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.
Eskom must issue fresh boiler maintenance tender after Babcock’s disqualification is declared unlawful
17th November 2022 The Gauteng High Court has reviewed and set aside an Eskom decision to exclude Babcock Ntuthuko Engineering from contracts to maintain and repair... →
Eskom presents 6 000 MW fleet recovery plan, but describes 75% EAF target as ‘daunting’
15th November 2022 Electricity utility Eskom has outlined a plan to deliver 6 000 MW of much-needed capacity over the coming two years from its own fleet, primarily... →
CSIR statistics underline how significantly loadshedding has intensified during 2022
14th November 2022 Statistics released by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) underlined how significantly loadshedding has intensified during... →
EIB’s €200m funding of DBSA to support 1 200 MW private renewables roll-out
11th November 2022 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has extended a €200-million line of credit to the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) to support the... →
Stop playing politics
11th November 2022 Recent events confirm that, while South Africa’s energy transition is firmly under way, political obstacles persist – ones that are undermining not... →
National Treasury releases details of ‘highly concessional’ AFD, KfW loans worth €600m
10th November 2022 The National Treasury has released details of what it describes as “highly concessional” loans with a combined value of €600-million, which are the... →
Mminele outlines Just Energy Transition Investment Plan implementation vision
10th November 2022 The International Partners Group (IPG) of France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU jointly endorsed South Africa’s Just Energy Transition... →
France and Germany kick-start JETP funding with €600m agreement
9th November 2022 The French and German development banks, AFD and KfW, have signed agreements with the South African government to each extend €300-million in... →
‘Stopgap’ procurement rules do not scrap BEE or local content, Minister insists
8th November 2022 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has dismissed suggestions that new preferential procurement regulations, published on November 4, have scrapped... →
Accelerating replacement generation rather than 75% EAF should be main Eskom performance measure
7th November 2022 Setting a recovery in Eskom’s energy availability factor (EAF) to 75% as a key performance indicator (KPI) for the board and the executive is not... →
$8.5bn ‘catalytic’ but insufficient to deliver $99bn Just Energy Transition Investment Plan
5th November 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa says the $8.5-billion (R128-billion) in concessional climate financing on offer from various developed countries to South... →
$497m just transition loan for Komati repowering approved by World Bank
4th November 2022 South Africa’s request for a $497-million (about R9-billion) to decommission and repower the Komati coal-fired power plant using renewables and... →
End of the road?
4th November 2022 After more than ten years of resistance, several years of defiance and many false starts in finding an acceptable resolution, Finance Minister... →
R8.5tr net-zero transition can boost growth and jobs in South Africa
1st November 2022 South Africa’s gross domestic product (GDP) could expand at a yearly average of about 2.3% between 2022 and 2050, or more than twice the rate... →
Shutting of last Komati unit signals start of Eskom’s just energy transition journey
31st October 2022 Eskom has announced that the final unit at the Komati power station in Mpumalanga was shut at midday October 31, officially signalling the end of... →
Electric evolution
28th October 2022 The recent unveiling of the four independent power producers (IPPs) that succeeded in navigating Eskom’s inaugural leasing of grid-ready land in... →
Sanral’s R47bn Gauteng freeway debt to be transferred to govt, roads to province
26th October 2022 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced on Wednesday that a decision had been made to transfer Sanral’s R47-billion debt relating to the... →
Details of Eskom debt relief to be unveiled in Feb as loadshedding crimps growth outlook
26th October 2022 Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has confirmed that government will take over between one-third and two-thirds of Eskom’s R400-billion debt, as... →
Higher revenue collections support consolidation as growth headwinds strengthen
26th October 2022 Better-than-expected revenue collection enabled Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana to report an improvement in government’s fiscal position relative... →
South Africa to seek ‘Just Energy Transition Financing Framework’ deal at COP27
24th October 2022 Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Barbara Creecy reports that South Africa will push for the establishment of a people-centred ‘Just... →
