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SA orgs band together to urge cities to allow DIY prepaid meter reset

South African organisations have released a joint statement urging municipalities to allow customers to reset their own water and electricity prepaid meters. The token identifiers (TID) used to identify each credit token will run out of available
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02 May 2024

SA's new energy market codes - where do municipalities fit in?

Eskoms publication of a market code for South Africas electricity sector marks an exciting step towards strengthening the security of energy supply as the field opens up to private businesses and individuals. However, a lot of work is needed to e
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02 May 2024

Cape Town awards tender for its first grid-connected solar plant

The City of Cape Town has awarded the tender for the engineering, procurement, and construction of its Atlantis solar photovoltaic (PV) plant to Lesedi Technoserve Consortium. Construction of the citys first grid-connected 7 MW plant is
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02 May 2024

Load shedding's end "within reach", but winter is coming

South Africa has reached a milestone of 36 consecutive days without load shedding, with Minister of Electricity, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa , saying the end of load shedding is within touching distance. But winter is coming. Eskom ac
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02 May 2024

Tribunal approves Vitol-Engen merger with stringent conditions

The Competition Tribunal has approved the proposed merger between Engen and Vitol, albeit with stringent conditions. The merger, currently under review by the South African Competition Commission, has sparked concerns regarding potential
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02 May 2024

'Mild' load shedding for winter, Eskom says

South Africa has reached a milestone of 37 consecutive days without load shedding, but winter is coming. Eskom anticipates limiting load shedding to Stage 2 during the colder months, with reduced unplanned outages expected to range from
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02 May 2024

Sungrow reports "unprecedented" growth

Sungrow, a PV inverter and energy storage system provider, saw unprecedented growth in revenue in 2023, according to a recent annual financial report. Sungrows operatingrevenueexperienced a year-on-year surge of 79.5% in 2023, reaching U
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02 May 2024

Shoprite Group installs 1,9 GW solar capacity

The Shoprite Group has installed three new rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems that will generate 1,9 GW of electricity at its Canelands distribution centre in KwaZulu-Natal. Africas largest retailer has boosted the capacity of its s
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02 May 2024

Industry leaders discuss innovation in South Africa's energy sector

Industry leaders gathered at the inaugural Sasol Superlead Live Leadership Conversations event this week (April 24) at the University of Pretorias Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) to discuss innovation in the South African energy secto
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25 Apr 2024