Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:25:49 +0000
The City of Cape Town recently presented its Town 2023/2024 budget under the theme it says is about “Building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.” Part of the initiatives announced in 2023/2024 budget speech include more plans to help the City end load-shedding. They said, “It is […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:55:56 +0000
This week, on 6 April 2023, the City of Cape Town will issue a tender for its biggest power purchase tender yet. A request for submissions for a 500 MW tender will be issued for competitive proposals this week. The tender will be for 500 MW of dispatchable energy that is an important pillar of […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:16:22 +0000
South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has formally invited interested parties to register prospective bids under the Battery Energy Storage Capacity Bid Window of the Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (Battery Energy Storage IPPPP). The Bid Submission is scheduled to close on 5 July 2023, at 17:00. The tender stipulates that the minimum […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:05:09 +0000
The transition to electric mobility is a major opportunity for national power utility companies on the African continent. It’s a major opportunity to increase their revenues as EVs charge up on locally generated electricity. Countries will also benefit from reduced fossil fuel imports, saving them much needed foreign currency. It’s also a major opportunity for […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:14:00 +0000
The energy crisis in South Africa has prompted continued calls for government action, and officials in January said an energy action plan announced last year is starting to be implemented. The plan was laid
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Read moreCredit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2023 09:53:20 +0000
South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Statistics of Utility-Scale Power Generation In South Africa In 2022 Report, the contribution from coal dropped below 80% for the first time ever. In 2022, 77.7% of the 228 TWh was met by South Africa’s coal plants. […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2023 16:35:48 +0000
In his National Budget Speech on 22 February, South Africa’s Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana announced some new short term tax incentives for South Africans to go solar. This is in a bid to help people go solar to help increase the contribution of distributed solar, as well as cushion citizens from the unprecedented levels […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 20:30:52 +0000
South Africa’s electricity rationing program, called load-shedding, seems to be getting worse with no end in sight. Some analysts say load-shedding could be with us for another 10 years. The effects of load-shedding on homes and businesses have been so brutal and the South African Reserve Bank says that during the higher stages of load-shedding, […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:35:22 +0000
A number of Southern African countries are in the midst of a devastating electricity crisis. Zimbabweans have been subjected to daily power cuts of up to 20 hours a day. In Zambia, load-shedding has just been increased to 12 hours a day. One of Africa’s largest power producers by installed capacity, South Africa is also […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:38:34 +0000
We are starting to see a lot of large grid battery projects taking off around the world. Several years ago, the ‘Big Battery” in Australia, the biggest in the world at that time, was making all the headlines. Australia is going big on these battery projects with several other active projects and another one, the […]