#South Africa

South Africa, Johannesburg: AMEA Power, a Dubai-based company, has signed an agreement with GreenCo Power Services to build an 85 MW solar plant in South Africa.

South Africa, Johannesburg: Africa Data Centres has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Distributed Power Africa for the solar energy supply.

South Africa, Johannesburg:  South Africa’s power utility Eskom has announced the appointment of Calib Cassim as Interim Group CEO, with immediate effect.

Eskom Group Chief Executive André de Ruyter resigned on 14 December, as the longest serving CEO out of the last 11 who occupied the post..

The African Development Bank has approved a $129 M loan for a hydroelectric power producer to modernise its production system.

South Africa, France and Germany have signed loan agreements to each extend $300 M in concessional financing to support South Efrica’s energy transition.

Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) invites the submission of proposals for the design and construction of Weskusfleur gas-insulated substation.

South Africa: Eskom states that South Africa will need around 53 GW of new additional generation capacity from renewable sources over the next decade.

South Africa: President Cyril Ramaphosa says Eskom will require at least $1.83 B (R33 B) to complete the commissioning at the Medupi and Kusile power plants.

South Africa, Cape Town: The City of Cape Town has issued the tender for the engineering, procurement and construction of its planned 7 MW solar PV plant.

South Africa, Johannesburg: The growth of data centres in South Africa has been rapid in recent years, exacting requirements related to safety and reliability.

South Africa, Durban: Eskom has said it noted a rise in blown transformers due to overloading, causing electricity outages in areas around KwaZulu-Natal.

South Africa, Garden Route: Garden Route District Municipality will receive $10,98 M (€10.5 M) for renewable energy projects.

Dry-type transformer specialist Trafo Power Solutions supplied four transformers for use in standby diesel generator sets in the Western Cape province.

South Africa: Eskom has announced that Unit 4 of the Kusile Power Station Project is now formally part of the Eskom commercial fleet.

South Africa: Eskom has confirmed that Tutuka Power Station is the site of deliberate acts of sabotage.

South Africa, Praetoria: SGB-SMIT POWER MATLA (SSPM) has achieved a phoenix milestone event by successfully testing a 45 MVA transformer.

South Africa: Zest WEG has recently custom designed and manufactured one of the largest mobile substations ever built in South Africa.

South Africa: Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd of South Africa looking to shortlist transformer manufacturers worldwide for potential supply of large power transformers.

Sweden: Hitachi Energy has announced that Tobias Hansson will assume the role of the country manager for Hitachi Energy in Sweden on 14 February 2022.

South Africa: Zest WEG has recently custom designed and manufactured one of the largest mobile substations ever built in South Africa.

South Africa, Mpumalanga: Eskom said a transformer exploded at the Camden power station on the morning of 29 December.

South Africa: UK Climate Investments has committed $19.8 M (£15 M) funding to support Revego Africa Energy Limited’s (Revego) long-term growth.

South Africa: Zest WEG is supplying South Africa’s Tetra4 project with transformers, switchgear and containerized modular substations.