Bid Window Five News Today

ENGIE is pleased to announce that it has reached commercial close for two solar photovoltaic power plants under Bid Window Five (BW5) of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

The construction will begin early 2024 and the plants are expected to be commissioned by the end of 2025.

Eastern Cape premier Oscar Mabuyane has hailed a R3bn investment for renewable energy infrastructure announced by minerals & energy minister Gwede Mantashe on Thursday as a much-needed boost for the province. Mabuyane was speaking shortly after Mantashe made the announcement on Thursday at the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme signing in Centurion.

Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Mabuyane has welcomed the R3 billion investment for renewable energy infrastructure

The interventions made by President Cyril Ramaphosa to deregulate the energy sector and include the private sector to play a major role in ending the 14-year-old electricity crisis are set to yield an energy supply of about 1,950MW in the next three months. At worst, Eskom faces a shortage of u...

With the national utility Eskom recently implementing stage six load shedding, H.E. President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced a five-step action plan to increase power generation, stabilize the grid and end load shedding once and for all in South Africa.

Minerals Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe reported on Thursday that the Integrated Resource Plan of 2019 (IRP 2019), which is widely acknowledged to be out of date, would be reviewed. However, he said he could not yet provide a timeframe for the publication of the update or indicate what process would be followed.

News that the 25 solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind projects selected late last year as preferred bids would not achieve financial close by the end of April as advertised came as no surprise. There had been murmurings about difficulties in the run-up to the deadline and a precedent for a delay had already been set by the far more controversial Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), financial close for which having been shifted four times.

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Minister in the Presidency Mondli Gungubele says National Treasury is working to grant Eskom appropriate exemptions for repairs and maintenance