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Energy Council CEO James Mackay
South Africa’s first National Energy Awards now open for nominations
22nd September 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Energy Council of South Africa, a public-private partnership at CEO level, has announced the opening of nominations for the country’s inaugural National Energy Awards, which are endorsed by the... 


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IAEA forecasts significant growth in global nuclear power generation in coming decades
15th September 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

In its forty-sixth annual forecast, now entitled 'Energy, Electricity and Nuclear Power Estimates for the Period up to 2060', released at its seventieth General Conference on Monday, the... 


Uranium concentrate
IAEA reports uranium resources adequate to meet growing nuclear fuel demand
14th September 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that global uranium production is increasing, to meet the rising demand from the nuclear energy sector. However, for the longer term, it... 


Eskom posts profit, but lower sales, rising municipal debt a concern
Eskom posts profit, but lower sales, rising municipal debt a concern
4th September 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses Eskom's R30-billion profit for its 2026 financial year, as well as the lower sales and rising municipal debt and electricity theft that weigh on... 


Eskom CEO Dan Marokane
Eskom RT&D Centre positioned as engine for energy innovation, industrialisation
2nd September 2026 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

State-owned power utility Eskom’s Research, Testing and Development (RT&D) Centre, in Rosherville, Johannesburg, is being positioned as a critical national asset for developing technologies that... 


Koeberg Power station
Koeberg takes Unit 1 offline after turbine trip
28th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned power utility Eskom says Unit 1 of the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station was taken offline safely and within procedure early on August 28 following a turbine trip. The cause of the turbine... 


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Service provider helps keep power sector running
21st August 2026

Specialist industrial services contractor KAEFER has been in continuous service of State-owned power utility Eskom for 30 years. KAEFER South Africa MD Jayson Cleaver says the relationship with... 


ASPI's Quantum Leap evaluating metal conversion opportunities in Namibia
18th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes’ (ASPI’s) nuclear fuels subsidiary Quantum Leap Energy is evaluating metal conversion opportunities in Namibia. A public... 


ASPI CEO Paul Mann
ASP Isotopes says revenues increasing, three business units at inflection point for profitability
5th August 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Nasdaq- and JSE-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) says all its business units are making considerable progress, group revenues are increasing and three of its business units are... 


Signage on a building where the investmernt conference is being held
South Africa makes case in Beijing for Chinese investment in energy
3rd August 2026 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Electricity and Energy Minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa is attending the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, in Beijing, this week, where he has advocated for strategic... 


ASPI subsidiary, US university sign uranium conversion technology research agreement
21st July 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Development stage nuclear fuels company Quantum Leap Energy (QLE) has signed a research agreement with the Texas A&M University Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) to advance and derisk the... 


A graph indicating nuclear capacity under construction, planned, proposed and prospective by region
Rapidly increasing global nuclear energy capacity would involve significant challenges
3rd July 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), an entity of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), has cautioned that successfully fulfilling global ambitions to significantly increase... 


Necsa Group CEO Loyiso Tyabashe (left) and UP Vice-Chancellor Prof Francis Petersen
Necsa and University of Pretoria have signed an MoU to collaborate in the nuclear sector
23rd June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Pretoria (UP) to create a framework for bilateral cooperation regarding... 


Necsa, Siemens Energy form energy technology partnership
18th June 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and energy technology company Siemens Energy have signed a nonbinding agreement to strengthen collaboration in energy, technology and... 


Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
Ramokgopa urges Africa to turn cross-border power plans into bankable projects
17th June 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

Electricity and Energy Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has called for Africa to accelerate the implementation of cross-border electricity infrastructure by converting continental energy plans into... 


Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
Necsa expects to identify SMR partner within a year
17th June 2026 By: Mariaan Webb

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) expects to identify a partner within the next year for a planned demonstration small modular reactor (SMR), as it steps up efforts to revive... 


Interviews of candidates to fill nuclear regulator board vacancies have been completed
12th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy has completed its interviews of candidates to fill vacancies on the board of the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR) and has agreed on which... 


Small modular reactor construction is set to boom, if challenges overcome
10th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK-based data, analytics and business intelligence company GlobalData has forecast that global small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) capacity is set to increase by around six-fold over the period... 


Parliamentary committee to conduct interviews for nuclear regulator board this week
10th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

During this week, Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy will, it has announced, interview all 26 shortlisted candidates for the Board of the National Nuclear Regulator (NNR).... 


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Necsa outlines plans for rejuvenating South Africa’s nuclear sector
5th June 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa), the State-owned company responsible for nuclear research and technology development, as well as the provision of nuclear applications and... 


