renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme (reippp)

  1. 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...
  2. Jan

    South Africa's largest wind farms

    Largest wind farms in South Africa — and how they stack up against the world's biggest South Africa's biggest wind power plant comprises two sister facilities in the Northern Cape — Khobab and Loeriesfontein 2 — with a maximum generating capacity of just over 283MW. Lekela Power constructed...
  3. Jan

    Eskom's transmission grid problem

    Eskom's wishful thinking Load-shedding could stick around for a lot longer than South Africans have been told, and it could intensify further due to a lack of transmission grid capacity for new wind and solar power plants. This is according to Intellidex's head of capital markets, Peter Attard...
  4. Jan

    ANC's ideological energy battle - while South Africa bleeds

    Daily Eskom power cuts for South Africa and no solutions — because the ANC is in chaos South Africa's Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (IPPPP) has faced several delays since the first request for proposal was released in 2011 — and the country won't see private power added to...
  5. Jan

    SONA 2022 - South Africa getting 15,400MW extra power... eventually

    South Africa getting 15,400MW to fix electricity crisis — where it will come from President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the additional electricity generation capacity that will come online in the coming years to help solve South Africa's power crisis. Speaking during his state of the nation...
  6. Jan

    Private power producers can lease land from Eskom - starting in Mpumalanga

    Eskom leasing its land to private power producers Eskom says that it will lease the land it owns near its power stations through an auction to private investors for renewable electricity generation. Kicking off in Mpumalanga, private power producers may use the land to generate electricity for...
  7. Jan

    Building new coal power will cost South Africa's economy jobs and billions of rands - research

    Big holes emerge in South Africa’s electricity plan Deep flaws, significant delays and unnecessary additional costs are becoming evident in the outdated Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity, IRP 2019, published by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) in October 2019. Big...
  8. Jan

    R1.5-billion solar power plant officially launched

    R1.5-billion solar power plant unveiled for SA The deputy minister of science and technology, Michael Masutha, recently unveiled the Droogfontein solar power plant near Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
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