Emergency Power Programme Preferred Bidders will be announced today

[Lupus]

Announcement now moved to 1pm.

Edit: As you were, it's 4pm after all.

They love doing that

 

[HavocXphere]

Are they going to use these for baseload?

 

[Lupus]

Are they going to use these for baseload?

Don't know if they can use them as baseload

 

[HavocXphere]

Don't know if they can use them as baseload

Suppose it comes down to whether you can afford the continuous gas/oil/diesel/whatever these things drink

 

[Spizz]

There we go, all 3 Karpower ships selected. Corrupt bastards.

 

[ilikepi]

 

[Herr der Verboten]

MEDIA ADVISORY

MINISTER MANTASHE TO BRIEF THE MEDIA ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR

The Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy, Mr Gwede Mantashe will on Thursday, 18 March 2021, brief members of the media on the latest developments in the Energy Sector.

Minister Mantashe is expected to announce the preferred bidders for the procurement of the 2000 MW Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Programme (RMIPPP) and provide further details on the procurement of additional power in line with the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP2019).

Members of the media are invited to cover the briefing scheduled as follows :
Date: Thursday, 18 March 2021
Time: 16 :00
Venue: GCIS – Ronnie Mamoepa Press Room, Tshedimosetso House, 1035 Francis Baard Street, Hatfield in Pretoria
For media enquiries:

DID THEY PAY THEIR SABC LICENSES?

 

[WollieVerstege]

There we go, all 3 Karpower ships selected. Corrupt bastards.

Would be interesting if they burn those during a protest.

 

[Lupus]

There we go, all 3 Karpower ships selected. Corrupt bastards.

See sadly they'll do what they want 1000MW is just a band aid

 

[TheChamp]

There we go, all 3 Karpower ships selected. Corrupt bastards.

Can someone balance me on this one, how is it corrupt?

 

[Spizz]

See sadly they'll do what they want 1000MW is just a band aid

They've announced a total of 8 projects totaling 1,845MW and 3 more projects totaling 150MW still being checked. They are a mix of technologies but clearly the ships are the biggest contributor.

 

[Lupus]

They've announced a total of 8 projects totaling 1,845MW and 3 more projects totaling 150MW still being checked. They are a mix of technologies but clearly the ships are the biggest contributor.

2GW would help but we need another 4 to really break even.

 

[Spizz]

Can someone balance me on this one, how is it corrupt?

As discussed earlier in the thread, it seems like a preference has been shown to the 3 powerships which have little or no long term jobs or opportunities and are indeed a sticking plaster.

Floating gas ‘powerships’ plan gets another free pass from South African government

The Turkish-based Karpowership company scored a ‘get out of jail free’ card from the South African government in 2020 after successfully persuading a senior environmental affairs official to exempt it…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Spizz]

2GW would help but we need another 4 to really break even.

They made some more announcements including the lifting of the 50MW IPP cap and some more programmes coming, but it was hard to hear what Mantashe was saying so I'll need to wait for the press release.

 

[TheChamp]

As discussed earlier in the thread, it seems like a preference has been shown to the 3 powerships which have little or no long term jobs or opportunities and are indeed a sticking plaster.

Floating gas ‘powerships’ plan gets another free pass from South African government

The Turkish-based Karpowership company scored a ‘get out of jail free’ card from the South African government in 2020 after successfully persuading a senior environmental affairs official to exempt it…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Thanks, It does look like the other bidders did not stand a chance.

 

[ToxicBunny]

There we go, all 3 Karpower ships selected. Corrupt bastards.

FFS...

I know we need the power and all that, but I really hope this shyte is challenged in court and thrown the fsck out for the bullshyte that it is.

 

[Spizz]

Thanks, It does look like the other bidders did not stand a chance.

We "knew" they had it a couple of weeks ago, and the special dispensations afforded dating back to last year seem to point to a lot of bending over backwards to accommodate them.

 

[KleinBoontjie]

As discussed earlier in the thread, it seems like a preference has been shown to the 3 powerships which have little or no long term jobs or opportunities and are indeed a sticking plaster.

Floating gas ‘powerships’ plan gets another free pass from South African government

The Turkish-based Karpowership company scored a ‘get out of jail free’ card from the South African government in 2020 after successfully persuading a senior environmental affairs official to exempt it…

www.dailymaverick.co.za

Dafuq, is that a luxury Penthouse, with Palm trees on the back of that ship?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Dafuq, is that a luxury Penthouse, with Palm trees on the back of that ship?

Can't expect the workers to slum it in a country with power problems can you?

 

[Benedict A55h0le not]

Dafuq, is that a luxury Penthouse, with Palm trees on the back of that ship?

Thats a new holiday home for a Gupta cadre.