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.
Mantashe outlines procurement schedules, including for nuclear, as he confirms IRP delay
16th May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe has pulled back from his statement that the release of the revised Integrated Resource Plan,... →
Climate commission recommends grid PPPs to speed up just energy transition
15th May 2023 The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) is recommending that alternative investment models, including public-private partnerships (PPPs), be... →
Fuel industry does not foresee loadshedding-induced diesel shortages this winter
15th May 2023 The South African Petroleum Industry Association (Sapia) is not anticipating a domestic diesel supply crunch this winter as a result of a spike in... →
Powerships likely to feature in five-year Eskom emergency procurement
12th May 2023 The prospect of South Africa procuring electricity from powerships docked either in South Africa or in a neighbouring country has increased, with... →
Pregnant pause
12th May 2023 It is good news that President Cyril Ramaphosa has finally Gazetted a notice declaring that Section 6 of the National Energy Act, which stipulates... →
Ramaphosa denies JETP ‘incoherence’ or being forced to transition from coal
11th May 2023 President Cyril Ramaphosa has denied that there is any incoherence in his Cabinet regarding the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) with... →
Lack of action by law enforcement agencies prompted private Eskom investigation – Makgoba
10th May 2023 Former Eskom interim chairperson Professor Malegapuru Makgoba believes there would have been no reason for former CEO André de Ruyter to pursue a... →
Mantashe says release of ‘IRP 2023’ for comment is imminent
9th May 2023 Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reports that an updated version of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity will be... →
Ramokgopa says 'frank' talks held with JETP partners on possible coal decommissioning delay
5th May 2023 Electricity Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa reports that “open and frank” discussions have been held with those countries that have agreed to... →
Light from the Tower of Babel
5th May 2023 South Africa’s electricity discussion has become far less coherent in recent months, taking on all the characteristics of the Tower of Babel,... →
BLSA defends R18m support for private investigation at Eskom
4th May 2023 Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso has defended the organisation’s decision to respond to a request by former Eskom CEO André... →
Treasury begins engagements with municipalities on conditions for writing off R57bn debt owed to Eskom
3rd May 2023 The National Treasury is embarking on provincial roadshows to communicate the 14 conditions under which the debt owed to Eskom by municipalities... →
Cabinet targets 1 000 MW of demand-side savings as winter approaches
28th April 2023 Cabinet reports that a target has been set to save about 1 000 MW, or the equivalent of one stage of loadshedding, through demand side management... →
De Ruyter continues to draw link between corruption and loadshedding in damp squib Parliamentary appearance
26th April 2023 Former Eskom CEO André de Ruyter continued to draw a direct link between corruption at the State-owned utility and ongoing loadshedding during his... →
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... →
