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An analysis of global electricity revealed that wind and solar showed resilient growth in 2020 despite the pandemic, forcing a record fall in global coal power. The Global Electricity Review (https://bit.ly/3nMqxBv) published by energy think tank Ember (www.Ember-climate.org) analysed electricity data from every country in the world to give the first accurate view of the global electricity transition in 2020. It revealed that almost a tenth of global electricity was generated by wind and solar in 2020. Morocco and Kenya are the clear leaders in Africa, already ahead of the world average. Howe...

Karpowership SA, the company bidding to moor five powerships in South African harbours for 20 years, cleared another hurdle when its environmental assessors ruled that the projects at the ports of Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay and Ngqura could go ahead.

MONEYWEB LIVESTREAM But not enough. 06:18  Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. Image: GCIS South Africa plans to lift the licensing threshold for small-scale power generation projects to 10 megawatts (MW) from 1 MW, a boost to firms anxious to curb their reliance on ailing state utility Eskom, but industry experts had hoped for more. Africa’s most industrialised economy regularly suffers electricity outages because of faults at Eskom’s creaking coal-fired power stations. INSIDERGOLD Subscribe for full access to all our share and unit trust data tools, our award-wi...

Gwede Mantashe. Image: GCIS South Africa plans to lift the licensing threshold for small-scale power generation projects to 10MW from 1MW, a boost to firms anxious to curb their reliance on the ailing Eskom, but industry experts had hoped for more. The economy regularly suffers electricity outages because of faults at Eskom’s creaking coal-fired power stations. But onerous regulations have prevented many companies, such as miners, from setting up their own generation facilities. According to a notice published in the Government Gazette on Friday, “embedded generation” projects of up to ...

(Adds UCT professor, context) JOHANNESBURG, April 23 (Reuters) - South Africa plans to lift the licensing threshold for small-scale power generation projects to 10 megawatts (MW) from 1 MW, a boost to firms anxious to curb their reliance on ailing state utility Eskom, but industry experts had hoped for more. Africa’s most industrialised economy regularly suffers electricity outages because of faults at Eskom’s creaking coal-fired power stations. But onerous regulations have prevented many companies, such as miners, from setting up their own generation facilities. According to a notice pub...