Terence Creamer
Terence Creamer is the Editor of Engineering News and a Deputy Editor for Mining Weekly. He also has editorial responsibility for Polity.org.za and Creamer Media's Research Channel Africa.
No immediate clarity on how coal extensions will be aligned to R254bn debt-relief conditions
25th April 2023 No immediate clarity has been provided as to how the current proposal to extend the life of certain coal stations beyond their scheduled retirement... →
Ramaphosa seeks to offer just energy transition assurances despite coal-extension proposal
24th April 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that the current process of re-examining the timeframes for the closure of coal power stations represents a... →
Dimming the light
21st April 2023 There was so much to be concerned about after the first formal report back by South Africa’s newly appointed Minister of Electricity earlier this... →
PCC underlines support for electricity reforms as govt mulls coal life extensions
20th April 2023 Amid a likely proposal that Eskom be allowed to extend the life of certain coal power stations beyond the decommissioning dates outlined in the... →
Govt moves to ease enviro path for solar and battery projects
17th April 2023 The South African government is moving to exclude solar photovoltaic (PV) and battery storage facilities from the requirement to obtain... →
Ramaphosa underlines commitment to energy and freight reforms as he unveils new R2tr investment target
13th April 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled a new investment target of R2-trillion for the five-year period to 2028 at the fifth edition of the South... →
Ramaphosa to announce new investment target amid confidence-sapping electricity and freight crises
12th April 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa will outline what actions South Africa is taking to tackle its economically debilitating electricity crisis when he... →
South Africa’s new grid company could be operational by mid-year if licence and lender conditions are met
11th April 2023 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has hosted public hearings into an application by the National Transmission Company South... →
Walk and chew gum
7th April 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa may have been making a nuanced point when indicating that his immediate priority was on improving... →
Coal life-extensions set to be included in options being prepared by Ramokgopa for Cabinet consideration
6th April 2023 The Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, intends presenting Cabinet with a list of options before the... →
Talks under way on next funding flows from Germany to South Africa under JETP
3rd April 2023 Discussions are under way between the German and South African governments regarding the disbursement of the next tranche of the European country’s... →
Co-created solutions
31st March 2023 Even though South Africa’s just energy transition has not really started, there is already significant cynicism and even resistance. This is to be... →
As clear as mud
24th March 2023 The messages around the future governance of South Africa’s large and seriously underperforming State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) are incredibly... →
Solar underpins record renewables additions in 2022
22nd March 2023 A record 295 GW of new renewable-energy capacity was added globally in 2022, with the 9.6% year-on-year growth underpinned largely by record growth... →
Eskom says ‘unexpected challenges’ during Koeberg Unit 1 outage will delay restart
22nd March 2023 The first Unit 1 steam generator at the Koeberg power station has been removed from the containment building and placed into an on-site storage... →
Large industrial customers face 19.09% electricity hike on April 1
17th March 2023 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has published retail tariff adjustments for 2023/24 that include a 10% increase for poor... →
Staying in his lane?
17th March 2023 By embracing the ‘project manager’ moniker, Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has moved to sidestep any immediate conflict with... →
Eskom’s 18.65% hike has been tabled in Parliament opening way for April implementation
16th March 2023 The average tariff increase for various categories of Eskom customers arising from the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) recent... →
Eskom granted exemption to operate temporary stacks at Kusile for 13 months
15th March 2023 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy has granted Eskom exemption that will enable it to operate temporary stacks at the... →
DTIC’s new energy one-stop shop to include ‘unblocking teams’ to speed up electricity investments
14th March 2023 Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel reports that that energy one-stop-shop to speed up the regulatory processes required for... →
Right to be paranoid
10th March 2023 Some of the reactions to the regulations that were belatedly published to give effect to the state of disaster declared to tackle South Africa’s... →
Public Enterprises Ministry to 'cease to exist' on formation of SOE holding company
9th March 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has confirmed that the position of Public Enterprises Minister and the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) will “cease... →
Creecy to decide this week on way forward for Kusile exemptions
8th March 2023 The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) tells Engineering News that Minister Barbara Creecy has received a letter from... →
Ramokgopa says assessment will determine what powers he needs to close 10 GW electricity deficit
7th March 2023 Newly-appointed Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, reports that he will conduct an assessment over the coming seven to 14 days to help... →
Kgosientsho Ramokgopa appointed ‘transitory’ Minister of Electricity as Ramaphosa seeks urgent action on loadshedding
6th March 2023 As anticipated, Dr Kgosientso Ramokgopa has been appointed as South Africa’s Minister of Electricity, a position which President Cyril Ramaphosa... →
DTIC to act as one-stop shop for streamlining of energy project applications
3rd March 2023 The Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (DTIC) has been designated as the “single department” referred to in the recently published State... →
No way back
3rd March 2023 The explosive eNCA interview with André de Ruyter truly rammed home what most people, besides those with their noses in the looting trough, already... →
Retrieved 1999 Eskom time capsule contained warning of likely generation shortfall by 2007
2nd March 2023 In his letter to the employees of Eskom of 2023, buried in a time capsule in 1999 near to the ‘rock man’ energy statue at the entrance of Megawatt... →
State of disaster regulations open way for emergency procurement, environmental exemptions
28th February 2023 More than two weeks after President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the electricity crisis had been declared a National State of Disaster, the... →
Eskom denies tipping into Stage 8 loadshedding, but confirms revised framework could go up to Stage 16
24th February 2023 Embattled State-owned utility Eskom has denied having implemented either Stage 7 or Stage 8 loadshedding during what it acknowledged to have been a... →
Wake-up call
24th February 2023 The European Union’s (EU’s) decision to proceed with the implementation of a carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) has serious implications for... →
Moves under way to appoint acting Eskom CEO, as De Ruyter’s interview sends shockwaves
23rd February 2023 The South African government reports that an acting Eskom CEO will be appointed “in due course” following the sudden departure of CEO André de... →
Conditions linked to R254bn Eskom debt relief may lead to concessioning of coal plants
22nd February 2023 Conditions linked to R254bn Eskom debt relief may lead to concessioning of coal plants The R254-billion Eskom debt-relief package unveiled by... →
Govt aims to stimulate renewables investment with R9bn in tax incentives, reworked bounce-back scheme
22nd February 2023 South Africa’s 2023 Budget includes tax incentives worth R9-billion to support businesses and households invest in renewable energy, including... →
400 MW of immediate interest in Eskom’s short-term power purchase programmes
17th February 2023 The National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) reports that the initial market response to Eskom’s moves to purchase electricity that is immediately... →
Distracting narratives
17th February 2023 With a few notable exceptions, the Members of Parliament who participated in the recent Eskom briefing on the immediate outlook for loadshedding... →
Minister of Electricity’s ‘undivided attention’ to be on loadshedding crisis
16th February 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has moved to defend the proposed appointment of a new Minister of Electricity in the Presidency, amid concern that the... →
Mantashe doubles down on characterisation of Electricity Minister as ‘project manager’
14th February 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has doubled down on his characterisation of the proposed Minister of Electricity as that of a... →
NECOM secretariat sees State of Disaster yielding procurement, security benefits
10th February 2023 The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who also heads the National Energy Crisis Committee (NECOM) secretariat, believes the controversial decision to... →
Trust deficit
10th February 2023 While the plan for tackling South Africa’s long-running power crisis has broadly taken shape, well-founded concerns persist. Many of these... →