South Africa Finalises Energy Storage Projects

Eskom is close to finalising over 800MWh of battery energy storage projects. AfDB backs the project…

Cape Town, Johannesburg Experience Unscheduled Blackouts

Eskom’s overhead line fault causes power outages in the Southern, Northern, CBD, and Atlantic seaboard suburbs.…

South Africa’s 147MW Roggeveld Wind Farm Begins Operations

Roggeveld wind farm commences commercial operations. The electricity will be fed into the national grid. A…

Amazon Inaugurates 10MW Solar Plant in South Africa

The Northern Cape province of South Africa receives a new solar power plant. The project adds…

Namibia Seeks Energy Independence

Namibia plans to exit Eskom. The country has spent nearly N$3 billion to import energy from…

South Africa Begins 300MW Renewable Energy Task

The first round involves attaining projects with 5MW to 20MW capacities The second phase involves projects…

Cape Town to Procure 300MW of Clean Energy

The first phase  includes projects with 5MW to 20MW capacities The second Phase involves projects larger…

Cape Town’s 300MW Solar Power Serves as Litmus Test for South Africa

Cape Town opens the first round of tenders for independent entities to provide up to 300MW…

South Africa: Cape Town Plans Tender for IPP Power Purchase

Cape Town plans to gradually exit from the monopoly of the South African state-owned utility Eskom.…

Johannesburg Set for Electricity Tariff Hike

Eskom has requested a 20.5 per cent increase in tariff. Last July, municipalities saw a 17.80…