Independent Power Producers

Solar power moves virtually from farmland in North West to factories hundreds of kilometres away. How it works and what it means for the country’s energy transition

The trusts are designed to ensure that a portion of the profits of renewable energy projects are shared with the people who live near them

A Northern Cape wind project provides a model on how South Africa can implement a sustainable renewable energy programme

Increasing global and national pressures for decarbonisation put added focus on Kgosientsho Ramokgopa’s plans

The country’s dalliance with privatisation threatens to push up electricity costs, undermining energy security

Power utility will buy significantly more electricity from IPPs as they come onto the grid, outgoing chief executive De Ruyter tells NCOP

‘It is absolutely unfair and uncalled for to use that kind of language for somebody who tried their best to get the utility out of the mess it is in’

Proposed changes to the Electricity Regulation Act to allow Eskom to buy power from more private suppliers open for public comment

The developers have been left in the cold after the programme was cancelled

The country needs a greener economy but energy specialists say policymakers must ensure the creation of a fairer economy in the process

Experts warn that if Eskom and government does not come to grips with the tariff problem, continued social unrest is inevitable

The state must take control of energy supply to increase capacity with funding from the Public Investment Corporation and the South African Reserve Bank rather than relying on…

But Greenpeace Africa says the president must let go of ‘gas fantasies’

Cyril Ramaphosa says the terms of $8.5-million climate finance offered to South Africa by wealthy countries are not yet set in stone

Lifting the cap on private power generation is aimed at ‘easing Eskom pressure’. Producers won’t need a Nersa licence, but still require other permits