South Africa’s Prudential Authority Fines Escap SOC

South Africa’s Prudential Authority (PA) has imposed an administrative penalty of R5 000 000 on Escap…

DWS Launches Hydropower IPP in South Africa

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is introducing the DWS Hydropower Independent Producer Program, which…

Decentral raises $12 million to provide solar to businesses in South Africa

A J South African firm named Decentral Energy will get $12.1 million to increase the scope…

South Africa’s Eskom Returns Ugandan Power Plants as Licence Expires

Uganda’s energy minister said South Africa’s power firm Eskom returned two hydropower plants to Uganda’s government…

African Energy Chamber Launches The State of South African Energy Special Report

The African Energy Chamber, AEC, serving as the voice of the African energy sector – has…

South Africa: Load Shedding to be Suspended Where Possible

While generator capacity has partially recovered over the weekend, Eskom says it will stop load shedding…

South African wind farm reaches financial close

African Clean Energy Developments has reached financial close with its lender Rand Merchant Bank on the 69MW Msenge Emoyeni…

Vestas Wins 373 MW Order for Three Wind Farms in South Africa

South Africa awards a fresh order to Vestas Wind Systems. The independent power producer (IPP) Red…

Africa DC signs 12MW Solar PPA in South Africa

Africa Data Centres (ADC) has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Distributed Power Africa (DPA)…

Renewable Energy Could Solve South Africa’s Energy Crisis-Scatec

South Africa’s energy crisis has considerably impacted the country’s economy, with load shedding affecting food security, infrastructure and communication networks, and various…