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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...