IEA executive director Fatih Birol
Countries prioritising domestic energy options amid ‘largest-ever energy security crisis’
28th May 2026 By: Terence Creamer

Countries are increasingly prioritising domestic energy resources as they seek to reduce their reliance on imported fuels in response to what the International Energy Agency (IEA)  is describing as... 


Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather
Opinion: The electricity conversation nobody is having – tariffs are the market
28th May 2026

In this article, Energy Council of South Africa project delivery senior manager Vasanie Pather writes that, as South Africa's electricity sector moves toward a competitive market, tariffs must... 


ASPI to make first enriched Si-28 shipments to the US in the third quarter
26th May 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE- and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has successfully restarted the first 18 stages, comprising segments one and two, of its Silicon-28 (Si-28) enrichment facility,... 


The World Bank logo on a wall
Eskom in early talks with World Bank, other funders for nuclear expansion
20th May 2026 By: Reuters

South Africa's state power utility Eskom is in exploratory talks with the World Bank over funding for a multibillion-dollar nuclear programme that could be launched within 12 months, a senior... 


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Shortlists of nuclear regulator board candidates released by Parliamentary Committee
29th April 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Electricity and Energy has released the list of 26 candidates that it has shortlisted for interviews, to fill vacancies on the board of the National Nuclear... 


Global energy demand up 1.3% in 2025, electricity demand up by 3% – IEA
20th April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Global energy demand growth slowed to 1.3% in 2025, which is slightly below the preceding decade’s average of 1.4% and significantly lower than in 2024, while global electricity demand increased by... 


The grid needs more wires, more transformers and more storage
Oil persists, coal declines, renewables increase by 2040, but global warming to rise through to 2100, says Bain&Co
17th April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

Even under the low-carbon scenario, modelled by consulting firm Bain & Co in its 'Global Energy and Materials Outlook 2026' report, fossil fuel supply constitutes 52% of global primary energy... 


Necsa SMR briefing attracts 54 potential partners
17th April 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) held, on Thursday, a compulsory briefing for suppliers interested in its expression of interest (EoI) regarding small modular reactors (SMRs).... 


ASP Isotopes expects first shipments of nuclear medicine, electronics isotopes in 2026
13th April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

JSE- and Nasdaq-listed advanced materials company ASP Isotopes expects to dispatch the first commercial shipments of silicon-28 (Si-28), used to produce advanced electronics, and ytterbium-176... 


Coega Development Corporation CEO Themba Koza (left) and Eskom chief nuclear officer Velaphi Ntuli
Coega, Eskom to ensure new nuclear build leads to inclusive growth, skills development
9th April 2026 By: Schalk Burger

State-owned special economic zone (SEZ) developer the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) and State-owned Eskom have established a three-year strategic framework for cooperation in support of South... 


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SA has potential to be real player in the battery energy storage system market
3rd April 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

South Africa has the potential to develop at least one, and maybe as many as three, internationally competitive gigafactories for the manufacture of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery cells. This... 


Africa GreenCo co-founder and chief commercial officer Cathy Oxby.
Opinion: Power beyond borders – regional trade could boost SA’s energy security
1st April 2026

Without regional trade, South Africa’s market will remain shallower, more volatile and less resilient to future power supply shocks, writes Africa GreenCo co-founder and chief commercial officer... 


Necsa CEO Loyiso Tyabashe
Necsa launches an expression of interest into Small Modular Reactor technologies
31st March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) issued, on Tuesday, an expression of interest (EoI), to invite technology providers, organisations and consortia, with the appropriate... 


An image demonstrating how ASPI's Quantum Enrichment technology works
ASPI subsidiary collaborates with UK university on advanced laser research facility
24th March 2026 By: Sabrina Jardim

JSE-listed ASP Isotopes (ASPI) has announced that a UK subsidiary of Quantum Leap Energy (QLE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ASPI dedicated to advancing innovative technologies and processes across... 


The Koeberg nuclear power station
Eskom hails performance of upgraded Koeberg nuclear reactor
10th March 2026 By: Rebecca Campbell

Power utility Eskom on Tuesday highlighted the success of the upgrade of the second reactor (known as Unit 2) of its two-reactor Koeberg nuclear power plant, located north of Cape Town. On Monday... 


Necsa, Rosatom sign agreement to cooperate on skills development
6th March 2026 By: Schalk Burger

The State-owned South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (Necsa) and Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) signed an agreement on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Indaba, held in Cape... 


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