ACWA Power Signs PPA for Solar, BESS in South Africa

Saudi-based independent power producer (IPP), ACWA Power, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with government…

South Africa Opens Bids for 5GW Renewable Power Generation

South Africa has launched bidding rounds for 5,000 megawatts (MW) of new power generation capacity from…

TotalEnergies Commences 216MW Solar Plant in South Africa

TotalEnergies and its partners have started constructing a 216 megawatts (MW) solar power plant with 500 megawatt-hours…

South Africa to Launch Bidding Process for Nuclear Power in 2024

South Africa will launch a bidding process for an additional 2,500 megawatts (MW) of nuclear power…

South Africa Selects Gazprombank as Investment Partner for Gas-to-liquid Refinery

South Africa has agreed to the national oil company PetroSA’s recommendation to select Russia’s Gazprombank Africa…

Engie to Construct 75MW Solar Projects in South Africa

Engie South Africa, a French power utility, has announced the financial and commercial closure of two…

BMW Drives Hydrogen-Powered Mobility in South Africa

BMW Group South Africa partners with Sasol and Anglo-American Platinum to push hydrogen-powered mobility in South…

Scatec Wins South Africa’s Battery Storage Project Bid

Norwegian renewable power producer Scatec ASA has won the preferred bidder status for the 103-MW/412-MWh Mogobe/Ferrum…

South Africa Signs Deal with World Bank, AfDB, KfW for Energy Transition

South Africa has signed major loan agreements with the World Bank, Germany’s Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW),…

South Africa May Miss 2030 Goal Due to Coal Plants

Three senior government officials have confirmed South Africa will miss its binding 2030 carbon emissions targets…