https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/693.html South Africa news 15 Energy news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/693.html en-us Thu, 30 Jul 2026 01:20:37 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/jozis-city-power-makes-a-dent-in-r52bn-debt-owed-to-eskom-523150a South Africa’s economic hub is making strides to pay off its electricity debt owed to Eskom and prevent a blackout. Eskom said City Power, Johannesburg’s power utility, has paid off R4.3bn of its more than R5bn debt. 1-270216 Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/envusa-energy-to-power-kumbas-sishen-mine-with-63mw-of-solar-energy-290277a A new energy offtake agreement (EOA) between Envusa Energy and Kumba Iron Ore will supply the Sishen mine, near the town of Kathu in the Northern Cape, with 63MW of renewable electricity. 1-270180 Fri, 24 Jul 2026 12:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/decarbonisation-is-key-to-drc-mining-as-carbon-tax-looms-286087a There is renewed incentive for mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to invigorate their decarbonisation efforts, as the country paves the way for taxing carbon emissions and regulating its carbon trading market. 1-269960 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/air-products-showcases-pinetown-facility-to-stakeholders-and-celebrates-service-delivery-in-the-kzn-620431a Air Products hosted customers and distributors for a tour of the upgraded Pinetown facility, the centre of the KZN region’s operations, and to express its appreciation for the continued support. True to their commitment to service excellence, the team highlighted their focus on continuous improvement to ultimately benefit customers and distributors. 1-269951 Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/plentify-and-deye-lay-foundation-for-africas-largest-residential-virtual-power-plant-731952a A new partnership between Plentify and Deye is laying the foundation for what could be Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant. 1-269842 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 09:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/how-loadshedding-led-to-south-africa-finding-its-perfect-sunspot-731982a While loadshedding may, for now, be a thing of the past, Eskom’s troubled operations fueled South Africa’s solar boom — and helped reshape the country’s electricity market in the process. 1-269822 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 11:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sa-shale-gas-exploration-on-shaky-ground-as-uct-study-uncovers-earthquake-risk-842253a Scientists at the University of Cape Town (UCT) called for heightened monitoring of the Karoo Basin after uncovering evidence of a previously unknown fault that could trigger earthquakes in a region the government has earmarked for shale gas exploration. 1-269659 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/power-play-tshepo-mokoka-to-lead-central-energy-fund-as-ceo-286637a The board of the Central Energy Fund (CEF) Group has appointed Dr Tshepo Mokoka as the new group chief executive officer of the CEF Group of Companies. 1-269620 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 12:34:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/landisgyr-emea-rebrands-as-eykon-731262a After announcing earlier this year that it would operate as a standalone company, Landis+Gyr EMEA is rebranding as EYKON. 1-269572 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 09:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/totalenergies-taken-to-court-in-france-408959a Several nonprofits, including Friends of the Earth France, sued oil major TotalEnergies in a French civil court, seeking to obtain environmental documents related to an onshore Nigerian oil asset it is attempting to sell. 1-269525 Thu, 02 Jul 2026 09:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Energy South Africa