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            <description><![CDATA[As hydrogen energy and fuel cells attract significant policy and investment attention across Southern Africa, battery storage systems play a complementary role, demonstrating the need to accelerate hydrogen adoption rather than competing with it, says renewable-energy company Blockpower engineering head Timothy Mahlangu. The region’s platinum resources, established chemicals sector and surplus renewable-energy potential provide a strong foundation for hydrogen, which remains in the developmental stage.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <title>Sasol commissions China’s Envision to design Sasolburg e-methanol project</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African chemicals and energy company Sasol has signed an agreement with Chinese green technology and renewable-energy company Envision to undertake the engineering design for an e-methanol project at the Sasolburg operation, in South Africa's Free State province.   The signing took place during a visit to Envision’s Net Zero Industrial Park, in Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, on August 5. The visit was a side event to the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, being held in Beijing, China, this week.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has expanded its Pretoria West industrial manufacturing facility, increasing local production capacity for battery energy storage systems and other critical electrical infrastructure as South Africa's demand for grid resilience continues to grow. Lumkile Nkomfe tells us more.]]></description>
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            <title>NTCSA looks to Chinese investment to bolster TDP rollout</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa's electricity sector is facing an "interesting challenge", with the grid not designed for dispatched generation of intermittent energy sources, National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) CEO Monde Bala told delegates at the South Africa-China Electricity & Energy Investment Conference, being held in Beijing, China, this week. To accommodate the changes in the energy mix and the change in geographical location of those energy sources, the NTCSA, a subsidiary of State-owned power utility Eskom, is undertaking the Transmission Development Plan (TDP). However, it does not have the requisite capacity to undertake the necessary expansion of the grid on its own and is calling on international partners to assist.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 partnerships and investment to secure South Africa's energy future, with opportunities underpinned by the Integrated Resources Plan (IRP) 2025. He acclaimed that the IRP, approved late last year, articulated in the most comprehensive way, the various energy sources being pursued in South Africa, dealt with issues around emissions and sustainability and outlined the costs associated with each source.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <title>SolarAfrica, MPower to build 184 MW solar, 300 MWh storage plant in Mpumalanga</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent power producer (IPP) SolarAfrica has partnered with property investment company Moolman Group’s energy platform MPower and investment company Fledge Capital to develop the 184 MW utility-scale solar PV plant and 300 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), in Mpumalanga. Located near eMalahleni, the Highveld Hybrid Energy project will combine large-scale solar generation with battery storage, thereby enabling renewable energy generated during the day to be stored and discharged during periods of higher demand.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Rooftop solar could save municipalities billions on bulk electricity purchases</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[By adopting a cooperative rather than an oppositional stance towards rooftop solar, Gauteng municipalities in particular have an immediate opportunity to reduce the cost of their bulk purchases of electricity, a new report shows. This cost saving could be amplified materially through the introduction of incentives to scale up installations and by leveraging leased battery energy storage systems (BESS).]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>ACTOM expands its Pretoria West manufacturing hub</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News & Mining Weekly online writer Lumkile Nkomfe discusses the significance of ACTOM's expansion of its Pretoria West factory with a new lithium-ion battery assembly facility and increased high-voltage equipment manufacturing capacity.]]></description>
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            <title>Eskom Green says PFMA approval enables fundraising and partnerships</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Eskom Holdings reports that it has now secured the required approvals to establish Eskom Green as a wholly-owned renewables subsidiary that is able to raise funding and enter into public-private partnerships. The approvals were made in terms of Section 54(2) of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA), alongside the applicable conditions of the Eskom Debt Relief Act, which placed restrictions on the raising of new debt for generation investments.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>75 MW Northern Cape hybrid renewables-battery project enters into operation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A large-scale hybrid renewable energy project able to supply 75 MW of dispatchable renewable electricity to South Africa’s national grid between 5:00am and 9:30pm daily has been officially inaugurated. Known as the Hydra project, the facility was procured under the so-called Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), which was launched by the then Department of Mineral Resources and Energy during the peak of the country’s loadshedding crisis in August 2020.