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24 May 2013
                       
 
 
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20 May 2013
 
 
Sere’s costs compare ‘favourably’ with private wind farms - Eskom
RENEWABLE ENERGY
State-owned power utility Eskom claimed on Monday that the cost of generating electricity at its R2.4-billion, 100 MW Sere wind farm would compare “favourably” with those achieved by private...
 
 
17 May 2013
 
 
 
Daily podcast – May 17, 2013.
PODCAST
A World Bank Global Development Horizons report has revealed that in less than 20 years from now, emerging economies would have the most “economic weight” as they came to dominate global...
 
 
16 May 2013
 
Eskom awards 46 wind-turbine contract for Sere wind farm
RENEWABLE ENERGY
State-owned electricity group Eskom has awarded technology group Siemens the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to its 100 MW Sere wind farm project, which is being developed on a 3 700 ha site...
 
 
09 May 2013
 
‘We are nowhere near advertising the nuclear tender’
NUCLEAR ENERGY
South Africa’s Energy Minister Dipuo Peters has again stressed South Africa’s phased approached to making a decision on new nuclear capacity – an approach guided by a desire to mitigate the...
 
 
Long-delayed peaker projects to reach financial close ‘next week’
ELECTRICITY GENERATION
A high-level Department of Energy (DoE) official has reported that the long-delayed open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT), or peaker plants, will reach financial closure during May. Speaking on the...
 
 
19 more renewables projects close as SA gears up for third bid round
RENEWABLE ENERGY
South Africa’s rolling renewable-energy procurement programme has gained further momentum with another 19 projects reaching financial close on May 9 and with the tender documentation for the...
 
 
02 May 2013
 
R300m SA wind tower factory to reach full production by Feb/March 2014
RENEWABLE ENERGY
South Africa’s first wind tower manufacturing facility, which will be built at a cost of R300-million in the Coega Industrial Development Zone, outside Port Elizabeth, would produce its first...
 
 
09 Apr 2013
 
 
 
DoE to approach small power producers for REIPPPP before year-end
ENERGY
The Department of Energy (DoE) will, before the end of this year, advertise for small power producers, with projects under 5 MW, to participate in its small-generator programme under the Renewable...
 
 
08 Apr 2013
 
Gas key to SA’s future power mix
GAS & SOLAR
Gas would form a key part of South Africa’s future power generation mix, with the focus to fall on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the short term and on shale gas in the long term, Standard Bank...
 
 
02 Apr 2013
 
Sefa, partners launch competition for West Africa clean energy
CLEAN ENERGY
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (Sefa) and its partners have launched a business plan competition dubbed the West Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (Wafcef) to identify promising...
 
 
27 Mar 2013
 
IDC signs MoUs with Brics counterparts
TRADE
The Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with its counterparts from China, Russia and Brazil to facilitate mutual cooperation for improved...
 
 
22 Mar 2013
 
New US clean-energy centre aims to shepherd African projects to bankability
RENEWABLE ENERGY
The primary aim of the newly inaugurated US-Africa Clean Energy Development and Finance Centre, which was formally opened in Johannesburg in March, is to help close the prevailing financing gap...
 
 
18 Mar 2013
 
 
 
Africa needs $40bn/y to meet future power demand – report
RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICY
It is estimated that at least $40-billion a year is required to meet future demand in the African power sector, compared with current yearly investment of less than one-quarter this amount, New...
 
 
11 Mar 2013
 
 
 
Sasol warns of possible unintended carbon-tax consequences
CARBON TAX
The unintended consequences of South Africa’s proposal to introduce a carbon tax as from January 1, 2015, had to be analysed, Sasol CEO David Constable said on Monday. Speaking following the...
 
 
08 Mar 2013
 
Relief, but some anxiety
REAL ECONOMY: POWER PRICES
There was widespread relief last week when the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) bared its teeth and announced that Eskom would only be allowed to increase electricity tariffs at an...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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