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    Ramokgopa meets with small nuclear reactor company X-energy

    Ramokgopa meets with small nuclear reactor company X-energy Minister of Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa recently met with a nuclear reactor company that has received a $300-million (R5.3 billion) funding injection from Amazon, Rapport reports. Ramokgopa's office told the...
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    New nuclear power plans coming by end of August — Ramokgopa

    New nuclear power plans coming by end of August — Ramokgopa Energy and electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is aiming to reveal South Africa's plans for a new 2,500MW nuclear power station by the end of next month. Ramokgopa told Sunday Times that a team was in the advanced stages of...
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    Goodbye home solar tax rebate

    Goodbye home solar tax rebate The solar tax rebate was implemented on 1 March 2023 and has allowed tax-paying citizens to claim a rebate of 25% of the value of new solar panels, up to a maximum rebate of R15,000. Energy experts slammed the incentive as inefficient, particularly because it...
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    Cabinet approves revised IRP

    Cabinet approves revised IRP South Africa’s cabinet approved an updated Integrated Resource Plan — a blueprint for the development of electricity provision over the next two-and-a-half decades. The plan underpins how the government will address the nation’s energy crisis, electricity minister...
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    Overloaded Cape grid to be expanded using part of Eskom’s R229-billion funding

    Overloaded Cape grid to be expanded using part of Eskom’s R229-billion funding Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will use a portion of $12.5 billion (R228.51 billion) multilateral loans toward delivering power to areas where the grid is overloaded and stymying the transition to renewable sources...
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    Mbalula says ANC wants more powers for electricity minister before national election

    Mbalula says ANC wants more powers for electricity minister before national election South Africa’s president will allocate more powers to his electricity czar to accelerate efforts to end the nation’s power crisis, a top governing party official said. The proposal has the backing of the...
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    Eskom weekly EAF hits 60% for 1st time since August 2022

    Eskom weekly EAF hits 60% for 1st time since August 2022 Eskom has improved its coal power station fleet's weekly energy availability factor (EAF) to 60% for the first time in more than a year. That is according to Eskom generation manager Eric Shumugam, speaking at the Minister of...
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    NUM wants South Africa's renewable climate pact with rich countries suspended

    NUM wants South Africa's renewable climate pact with rich countries suspended The main labour union at South Africa’s state power utility called for the suspension of an $8.5-billion (R164.01-billion) climate finance pact with some of the world’s richest nations as well as plans to break up...
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    Eskom owed R62 billion by municipalities

    Eskom owed R62 billion by municipalities South Africa’s electricity distribution system is “an albatross” beset by fighting between the national power utility and municipalities as the government takes steps to stabilise the grid, according to the electricity minister. State-owned Eskom...
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    At least 500 government facilities getting backup power from China — Ramokgopa

    At least 500 government facilities getting backup power from China — Ramokgopa At least 500 public facilities around the country are set to benefit from a donation from China which will allow them to have uninterrupted alternative power supply and shield them from the effects of load shedding...
  12. Jan

    Private citizens have, in one year, installed rooftop solar capacity equal to government's whole REIPPP programme to-date

    South Africa's rooftop solar revolution The South African private sector has installed 4,411.50MWp (potential megawatts) of rooftop solar — double the amount procured through the government's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme. Energy expert Anton...
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  13. Jan

    Eskom doesn't have enough money to expand its grid - Ramokgopa

    Eskom's big grid expansion problem Eskom faces a lack of transmission grid capacity to add new wind and solar plants, and it doesn't have enough funds for the necessary expansion. This is according to Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who, during a media briefing on Sunday, 23 July...
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    Ramokgopa says additional 13,000MW available from existing power stations

    Ramokgopa says additional 13,000MW available from existing power stations South Africa will prioritise the expansion of its grid over the next decade as it aims to finally put an end to daily power cuts, said Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The government is working on about 25...
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    Ramokgopa says load-shedding could end sooner than expected — but no one knows what the expected date was

    Ramokgopa says load-shedding could end sooner than expected — but no one knows what the expected date was South Africa's power crisis could come to an end sooner than anticipated, with the intensity of rolling blackouts being reduced, according to the minister of electricity. "I said when I...
  16. Jan

    Ramokgopa assures load-shedding improvements are not artificial, here to stay

    Lower Eskom load-shedding here to stay, assures electricity minister The lower stages of load-shedding in South Africa are due to improved generation capacity and are not artificial, reports the Sunday Times. Speaking to reporters at the recent ANC NEC meeting, electricity minister Kgosientsho...
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    SA and Germany in green hydrogen pact

    SA and Germany in green hydrogen pact South Africa and Germany signed an agreement to create a task force that will help Africa’s most industrialised nation create projects that are able to meet international demand for green hydrogen. The joint declaration of intent signed virtually on...
  18. Jan

    BLSA says South Africa has skills in abundance to fix Eskom

    South Africa has the skills to fix Eskom Business Leadership SA CEO Busisiwe Mavuso believes South Africa has more than enough skills to turn Eskom around. Mavuso, who was speaking at the Sunday Times Top 100 Companies Directors event in Johannesburg on Friday, said that the problems at Eskom...
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    South Africa could get 1,000MW of extra power from Mozambique — electricity minister

    South Africa could get 1,000MW of extra power from Mozambique — electricity minister Mozambique will supply electricity-starved South Africa with 100MW of power immediately and an additional 600MW in six months’ time, electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said. A further 1,000 megawatts...
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    Gwede Mantashe loses electricity procurement powers to Ramokgopa

    Gwede Mantashe loses electricity procurement powers to Ramokgopa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa allocated a range of powers to his electricity minister to help address the nation’s energy crisis, almost three months after appointing him. The announcement transfers some...
  21. Jan

    Plan to add 3,800MW to the grid and pay estates and businesses R3 million for every megawatt saved

    South Africa's plan to pay R3 million for every megawatt saved — and add 3,800MW to the grid Electricity minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says South Africa should be able to bring 3,800MW of additional generation capacity onto the grid in the near future, with 400MW expected to come online by the...
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