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Today, Eskom shared its Transmission Development Plan (TDP) for the period 2022 to 2031 with various stakeholders during a virtual public forum. This is part of Eskom’s Transmission licence requirements issued by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA), which calls for Eskom to publish a TDP annually.  This forum forms part of a consultative process where industry, various business sectors, local government, and other infrastructure development partners, get to influence...

Poor and developing nations bear the brunt of climate change though they are not the main culprits

Government is working hard to tackle challenges, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday.

In an address on Thursday, President Ramaphosa announced an amendment to schedule two of the Electricity Regulation Act, which would mimimise the red tape for independent power producers.

We are holding this briefing today in a time of great hope and great difficulty. Difficulty, because we are in the midst of the worst economic crisis in our country’s recent history, which has seen a dramatic increase in unemployment and hunger and a significant decline in economic growth. Hope, because we are already starting to see the results of our efforts to recover and to rebuild. In the GDP figures released by Statistics South Africa this week, in the encouraging signs of a revival in ...

A. Issues in the Environment 1. Coronavirus Disease vaccine roll-out 1.1 Cabinet welcomed the progress with COVID-19 vaccinations which had on Tuesday, 8 June 2021 reached 1, 524, 589 and the Pfizer... | June 10, 2021

SA will allow private companies to build own powerplants with up to 100 MW's of generating capacity, up from the previous limit of 1 MW.

South Africa has set out the rules for its Bid Window 5, aiming to secure another 2,600 MW of power from renewable sources.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has told prospective Bid Window 5 bidders of the renewable energy independent power producer programme (Reippp) that it had put in place measures to prevent fronting.

Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe NATIONAL NEWS - Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy Gwede Mantashe says the department’s interventions have helped ensure that Eskom deals with its energy capacity shortages. The Minister said this when he tabled the department’s budget vote during a mini plenary of the National Assembly on Tuesday. “In 2020, we committed to interventions to deal with electricity supply shortages. We undertook to rapidly ...