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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom strips Karpowership of preferential grid access

    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...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ugly spat over BEE beneficiaries in Karpowership deal

    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...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership misses another deadline

    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...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership gets government approval to moor ships in South Africa

    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...
  6. Jan

    Outa warns Karpowerships could cost South Africa R500 billion

    Karpowerships will cost South Africa half-a-trillion rand Using power ships to alleviate load-shedding could cost South Africa R500 billion, according to the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa). After several legal and environmental regulatory setbacks, the government's plan to use Turkish...
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  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership gets good news from environments department

    Karpowership gets good news from environments department Karpowership secured permission from South Africa’s environment department to refile an application to moor a ship-mounted power plant in the eastern port of Richards Bay as the company’s stalled plans to affect a 1,220-megawatt...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom considers buying electricity from Karpowership plant in Maputo Bay

    Eskom considers buying electricity from Karpowership plant in Maputo Bay Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is considering buying electricity from a Karpowership plant to be located offshore Mozambique after declining to sign agreements to procure power from facilities the Turkish company planned to moor...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership faces investigation over Saldanha Bay environmental application

    Karpowership faces investigation over Saldanha Bay environmental application Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of electricity to South Africa, had its environmental application to moor a ship-mounted power plant at the port of Saldanha Bay suspended after...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership loses first environmental appeal

    Karpowership loses first environmental appeal Karpowership, the Turkish company seeking to supply 1,220 megawatts of electricity to South Africa, had one of three appeals against adverse environmental rulings rejected, a person with knowledge of the matter said, potentially delaying a solution...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership deal back in the spotlight after Ramaphosa's power crisis meeting

    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...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership relaunching environmental approval application

    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...
  13. Jan

    ANC stops emergency power procurement Parliamentary investigaion

    ANC kills probe into emergency power tender The ANC has backtracked on its own proposal to probe South Africa's plan to procure emergency power following a court ruling in favour of the biggest contributor in the programme — Turkish company Karpowership. Parliament's Portfolio Committee on...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    No nuclear, coal, or powerships in Ramaphosa's plan to fix electricity crisis

    No nuclear, coal, or powerships in Ramaphosa's plan to fix electricity crisis President Cyril Ramaphosa did not mention any nuclear, coal, or powership-based gas generation during his state of the nation address on Thursday, energy expert Chris Yelland pointed out. This is despite the...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Karpowership wins major court battle

    Karpowership wins major court battle A key obstacle to an emergency program to supply 2,000 megawatts of power to South Africa’s grid has been removed with the dismissal of a legal challenge to the process by a losing bidder. DNG Energy Ltd., which was seeking to supply power from gas-fired...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Banks refuse to fund emergency power providers before completion of court case against Karpowership

    Banks refuse to fund emergency power providers before completion of court case against Karpowership A court case filed by a losing bidder in South Africa’s emergency power programme threatens to delay the provision of the electricity by months as banks balk at providing funding because of the...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Interdict sought against powership deal

    Interdict sought against powership deal A losing bidder in a South African tender for the provision of 2,000 megawatts of power is seeking to interdict the winners from completing their agreements. The application to South Africa’s High Court by DNG Energy Ltd. threatens to halt the provision...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big stink about South African powerships

    Big stink about South African powerships Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy has voted against an investigation into the Department of Energy's Risk Mitigation IPP Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP). This vote came after the DA’s shadow minister of mineral resources...
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