SOUTH AFRICA: South Africa Completes Medupi Power Plant

  South Africa completes Medupi plant Unit 1 ready for operations Project attains commercial status The…

SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Suburbs to Undergo Asset Replacement

  Gauteng identified for asset replacement Eskom to carry out maintenance of assets in the Gauteng…

SOUTH AFRICA: Karpowership Hopeful on July 31st Deadline for Financial Closure

Karpowership hopeful on meeting deadline The deadline for financial close is set for July 31st DFFE…

Enel Commences Operation of 140MW Wind Farm in South Africa

Enel has started operations at the Oyster Bay wind farm. The project was tendered under the…

South Africa Installed 1.3GW of Solar in 2020

  Solar PV now contributes 3% of South Africa’s total generation capacity. South Africa plans to…

SOUTH AFRICA: Grid Under Severe Pressure – Eskom

Eskom says South African grid under severe pressure Seeks consumer cooperation on consumption efficiency To implement…

Trina Solar to Launch New Distribution Facility in South Africa

Trina Solar plans a new distribution facility in South Africa. Trina is looking to expand in…

SOUTH AFRICA: Cold Weather May Trigger Load Shedding – Eskom

Eskom says weather conditions may force load shedding Pleads with customers to reduce consumption South Africa’s…

Eskom Needs $10bn to Shut Down Coal Power Plants

Eskom says it needs $10bn to phase out coal generation. The company plans to repurpose some…

South Africa: Italian Company to Invest $1.17m to Expand Solar Components Manufacturing

Enertronica Santerno plans to invest $1.17 million in solar components manufacturing. The company currently produced about…