SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 5664 Article rating: 4.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 59923 Article rating: 3.5 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 56755 Article rating: 4.0 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. Read more
Seriti Green hands Vunumoya Main Transmission Station over to Eskom SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 27, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Renewable energy developer Seriti Green on November 26 officially handed over the Vunumoya Main Transmission Station (MTS) to State-owned power utility Eskom. The infrastructure will now become an asset of Eskom subsidiary the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). Read more
Nersa reinforces shift to competitive electricity market as it approves market operator licence ... SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 27, 2025 0 1 Article rating: No rating The Energy Regulator, which is the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) highest decision-making body, has made three landmark decisions in support of the country’s legislated commitment to transition to a competitive electricity market from one historically monopolised by Eskom. At its meeting on November 27, it approved the granting of a Market Operator licence to the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), a precursor to the launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) in 2026, alongside new Grid Capacity Allocation Rules to facilitate fair and non-discriminatory access to the network. Read more
PIC approves landmark gas strategy to power South Africa’s energy transition SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 27, 2025 0 1 Article rating: No rating Fund manager the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has approved a landmark Strategy on Natural Gas, marking a pivotal step towards bolstering South Africa's energy security and accelerating the country’s decarbonisation agenda. The strategy is engineered to help secure a stable gas supply, directly supporting South Africa’s critical transition towards cleaner energy sources, it says. Read more
Solidarity concerned about govt inaction as widescale retrenchments loom SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 27, 2025 0 1 Article rating: No rating Trade union Solidarity has warned that hundreds of thousands of jobs are at risk before Christmas and in the new year, followed “unfruitful” discussions with government during a meeting with the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac). As many as 800 000 indirect and direct jobs may be affected if government does not urgently fulfil its promises, says Solidarity CEO Dirk Hermann. Read more
New industry-led GasHub created to pool demand and catalyse new supply SuperUser Account / Thursday, November 27, 2025 0 1 Article rating: No rating Twenty-two industrial gas users from the glass, metal, food manufacturing, mining and chemical sectors have formally launched a demand aggregator known as GasHub in a bid to develop the consolidated market required to catalyse alternative sources of supply to avert a ‘gas cliff’. Gas flows to domestic consumers from Sasol’s Pande and Temane gasfields in Mozambique will be halted in 2028 and then supplemented by methane-rich gas produced from coal as a bridging solution for a further two years. Read more