Eskom and the AFD have signed a R1.5bn loan agreement to support the electricity utility's investments in extending and strengthening its power transmission grid along the west coast
3 days ago
Eskom and the AFD have signed a R1.5bn loan agreement to support the electricity utility's investments in extending and strengthening its power transmission grid along the west coast
South Africa is scaling-up its current ambitious efforts to address climate change, says Tourism Minister Derek Hanekom...
3 days ago
Madagascar has a new energy policy with the ambitious plan of providing universal access and energy security to its citizens by 2030. But this plan is not without its challenges...
Nicci Botha 13 Dec 2018
Energy Week South Africa, an international Gas Cooperation Summit, is currently taking place at the Westin Hotel, Cape Town. The summit focus is on gas, renewable energy and black industrialists in the energy sector....
Yann Macherez 11 Dec 2018
All senior Eskom managers have been ordered to cancel their holiday leave to meet Public Enterprises Minister, Pravin Gordhan's 10-day deadline to sort out the causes of the current load shedding crisis...
6 Dec 2018
Four months into construction of Phase 1 of the Far West Gold Recoveries project, DRDGold is set to start commissioning on Thursday...
4 Dec 2018
After more than eight years in the making, South Africa's carbon tax law is expected to take effect on 1 June 2019...
Garyn Rapson 3 Dec 2018
Another 100MW of solar power was added to the grid, as the Karoshoek Solar One project went live in Upington, Northern Cape.
3 Dec 2018
Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe says his department will work towards creating an enabling environment for the oil and gas sector to be able to do business in the country. ..
30 Nov 2018
Eskom has secured 73% of its funding requirements for 2018/19, while it faces several operational and financial challenges...
29 Nov 2018
Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Energy has adopted its report on the draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2018) containing several recommendations...
29 Nov 2018
Mozambique presents great opportunities for South African businesses to invest in, said Mozambican Provincial Permanent Secretary of Cabo Delgado Province, Antonio Domingos Mapure...
28 Nov 2018
To continue on the economic growth trajectory many African countries find themselves on, they need reliable, sustainable sources of energy. However, the continent finds itself trailing behind other emerging markets...
26 Nov 2018
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has tabled the Carbon Tax Bill in Parliament, giving effect to the announcements made in the 2017 and 2018 Budget statements...
22 Nov 2018
National power utility Eskom has tabled phase one of a strategic review that will deliver a turnaround blueprint that will include a short-term improvement plan...
22 Nov 2018
The finance required to close electricity gaps remain dramatically short of what is needed to meet global energy goals by 2030...
21 Nov 2018
Renewable energy alone is not the solution to Africa's energy woes...
21 Nov 2018
A 9-point plan is set to go a long way in turning the fortunes of Eskom around at a time when the utility is facing major challenges, says Phakamani Hadebe, group chief executive officer...
19 Nov 2018
The University of Cape Town's annual Brown to Green Report found that South Africa has the highest emission intensity in the G20 power sector...
16 Nov 2018
Angola has joined the GECF, the organisation at the forefront of promoting the use of natural gas as an affordable and sustainable fuel of choice for sustainable development....
15 Nov 2018
An online portal has been launched that will consolidate, validate and disseminate energy data and insights across Africa's energy value chain, covering generation, transmission, distribution, regulation and policy.
13 Nov 2018
Africa Oil Week held in Cape Town recently was a veritable who's who of oil and gas players on the continent. A ministerial panel gave insight into the aspirations of some of the countries...
Nicci Botha 12 Nov 2018
Sub-Saharan Africa produces approximately 62-million tonnes of waste per year, including plastic waste, according to the World Bank...
Eleni Mourdoukoutas 12 Nov 2018
Years of civil war has seen Sudan's lucrative oil industry shrink to virtually nothing...
Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2018
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way...
Nicci Botha 7 Nov 2018
The African oil & gas industry has been on a rocky road, with external factors placing pressure on companies to be more cost-effective and efficient...
6 Nov 2018
The African continent continues to boast a vast array of potential opportunities, particularly in the oil and gas (O&G) sector, according to Deloitte's Africa Oil & Gas State of Play report...
5 Nov 2018
Professor Anton Eberhard of UCT GSB argues that South Africa needs to embrace unprecedented global innovation in new low-cost energy technologies and competitive markets if it wants to support real economic transformation...
UCT Graduate School of Business 1 Nov 2018
The supply of electricity to the property may also be disconnected and only reconnected once the city is satisfied that the SSEG system is either disconnected, decommissioned or authorised...
31 Oct 2018
Integrating gender in the power sector would create opportunities for women and strengthen the sector to support improved healthcare, education and entrepreneurial opportunities...
31 Oct 2018
