Segomoco Scheppers News Today

Eskom Transmission CEO Segomoco Scheppers says he believes the “pieces are falling into place” that will allow the power utility to “ramp up and move faster” in expanding the country’s constrained power grid. Grid expansion will enable Eskom and independent power producers to bring much-needed new generation capacity online.

Eskom has had to balance grid expansion along with maintaining the existing network to make sure it remains reliable daily, says transmission executive Segomoco Scheppers.

AMEA Power has signed a 20-year PPA with Eskom for the the 120MW Doornhoek Solar Photovoltaic Project in South Africa as part of Bid Window 6 of REIPPP

Saudi-based Acwa Power, a global developer of power and desalination projects, has signed a power purchase agreement with South Africa for setting up the countrys largest hybrid dispatchable renewable energy project in the Northern Cape Province.

Saudi-listed ACWA Power signed the project Power Purchase Agreement.

Saudi-based IPP ACWA Power has signed a PPA with government bodies in South Africa for a 442MW solar PV project.

The project DAO has a total costs of around USD 800 million and will be one of the largest hybrid investments in the South African renewable energy sector, in construction. 

ACWA Power has signed a PPA with government bodies in South Africa for a solar-plus-storage project with 1,200MWh of battery storage.

Eskom Managing Director of Transmission, Segomoco Scheppers, says the power

Power utility says after having been granted exemption from publishing TDP, it felt obliged to engage key stakeholders