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Mantashe says Eskom to seek permission for coal-to-gas switch at some old stations 
By: Terence Creamer 25th February 2022 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe says he expects Eskom to make an application soon for a Section 34 determination to facilitate... →
SA: Gwede Mantashe: Address by Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, on the occasion of the SONA Debate (15/02/2022)
15th February 2022 Yesterday, we were honoured by a right-wing blue party asking for our heads instead of focusing on our ability to execute. All this did, was to... →
Eskom admits to energy rather than capacity constraint as it sheds load to replenish pumped-storage dams
By: Terence Creamer 2nd February 2022 A recent resurgence of unplanned breakdowns across Eskom’s coal fleet has resulted in a serious depletion of emergency water and diesel reserves to... →
Growth Engines
By: Terence Creamer 25th June 2021 June could well go down as the month that South Africa finally turned the key on the starter motors of some important growth engines. The precise... →
Karpowership SA to appeal after DFFE refuses environmental authorisation on three projects
By: Terence Creamer 24th June 2021 The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has refused to provide Karpowership SA with environmental authorisation for its... →
Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment finalises decision on Karpowership environmental impact assessments applications
24th June 2021 The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment has reached a decision on the three applications which were submitted in October 2020 by... →
Vigilant South Africans resist energy projects that harm the seas
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 8th June 2021 South Africans are incredulous at being offered a sea-based ‘emergency’ solution to its endemic electricity crisis. Emergency, after all, implies a... →
Mantashe again swats away calls for 50 MW licence-exemption cap on distributed plants
By: Terence Creamer 18th May 2021 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has again swatted aside calls for a 50 MW licence-exemption threshold for... →