Cause versus effect
21st October 2022 The fabricated argument that the energy transition is to blame for loadshedding in South Africa, rather than the dismal performance of Eskom’s coal... →
Cabinet endorses Just Energy Transition Investment Plan ahead of COP27
20th October 2022 Cabinet has officially endorsed the Just Energy Transition Partnership Investment Plan (JETP-IP) following a presentation it received at its latest... →
Just energy investment plan to be released for public comment after COP27 unveiling
18th October 2022 South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership (JET-P) investment plan, which will seek to unlock $8.5-billion in concessional funding for... →
Albert Nolan: Priest, Activist, Author, and Renowned Theologian
17th October 2022 Well-known South African Catholic priest, anti-apartheid activist and internationally renowned theologian and author Fr. Albert Nolan has died at... →
Eskom expects inaugural leasing of grid-ready Mpumalanga land to unlock at least 2GW of guarantee-free renewables
14th October 2022 Four independent power producers have been named as successful bidders for the lease of grid-ready Mpumalanga land, which is being made available... →
Procurement problems
14th October 2022 Given the urgency to inject new electricity into South Africa’s load-shedding-prone grid, it is crucial that the procurement rhythm for utility... →
Nersa sets new dates for Ministerial determination concurrence hearings
13th October 2022 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has announced new dates for public hearings regarding its concurrence with three Ministerial... →
Business appeals for swift resolution to Transnet strike, as miners lose R815m a day
13th October 2022 As the impasse between Transnet and its two recognised unions – the United National Transport Union (Untu) and the South African Transport and... →
Nersa cancels hearings into its concurrence on procurement of 18 771 MW
12th October 2022 The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) cancelled two days of planned hearings called to receive public comment on the regulator... →
Presidency says load-shedding likely to persist for another 18 months
11th October 2022 The Presidency insists that progress is being made to implement the plan outlined by President Cyril Ramaphosa on July 25 to tackle load-shedding,... →
Germany says new funding of R6.2bn will help support South Africa’s just energy transition
7th October 2022 Germany has announced that its new funding commitment of R6.2-billion (€355-million) for South Africa includes funding for the country’s “just... →
Debt in focus
7th October 2022 The load-shedding crisis and the attention given to the reconstitution of the Eskom board not only served to eclipse deliberations on Eskom’s... →
Besides 2021, more power was cut in September than in any other year since load-shedding started
6th October 2022 Eskom data has confirmed that South Africans endured their worst-ever month of load-shedding in September 2022, with a total of 1 503 GWh estimated... →
56 wind and solar projects bid into South Africa’s enlarged renewables round
4th October 2022 A total of 56 wind and solar projects have been submitted by prospective bidders under the sixth bid window (BW6) of South Africa’s Renewable... →
Makwana returns to lead a new Eskom board that includes five engineers
30th September 2022 Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has unveiled the names of the much-anticipated new Eskom board, which includes five engineers and a... →
No damp squib
30th September 2022 In any other year, Eskom’s request for a 32% tariff hike would have hogged the print and online media headlines and consumed hours of interview and... →
Ramaphosa backs Ministers as he admits load-shedding is ‘calamity of enormous proportions’
29th September 2022 President Cyril Ramaphosa has acknowledged that the current load-shedding crisis is a “calamity of enormous proportions” but has backed Ministers... →
Ramaphosa admits there is ‘no quick fix’ to a power crisis that has ‘long history’
26th September 2022 Amid intense load-shedding, which has been under way continuously since early September and has at times been implemented at Stage 6, President... →
Vicious cycle
23rd September 2022 Eskom’s summer outlook presented to lawmakers recently is incredibly disturbing and shows that the near-term prognosis for security of supply is as... →
October deadline set for residual renewables bids as South Africa signs wind farm agreements worth R11bn
22nd September 2022 A deadline of the end of October has been set for the signing of power purchase and implementation agreements by the remaining 22 Bid Window Five... →
Affordability of Eskom’s 32% hike comes under intense scrutiny on last day of hearings
21st September 2022 The affordability of the 32% tariff hike being sought by Eskom for implementation on April 1 next year came under intense scrutiny on the last day... →
