Power Insights: An Update
Last July, Energy Group published a blog titled “Power Insights: Loadshedding, Renewable Energy Adoption and Implications for Large-Scale Energy Users”. It explored Eskom’s latest supply and demand data as well as SARS’ national trade update.
This blog aims to build on that analysis and, in doing so, offer insights regarding updated trends in loadshedding and renewable energy adoption while also considering the potential implications for large-scale energy users.
Navigating the Future of South Africa’s Energy: Insights from the GCCA 2025 Report
In the rapidly evolving landscape of South African energy, the Generation Connection Capacity Assessment (GCCA) stands as a key input in helping stakeholders understand the dynamic changes taking place in terms of our energy generation mix and, critically, how that maps to current and planned grid capacity.
An Overview of South Africa’s IRP 2023
The Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) serves as the government’s strategic framework for planning South Africa’s energy supply. It aims to align future energy demand with available resources and necessary capacity additions. This already-challenging task is further complicated by the transition to a carbon-neutral energy mix (by 2050) alongside the challenges posed by an aging coal fleet, grid capacity constraints, and the intermittency of renewable energy sources.
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in South Africa: Poised for growth?
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) is a term used for the industrial or commercial use of a fuel source to produce electricity as well as heat energy, in the form
Power Insights: Loadshedding, Renewable Energy Adoption and Implications for Large-Scale Energy Users
Eskom has recently released their latest supply and demand data on the Eskom Data portal. Similarly, SARS recently provided its latest monthly update on national trade, which gives insight
REIPPPP Update: The Key To SA’s Power Problems?
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) is a competitive bidding process used by the SA government to procure electricity from independent power producers (IPPs)
Renewable Energy Is Hot: Proceed With Caution?
Thanks to the recent amendments to energy regulations in South Africa, the opportunities to invest in renewable energy either for own consumption or to sell to others have increased substantially
Another Milestone In Mining
In a landmark development for renewable energy projects within the South African mining sector, Harmony Gold Mining Company (Pty) Ltd has secured R10.2bn to build a portfolio of energy projects which will be rolled out
Renewable Energy In Mining: What’s On The Horizon In SA?
Having started to engage South African mining companies on renewable energy opportunities almost ten years ago, we’ve witnessed an explosion of interest particularly over the past 2-3 years
