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 5466 Article rating: 3.5 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 59504 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 56416 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
No loadshedding foreseen this summer, as Eskom generation recovery plan boosts its performance SuperUser Account / Friday, September 5, 2025 0 11 Article rating: No rating State-owned power utility Eskom forecasts no loadshedding during the summer from September 1, to March 31, 2026, as supply and demand interventions have added about 4 000 MW of extra capacity to meet expected demand this summer. The ongoing recovery and structural improvements in Eskom’s generation fleet was owing to the focused implementation of its Generation Recovery Plan by its workforce, said Eskom officials and Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa during a briefing on September 5. Read more
4 200 MW SAPP deficit underscores urgency of regional power integration – Graham-Maré SuperUser Account / Friday, September 5, 2025 0 10 Article rating: No rating Although the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) faces a series of significant obstacles – such as insufficient transmission infrastructure; drought conditions affecting hydropower plants; theft and vandalism; high technical and non-technical losses; funding gaps; and a 4 200 MW generation shortfall across interconnected member States – South Africa’s Deputy Electricity and Energy Minister Samantha Jane Graham-Maré has said these are surmountable with the right kind of cooperation and funding. “These are not small issues. They affect our economies, our communities and our ability for our industries to grow. But here's the good news: these challenges are not insurmountable. Think about it this way: if every country tries to build everything on its own, we spend more and we waste more. Read more
Cape Ocean Terminals secures licence to build a petroleum storage facility in Saldanha Bay SuperUser Account / Friday, September 5, 2025 0 15 Article rating: No rating The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved an application by Cape Ocean Terminals for a combined licence to build a petroleum storage facility in the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone and a pipeline connecting the storage facility to Berth 104 at the Port of Saldanha. The overall greenfield fuel storage terminal development project, named Project Albatross, is envisaged to be built in three phases, bringing the total potential storage capacity to 390 000 m³. Read more
First private train operators expected to enter network over coming 12 to 36 months SuperUser Account / Friday, September 5, 2025 0 17 Article rating: No rating Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips reports that negotiations are under way to conclude contracts with the first 11 private train operating companies (TOCs) that have qualified to take up slots on the network, but the entities have indicated that it could take between 12 and 36 months thereafter for them to begin operating. Speaking at the State-owned group results presentation in Johannesburg, Phillips said that access to rolling stock would be a key determinant of the pace at which these TOCs could enter the network and reported that Transnet was, thus, prioritising the establishment of a LeaseCo. Read more
Fortress increases total full-year distributions to R1.9bn SuperUser Account / Friday, September 5, 2025 0 17 Article rating: No rating JSE-listed real estate investment company (REIC) Fortress Real Estate Investments has increased its total distributions for the financial year ended June 30 by 9.4% year-on-year to R1.9-billion. Growth in distributions a share was 22.9% for the second half of the financial year, compared with the second half of the 2024 financial year. Read more