Adjustment to RE IPP contingent liabilities in the Budget Review welcomed by SAPVIA
SAPVIA MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release. SAPVIA welcomes the work done by Treasury over the last few months around the recalculation of the contingent liabilities attributed to renewable energy IPPs which has been misrepresented to the public by Eskom. The renewable energy industry has engaged with T
IPP programme identified as imperative for boosting investment
Engineering News – ONLINE 22 February 2017 Eskom’s delay in signing power purchase agreements with renewable energyindependent power producers (IPPs) whose bids were approved by the Department of Energy could result in manufacturers going out of business, National Treasury warned in its 2017 Budge
CSIR presentation to PCE: Electricity Scenarios for South Africa
The CSIR delivered a presentation to the Portifolio Committe on Energy on Tuesday, 21 February 2017. The presentation can be dowloaded here
Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) [COMPLAINANT] and ESKOM [RESPONDENT]
SUMMARY OF CASE AND STATEMENT OF FACTS AND CONTEXT ON BEHALF OF THE COMPLAINANT Please click here to downlaod the full document.
Green energy saves city mall 2 200 electricity units each day
A Cape Town shopping mall is saving 2 200 units of electricity each day due to the installation of renewable energy systems. Alan Winde, Minister of Economic Opportunities today (16 February 2017) visited Bayside Mall in Table View as part of the Western Cape Government’s month-long energy efficiency aw
SONA: Zuma commits SA to renewable energy
FIN24 09 February 2017 Eskom has for months refused to issue final budget quotes to preferred bidders in Round 4 and the Round 4 extension of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. It has caused widespread concern in the renewable energy sector, which had praised South Afri
Zuma says Eskom will sign renewables contracts in disrupted, economy-focused Sona
Engineering News – ONLINE 09 February 2017 President Jacob Zuma announced on Thursday that Eskom would sign the outstanding power purchase agreement (PPAs) for renewable energy projects that had been procured during the most recent rounds of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme
PRESS STATEMENT: Bold leadership on renewables sends strong message to investors – SAPVIA
SAPVIA MEDIA STATEMENT For immediate release. Bold leadership on renewables sends strong message to investors – SAPVIA The announcement that Eskom will sign the outstanding Power Purchase Agreements in the Renewable Energy IPP Programme (REIPPP) sends a strong message to investors that the renewable
Sekunjalo's R500m lifeline to entrepreneurs (to boost renewable energy initiatives)
Business Report 09 February 2017 South African entrepreneurs yesterday received a shot in the arm after Sekunjalo Investment Group committed R500 million to boost renewable energy initiatives and women-owned businesses. Read more here…
Op-Ed: Impasse in renewable energy procurement – a political power play
Daily Maverick 09 February 2017 While it has been interesting to see the level of debate around the price of electricity, much of this is mere noise and overlooks the fundamental questions of how we supply our future energy needs at the lowest cost, in the cleanest fashion, and with the greatest economic