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electromechanical equipment manufacturer ACTOM has expanded its manufacturing footprint at its Pretoria West industrial campus, in Gauteng, with the launch of the ACTOM Static Energy battery assembly facility and the unveiling of additional manufacturing capacity for its High-Voltage Equipment (HVE) division. Speaking at the launch event on July 15, ACTOM CEO Mervyn Naidoo said this development marked a significant milestone in the company's efforts to strengthen local manufacturing capability and position itself as a supplier of integrated energy infrastructure solutions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[A Free State commercial farming operation Belle Rive, spanning more than 2 000 ha, has appointed solar energy company RenEnergy Africa as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to design and deliver what will become one of South Africa’s largest offgrid agricultural solar-plus-storage systems. The installation – a ground-mounted 4.89 MW solar PV array paired with a 20 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) – is under construction. Once complete, the system will distribute power across the farming site through about 17 km of medium-voltage (MV) reticulation.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Virtual power plants (VPPs) have been tested and are being proven in South Africa, and their widespread use could reduce the need to build some new transmission and distribution infrastructure while ensuring that the network is stable and reliable. These plants could defer some grid capital expenditure by providing energy services in a localised area, thereby reducing congestion on the grid, climate and energy strategy advisory firm Meridian Economics climate, policy and energy analyst Nic van Doesburgh has said.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows to Africa reached about $70-billion in 2025, which was below the exceptional $94-billion recorded in 2024, but was the third-highest number since 1990 and remained one-third above the long-term average. However, the bigger story is that investors continue to position themselves in sectors that are becoming increasingly important to the global economy, UN Trade and Development (Unctad) highlights in its 'World Investment Report 2026'.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses what is driving the so-called age of electricity and what this could mean for South Africa and the country's energy policy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) hosted its AGM this week and also released its annual report. As the recognised voice of South Africa’s PV industry, representing almost 500 members across the value chain, Creamer Media’s Terence Creamer used the opportunity to pose some questions to CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu on the state of the industry and its outlook. The questions and Melamu’s responses follow.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Renewable energy company Stage Zero has concluded a securitisation transaction with FirstRand Bank to create a funding platform to support the continued rollout of its managed solar and backup systems for South African homes and businesses. The transaction allows Stage Zero to use the predictable revenue profile of its customer contracts to unlock institutional funding for further deployment, instead of relying solely on traditional project-by-project financing.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Global electricity demand is set to outpace economic growth as part of a broader trend up to 2030, with electricity consumption projected to grow at least two-and-a-half times as fast as overall energy demand. A fundamental shift in the longstanding relationship between electricity demand and economic activity is set to be a defining feature until 2030, says international organisation International Energy Agency (IEA) executive director Dr Fatih Birol.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 bankable projects capable of attracting large-scale investment. Addressing the opening of the Africa Energy Forum (AEF) in Cape Town on Tuesday, Ramokgopa said the continent needed to accelerate implementation of the African 10-Year Infrastructure Investment Plan for cross-border interconnectivity, which is being advanced under South Africa's G20 presidency.]]></description>
            <author>Mariaan Webb</author>
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            <title>Mulilo makes further inroads with Hartebeesfontein BESS financial close</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African independent power producer Mulilo has successfully reached financial close on the Hartebeesfontein battery energy storage system (BESS) project, a 77 MW/308 MWh facility located near Klerksdorp, in the North West. This is Mulilo’s second renewable-energy project to be executed within the Matlosana local municipality, which is strategically located near State-owned Eskom’s Hermes main transmission substation.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[In this article, independent power producer SOLA Group assets MD Katherine Persson writes that South African businesses are looking for more predictable energy costs, that wheeling and virtual wheeling are making offsite renewable energy more accessible and that storage is changing the reliability and bankability of renewable power.]]></description>
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            <title>Countries prioritising domestic energy options amid ‘largest-ever energy security crisis’</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 the world’s largest-ever energy security crisis, precipitated by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Presenting the IEA’s eleventh World Energy Investment report, executive director Fatih Birol said that besides moves to domesticate energy supply amid a growing trust deficit, governments were also reshaping their investment strategies around diversification, electrification and energy efficiency.