Eskom strips Karpowership of preferential grid access
Eskom has stripped Karpowership and another preferred bidder in the country's emergency private power procurement programme of their preferential transmission grid access due to failure to reach financial close after nearly two and a half...
Ugly spat over BEE beneficiaries in Karpowership deal
A group of local BEE partners for the government's controversial Karpowership deal are accusing Turkish company Karadeniz of trying to get them kicked out of the transaction in favour of other partners, Sunday Times reports.
The empowerment...
Karpowership misses another deadline
Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to install ship-mounted power plants in South African ports, is appealing a decision not to grant it more time to file an environmental permit to operate a 320MW plant on the country’s west coast.
The company’s...
Karpowership gets government approval to moor ships in South Africa
Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply electricity to South Africa, secured government permission to moor its ship-mounted power plants at three of the country’s harbours.
A dispute with the port operator may delay...
Karpowership intent on supplying power to South Africa
Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of electricity to South Africa, said it doesn’t plan to abandon its work in the country even after setbacks to all three projects.
The Department of Forestry, Fisheries...
Karpowership deal back in the spotlight after Ramaphosa's power crisis meeting
South Africa made fresh inquiries about securing electricity supply from Turkey’s Karpowership as it battles its worst-ever power outages, according to people familiar with the situation.
The approach follows a...
Karpowership relaunching environmental approval application
Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of power to South Africa, will refile an application to the environment department in a bid to move its project forward at a time when the nation is suffering its...
Only 150MW of 2,000MW emergency power will be ready by 2023
South Africa made some progress toward adding new generation to its underpowered electricity grid, signing power purchase agreements for 150 megawatts of capacity from private projects by developer Scatec ASA that were selected a year...