Solar PV Power Plant for the Glencore Merafe Venture’s operations …

Solar project

Eskom Tenders 72 MW of Solar at Coal Power Plant

A coal power plant operated by Eskom in South AfricaEskom is seeking a contractor to provide turnkey design, engineering, operation and maintenance services for…

Green Hydrogen

Stellenbosch and Groningen Universities Partner to Launch FUTURA HyCASA Green Hydrogen Hub

Stellenbosch University (SU) and the University of Groningen (UG) are collaborating to create a pioneering research hub for green hydrogen and sustainable energ…

Energy Storage System

ABO Energy Offloads South African Bess Duo

[Image: ABO Energy]ABO Energy has sold the rights for two battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in South Africa to Electricite de France (EDF) after dev…

Distributed energy

New Algorithm May Help Mitigate Unequal Power Curtailment

Developed by researchers in South Africa, the proposed technique is based on the water cycle algorithm (WCA), a population-based metaheuristic optimization algo…

Pumped Storage

South Africa Treasury to Suspend Municipal Funds Over Water Debt

South Africa’s Treasury plans to withhold funds from five municipalities next month over their unpaid water bills, part of an effort to compel local gover…

Solar project

South Africa’s Tax Authority Opens Solar Systems Tender

South Africa’s revenue department is seeking bidders for the engineering, design and installation of solar panel systems at its offices across the country…

Hydropower Plant

USACE Issues $22m Contract For Spillway Dredging At Garrison Dam

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has signed a €6.5 million (ZAR 125 million) grant agreement with Eskom to support the development of …

OPEC

OPEC: Global Oil Demand to Hit 120.1m Barrels per Day (Bpd) by 2050, Energy Demand to Increase 24% During Same Period

Global oil demand is projected to reach 120.1 million barrels per day (mb/d) by 2050, while energy demand will rise 24% during the same period, said the Organiz…

Oil & Gas Trade

South Africa Oil Group Seeks to Amend New Law to Woo Investors

Some oil explorers are not satisfied with South Africa’s long-awaited rules for the industry that were signed into law last month by President Cyril Ramap…

Electricity Transmission

South Africa’s Eskom Opposes Electricity Trading Licenses

Power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will ask the High Court to review a decision by South Africa’s energy regulator to grant licenses to multiple applic…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Kinetiko Spuds Second Well In Production Test Program In South Africa

South Africa-focused gas exploration company Kinetiko Energy Ltd. spudded the 271-06PT well in the Mpumalanga Province. This is the second well in the company&r…

Energy Storage System

Scatec Reaches Financial Close for 103MW BESS In South Africa

Renewable energy provider Scatec has reached financial close for the103MW/412 megawatt hours (MWh) Mogobe battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in South…

Green Hydrogen

Sasol Receives First Power Under Procurement Plan for Hydrogen Production

A 69-megawatt wind power generation project in Bedford, Eastern Cape, has gone online and begun delivery for Sasol Ltd., which has fully contracted the farm&rsq…