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:30:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Opinion: The electricity conversation nobody is having – tariffs are the market</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[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 ensure full and sustainable cost recovery for system operation and network infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 16:29:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Industrial decarbonisation requires modernisation which increases efficiency, cuts costs</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Decarbonising industrial operations requires increasing operational efficiency, and achieving this will also reduce costs. So highlighted German development agency GIZ South African technical adviser Sibusisiwe Khuzwayo, in a presentation on the last day of the 2026 Enlit Africa conference, which was held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. South African industry was facing converging pressures, she pointed out. On the operational side, there were assets that were often ageing, ...]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Electric technologies and energy solutions provider WEG has partnered with strategic energy investment company Energy Venture Capital (EVC) to provide funding of between R5-million and R500-million to hybrid energy projects in South Africa. The companies have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly evaluate hybrid energy projects on a case-by-case basis and offer funding opportunities consistent with the energy market.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 16:16:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>SolarAfrica acquires solar project from Nordic green energy supplier</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar energy company SolarAfrica has entered into an agreement to acquire the Nyakallo solar project, in Limpopo, South Africa, from green energy developer Norsk Renewables. With financial close anticipated within the next 12 months, the project is expected to begin evacuating power by the second half of 2028, offering commercial and industrial businesses earlier access to new renewable capacity at scale.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Water and electricity systems are no longer separate and isolated, but are now intertwined in South Africa and across Africa. So highlighted Siemens South Africa CEO Sabine Dall'Omo, in her keynote address on the second day of the Enlit Africa 2026 conference, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. Water needed electricity, she pointed out, for pumping and treating. Water and electricity were both essential to maintain and grow the country's industrial base. The two sectors were rapidly merging.]]></description>
            <author>Rebecca Campbell</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Power utility Eskom and and NYSE-listed grid-scale energy storage solutions provider Energy Vault have signed a strategic development agreement to deploy long-duration gravity energy storage systems (GESSs) in South Africa and, eventually, also the rest of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The first GESS plant will be built at Eskom’s Hendrina power station, in Mpumalanga. The system is expected to provide 25 MW of capacity with four hours of storage, equivalent to 100 MWh, and is designed to be fully scalable up to 4 GW.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Amid rising fuel prices and dropping temperatures in South Africa, Engineering News editor Terence Creamer joins me to discuss what issues these developments raise for the energy transition and policy.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar and wind energy paired with battery storage are reliable and deliver cost-effective, round-the-clock electricity, says intergovernmental agency the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Additionally, in prime solar and wind regions, hybrid solutions, combined with storage, provide round-the-clock power at lower costs than fossil fuels, IRENA’s '24/7 renewables: The economics of firm solar and wind' report shows.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 16:33:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa’s utility-scale renewables and battery storage market is poised for a record year of installations, a new research note produced by the Power Futures Lab at the UCT Graduate School of Business shows. Authors Dr Olakunle Alao and Dr Wikus Kruger state that six projects with a combined capacity of 1 787 MW had already advanced to financial close by April 30, while a further 27 projects, representing 3 575 MW, are poised to achieve that milestone by year-end.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Solar panels are replacing diesel generators on some major film sets in South Africa, as streaming giants come under growing pressure to clean up one of the film industry's dirtiest habits - its addiction to diesel generators. Netflix shot the second season of its hit show "One Piece" in Cape Town, its biggest production in Africa to date and the first to be filmed using a solar-powered base camp for off-grid electricity during a shoot.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Climate investment firm Inspired Evolution has made a $40-million investment in distributed renewable energy company CrossBoundary Energy to accelerate the deployment of commercial and industrial renewable energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa. The investment will support the development, construction and expansion of CrossBoundary Energy’s portfolio of renewable energy assets, including solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and hybrid energy solutions.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Independent renewable energy developer Dimsum Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with global renewable energy company Goldwind Africa to develop Energy Fields, a large-scale portfolio of renewable energy projects in the Eastern Cape, targeting more than 2 GW of wind, solar and battery storage capacity. Through this partnership, the parties intend to develop and build utility-scale wind and solar projects in high-resource areas of the Eastern Cape, integrate battery energy storage systems to enhance grid stability and dispachability, support corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) for industrial users and strengthen local supply chains and skills development.]]></description>
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