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Infrastructure & Utilities

South Africa unlocks $1.5bn World Bank loan to tackle infrastructure bottlenecks and attract private investment

25 Jun 2025

Source: Reuters.

Banking

World Bank Group considers $500m boost for South Africa's transmission expansion

Wendell Roelf 23 Jun 2025

High voltage battery energy storage systems will become a regular feature in property development. Source: Revov

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Microgrids dominate battery trends in 2025

7 Jan 2025

2025 seems to be the year South Africa's electricity problems turn the corner. Source: Microsoft Designer

Energy

New year, new Electricity Regulation Amendment Act

Lindsey Schutters 19 Dec 2024

Scatec frees up resources to launch battery storage for transmission grid

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Scatec frees up resources to launch battery storage for transmission grid

Lindsey Schutters 21 Oct 2024

ACED delivered Sasol’s first wind farm for green hydrogen

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

ACED boosts Sasol’s green hydrogen efforts with wind power

Lindsey Schutters 18 Oct 2024

Minister Ramokgopa was big on renewables during his seminar. Source: x.com

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2024: South Africa takes aggressive stance on renewables expansion

Lindsey Schutters 2 Oct 2024

Image source: Warakorn Harnprasop –

Legislation & Regulation

Electricity Regulation Bill - spotlight on creating a competitive market

Angelo Tzarevski and Clara Hansen 24 May 2024

Minister Ramokgopa visiting Kendal Power Station in Mpumalanga as part of a programme to address challenges at six identified power stations which are facing challenges.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

18 months into EAP, strides made in curbing electricity crisis but challenges remain

Lindsey Schutters 1 Apr 2024

South Africa's Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity has had a busy week

Energy

Ramokgopa: ‘Transmission grid needs major upgrade to unlock renewables’

13 Mar 2024

Dominique dHotman, head of Ooba Solar

Infrastructure & Utilities

Post #Sona2024 blackouts were a reality check

14 Feb 2024

Source: Jonathan Borba/Pexels

Energy

Eskom announces appointments to the National Transmission Company of South Africa board

Lindsey Schutters 11 Jan 2024

Source: Brett Sayles/Pexels

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

This is how the government is tackling the transmission crisis

Lindsey Schutters 27 Dec 2023

Dr Andrew Dickson, an engineering executive at CBI-electric: low voltage. Source: Supplied

Nuclear Power

A balanced energy mix will fix crisis, not just renewables

18 Dec 2023

Sun rises behind the cooling towers of Kendal Power Station, a coal-fired station of South African utility Eskom, as the company's ageing coal-fired plants cause frequent power outages, near Witbank. SOurce: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

Vodacom gets ready for first virtual wheeling project in SA

Nqobile Dludla 8 Oct 2023

Huawei installs Africa's first 1MW battery to solve Rectron load shedding problems

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Huawei installs Africa's first 1MW battery to solve Rectron load shedding problems

29 Sep 2023

There's opportunity to localise components in the T&D value chains

Supply Chain

There's opportunity to localise components in the T&D value chains

28 Sep 2023

Source: Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, China's President Xi Jinping, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov pose during Brics summit in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Economy

#BRICS2023: South Africa, China sign power deals during Brics summit

Promit Mukherjee 25 Aug 2023

SA seeks way to allow Eskom to take on green debt

Markets & Investment

SA seeks way to allow Eskom to take on green debt

Promit Mukherjee and Carien du Plessis 19 Jun 2023

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Energy

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Jason van der Poel, Aviva Hoekstra, Daniella Ghillino, Zanele Mahlalela 25 Mar 2022

#BizTrends2022: Actions that could change our energy landscape in 2022

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Actions that could change our energy landscape in 2022

Jan Fourie 6 Jan 2022

Spanish firms seeking to sell stake in South African solar plant - sources

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Spanish firms seeking to sell stake in South African solar plant - sources

Promit Mukherjee and Emma Rumney 3 Nov 2021

SA seeks over R400bn of finance for shift from coal

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SA seeks over R400bn of finance for shift from coal

Alexander Winning 22 Oct 2021

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

RES4Africa presents new study in support of SA energy reform

30 Apr 2021

Roger Baxter, CEO, Minerals Council South Africa

Mining

Mining industry calls for independent power production

13 Dec 2019

Keeping South Africa’s lights on will come at a cost. Shutterstock

Energy

South Africa takes important next steps to solving its power crisis

Catrina Godinho & Lauren Hermanus 22 Feb 2019

There’s no painless way for South Africans to deal with the power utility crisis. Shutterstock

Energy

Explainer: why South Africa's energy generator is in so much trouble

Rod Crompton 13 Feb 2019

Eskom to split in three

Energy

Eskom to split in three

8 Feb 2019

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

Energy

Eskom, AFD sign loan agreement

14 Dec 2018

Eskom: Some dinosaurs need to become extinct

Energy

Eskom: Some dinosaurs need to become extinct

29 May 2017

(Left to right) Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa50, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, deputy governor of Jigawa State, Terje Pilskog, executive vice president, Scatec Solar, Børge Brende, the Norwegian foreign minister and Mark Davis, investment director, Norfund.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Nigeria's Nova Scotia solar project gets new investors

29 Dec 2016

Coega deep-water port

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

The gas-to-power plan: the legal take

Jay Govender, Emma Dempster and Adriaan van der Me 14 Oct 2016

Could electricity wheeling lighten the power load on SA mines?

Energy

Could electricity wheeling lighten the power load on SA mines?

9 Sep 2016

ABB wins R1.98b PV power plants deal

Engineering

ABB wins R1.98b PV power plants deal

5 Dec 2012