DoE to release baseload IPP procurement documents in Q3
Engineering News Online 11 February 2013 The Department of Energy (DoE) expects to release procurement documents for a baseload independent power producer (IPP) programme during the third quarter of 2013, and has confirmed that the programme will be in accordance with a determination released by Energy Mi
Renewable energy projects picking up steam
Business Day Live 5 February 2013 GLOBAL wind and solar power developer Mainstream Renewable Power turned the sod on a 138MW wind energy plant in Jeffreys Bay, Eastern Cape, on Monday, group CE Eddie O’Connor said. This is the latest start among a number of renewable energy projects approved in the firs
‘Heavily-geared’ Eskom sees no alternative to tariff rises
Engineering News Online 1 February 2013 In the absence of a fresh equity injection from its shareholder, State-owned electricity provider Eskom calculates that it would require R25-billion of additional debt funding over the five-year period for every 1% reduction in its tariff increase against the 16% be
