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South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ("DMRE") has removed requirements for independent power producers ("IPPs") to hold generation licences to produce electricity...

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ("DMRE") has removed requirements for independent power producers ("IPPS") to hold…

Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme was halted from 2015 to 2019, and then the energy minister chased a nuclear red herring.

Busa president Prof Bonang Mohale delineates some of SAs issues, especially load shedding, saying Stage 6 costs the economy about R4bn per day.

South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy ("DMRE") has removed requirements for independent power producers ("IPPs") to hold generation licences to produce electricity in an effort to rapidly add much needed generation capacity.

Bidders have invested about R100m in projects that cannot proceed as planned due to a communications failure on Eskoms part.

President Cyril Ramaphosa expressed his concerns over load shedding - says we must stick to his energy plan of last year.

Antonio Gramsci had it right: ‘The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear.’

SA’s leading trade conference looks for real answers to hard questions from industry experts

SA’s leading trade conference looks for real answers to hard questions from industry experts