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By Amina Ali, International Energy Fellow, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org) As Southern Africa’s leading economy, South Africa should evaluate the development of gas-to-power projects to address climate change, increase its power generating capacity, and stop load shedding, which represented an estimated loss to the South African economy of R338 billion over the last ten years, according to Business Tech. Such power projects could be fuelled by liquified natural gas (“LNG”) considering sub-Saharan Africa's significant natural gas resources, which remain underexploited....

By Amina Ali, International Energy Fellow, African Energy Chamber (https://EnergyChamber.org) As Southern Africa’s leading economy, South Africa should evaluate the development of gas-to-power projects to address climate change, increase its power generating capacity, and stop load shedding, which represented an estimated loss to the South African economy of R338 billion over the last ten years, according to Business Tech. Such power projects could be fuelled by liquified natural gas (“LNG“) considering sub-Saharan Africa's significant natural gas resources, which remain underexploited....

Deputy President Deputy David Mabuza said that the proposed 20-year agreements would go a long way in making electricity tariffs cheaper and addressing power constraints.

Karpowership Members of some small fishing communities along SA coast say they are fearful of the impact of floating powerships on fish stocks.  Last week the environmental assessors for Karpowership SA found that a project to moor five floating power stations at three SA harbours should be given the go-ahead.  The impact reports, which are now being studied by the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, argued that the impact on marine ecology would likely be 'low'. Representatives of some small-scale fishing communities say they are worried about the impact that floating p...

The RMIPPP is the first step in the government’s plan to procure more than 13 800 megawatts (MW) of new energy over the next decade, as set out in the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2019) that was updated in October 2019.  Although we view the RMIPPP as positive in terms of the urgency needed to address the ongoing energy supply deficit, we are less positive about the extent of the gas-burning technology that will be used to generate this new energy, given its associated high level of CO2 emissions, which may detract from South Africa’s clean energy goals.  Two thirds of the energy proc...