SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 / Categories: AfriCoast Energy AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Next Article AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED Print 53696 Rate this article: 4.0
Nersa publishes draft market inquiry report on fixed, generation capacity charges SuperUser Account / Friday, June 26, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published the draft market inquiry report on the impact of fixed charges levied by electricity distributors and State-owned entity Eskom’s unbundled generation capacity charge, legacy charge and variable energy charge for stakeholder input and comment. The draft findings indicate that, although the movement towards more cost-reflective tariffs has an important regulatory rationale, the impacts of tariff restructuring differ across customer categories depending on consumption patterns, load factors, operational requirements and the ability to respond to tariff signals, Nersa says in a statement. Read more
Construction begins on R6bn N3 upgrade at Mariannhill Toll Plaza – Sanral SuperUser Account / Friday, June 26, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating The South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) R6-billion project to upgrade the N3 highway between Mariannhill Toll Plaza section 1 and Key Ridge section 2 has started. The State-owned roads company says the project will take 60 months to complete. Read more
Agri SA welcomes Nersa's tariff structure recommendations SuperUser Account / Friday, June 26, 2026 0 0 Article rating: No rating Industry body Agri SA has welcomed the National Energy Regulator of South Africa's (Nersa's) publication of the Draft Market Inquiry Report into fixed charges and Eskom's Retail Tariff Plan. The findings of the report confirm the concerns Agri SA has consistently raised regarding the disproportionate impact of recent tariff reforms on agriculture, the industry body says. Read more
Boshoek and Wonderkop smelters to be restarted after Glencore Merafe and Eskom finalise 62c/kWh ... SuperUser Account / Friday, June 26, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Glencore Merafe Chrome Venture has announced that the Boshoek and Wonderkop ferrochrome smelters will be restarted, following the conclusion of the detailed terms and conditions of negotiated pricing agreements (NPAs) with Eskom. The NPAs, Glencore Marafe said, gave full effect to the 62c/kWh tariff, which had been approved by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) for both the venture and for Samacor Chrome. Read more
BKB to help fund Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber’s hunt for viable strategic projects SuperUser Account / Friday, June 26, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber (NMB BC) has entered into a three-year strategic partnership with agricultural group BKB, aimed at strengthening the work of the chamber’s projects desk, which acts as the implementation arm of its Local Economic Reinvention Think Tank. BKB is one of South Africa’s largest and oldest agribusiness companies, operating across a range of agricultural value chains. Read more