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Minister Ramokgopa is determined to deliver a new IRP plan before the year is out.

Ramokgopa’s 20GW renewables plan is a sharp turn from IRP2023Lindsey Schutters

Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supply

By Lindsey Schutters 8 Jul 2024

Desco is a featured Ferro Energia customer for its flagship installations.

Desco is adding renewables to power e-waste recycling

8 Jul 2024

C Derek Campbell, CEO of Energy & Natural Resource Security, Inc.

Protecting Africa's energy assets

Emmanuel Okogba 18 Jun 2019

Seychelles floating solar energy project moves into next phase

Seychelles floating solar energy project moves into next phase

13 Jun 2019

Mohamed Cassoojee

Enterprise applications are core to the renewal of South Africa's energy sector

12 Jun 2019

Duhva power station

Eskom tender irregularity referred to Public Enterprises

12 Jun 2019

Africa's energy landscape transitions to base load-capable renewables

11 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

Complementing and offsetting energy opportunities for the South African water sector

Complementing and offsetting energy opportunities for the South African water sector

Dr John Ngoni Zvimba 11 Jun 2019

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

Creating a decentralised power generation model

10 Jun 2019

Paulino Jerónimo, CEO of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels

Angola launches licensing strategy

6 Jun 2019

Montego invests R22m in solar power

Montego invests R22m in solar power

4 Jun 2019

Mixed reactions to Mantashe's two hats

3 Jun 2019

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

Thomas Wolfgang Thurner 3 Jun 2019

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard 31 May 2019

Carbon Tax Bill: What effect will this have on corporate SA?

31 May 2019

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

29 May 2019

Emma Dempster, director in the projects and energy sector, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Change to licensing regulations adds a surge to grid

29 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What carbon tax means to energy-intensive businesses

28 May 2019

Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's Hadebe resigns for health reasons

27 May 2019

Image: Western Cape Government

Nersa confirms receipt of energy plan deviation letter

23 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

Eskom chief executive, Phakamani Hadebe

#AUW2019: Investors won't fund fossil fuels

Nicci Botha 17 May 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

16 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AUW2019: Is the Eskom debt trap real?

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe

#AUW2019: Coal still critical to IRP, Radebe says

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

The energy sector needs tech innovation

14 May 2019

Sergio Pugliese, AEC president for Angola

Q&A with Angola's new African Energy Chamber president

13 May 2019

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

13 May 2019

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

10 May 2019

DoE launches wind resource map

DoE launches wind resource map

9 May 2019

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Seychelles floating solar energy project moves into next phase

Seychelles floating solar energy project moves into next phase

13 Jun 2019

Mohamed Cassoojee

Enterprise applications are core to the renewal of South Africa's energy sector

12 Jun 2019

Duhva power station

Eskom tender irregularity referred to Public Enterprises

12 Jun 2019

Africa's energy landscape transitions to base load-capable renewables

11 Jun 2019

3 trends energising Africa's power sectors

Paul Grota 11 Jun 2019

Complementing and offsetting energy opportunities for the South African water sector

Complementing and offsetting energy opportunities for the South African water sector

Dr John Ngoni Zvimba 11 Jun 2019

Ntombifuthi Ntuli

Creating a decentralised power generation model

10 Jun 2019

Paulino Jerónimo, CEO of the National Agency of Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels

Angola launches licensing strategy

6 Jun 2019

Montego invests R22m in solar power

Montego invests R22m in solar power

4 Jun 2019

Mixed reactions to Mantashe's two hats

3 Jun 2019

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income

Thomas Wolfgang Thurner 3 Jun 2019

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Carbon tax revenues could be harnessed to help South Africa's poor

Harald Winkler and Andrew Marquard 31 May 2019

Carbon Tax Bill: What effect will this have on corporate SA?

31 May 2019

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

WSP helps restore stable electricity access to 20,000-plus customers in Zim

29 May 2019

Emma Dempster, director in the projects and energy sector, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr

Change to licensing regulations adds a surge to grid

29 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

What carbon tax means to energy-intensive businesses

28 May 2019

Phakamani Hadebe

Eskom's Hadebe resigns for health reasons

27 May 2019

Image: Western Cape Government

Nersa confirms receipt of energy plan deviation letter

23 May 2019

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

All the 2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards winners

20 May 2019

Eskom chief executive, Phakamani Hadebe

#AUW2019: Investors won't fund fossil fuels

Nicci Botha 17 May 2019

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT GSB professor joins prestigious global initiative to end energy poverty

UCT Graduate School of Business 17 May 2019

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

#AUW2019: Customer mistrust hampers power utility digitalisation

16 May 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

#AUW2019: Is the Eskom debt trap real?

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

Energy Minister, Jeff Radebe

#AUW2019: Coal still critical to IRP, Radebe says

Nicci Botha 15 May 2019

The energy sector needs tech innovation

14 May 2019

Sergio Pugliese, AEC president for Angola

Q&A with Angola's new African Energy Chamber president

13 May 2019

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

2018/2019 African Power, Energy & Water Industry Awards finalists announced

13 May 2019

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

Call for ideas to help mitigate energy crisis

10 May 2019

DoE launches wind resource map

DoE launches wind resource map

9 May 2019

Strategic Fuel Fund signs deal for Block B2

Strategic Fuel Fund signs deal for Block B2

9 May 2019

A high-reach demolition excavator fitted with a hydraulic shear, working immediately adjacent to an operational facility.

Jet Demolition pioneers cold-cutting tech for petrochemical demolition

8 May 2019

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Women in power need a thick skin and a good sense of humour

3 May 2019

Penny Herbst, director: strategy, GreenCo

Finance model for energy projects in Africa needs to change

30 Apr 2019

Re-imagining waste-to-energy for micro-generation

Re-imagining waste-to-energy for micro-generation

Kate Stubbs 29 Apr 2019

Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?

Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?

Amin Al-Habaibeh 26 Apr 2019

US President Donald Trump

Trump's crackdown on Iran's oil exports could backfire badly - with serious risks to global economy

Nafis Alam 25 Apr 2019

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How much does Eskom need to fail before mines are forced to close?

Katherine Brown 24 Apr 2019

Namibia revises electricity buying market model

Namibia revises electricity buying market model

24 Apr 2019

Should we expect more private prosecutions for environmental crimes?

Should we expect more private prosecutions for environmental crimes?

Athi Jara 17 Apr 2019

Watson wind farm stopped - for now

Watson wind farm stopped - for now

John Yeld 16 Apr 2019