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decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the

South African Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has actually released a tech-neutral purchase of 2 GW of temporary risk-mitigation ability, which will

were bid based on sites located in the sundrenched Northern Cape Province of South Africa. The projects awarded to Scatec are the only projects with favored bidders

South Africa's minister of mineral resources and energy, Gwede Mantashe, has announced the National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved a government plan to tender almost 12 GW of power generation capacity. The decision will enable the government to procure generation capacity in line with the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2019), said Mantashe. The IRP aims for up to 6 GW of new large scale solar by 2030, as well as 6 GW of distributed-generation capacity. The government's new procurement scheme comes on top of 2 GW of short-term, risk-mitigation generation capacity the government is tendering through a technology-neutral exercise launched late last month. The first tender for wind and solar power will likely constitute the long-expected fifth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP). "The capacity determined is 6,800 MW, to be generated from renewable energy sources (photovoltaic and wind), 513 MW to be generated from storage, 3,000 MW to be generated from gas and 1,500 MW to be generated from coal," said Mantashe. "Work has commenced with key stakeholders, including the [energy] buyer, to firm up on the framework critical for the bankability of the program," said Mantashe, without revealing further details. The International Renewable Energy Agency estimated South Africa had 2,561 MW of solar generation capacity at the end of last year, most of it driven by the REIPPPP incentives scheme.

power as well as solar industry: Algeria, Egypt, Ghana, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and also Tunisia. The study also states the existing obstacles to

bargain will certainly bring Norway-based Magnora's South African renewables portfolio to around 1.7 GW as it tackles AGV's project rights of more than 800MW of solar

in the Nordics. In February 2021, Magnora made its access right into the South African renewables market with the acquisition of an 850MW project portfolio. The

been awarded preferred bidder status for 257MW of grid storage capacity in South Africa, out of five projects awarded in the country's first BESS competition. The

(SEZ) alongside the Port of Ngqura, a deepwater port on the East coastline of South Africa. Pre-feasibility researches for the project have actually been completed as

restructuring worth $37 million for its Aries and Konkoonsies solar plants in South Africa. The restructuring, led by Standard Bank, aims to reduce the cost of debt for

renewables developer PNE AG has sold a 240-MW solar photovoltaic project in South Africa to NOA Group Ltd. The Khauta solar project, located in the Free State

its three Grootfontein solar projects, with a combined capacity of 273MW, in South Africa. The projects were awarded after the fifth bidding round of the Renewable

would entail the addition of 5.6 GW in PV capacity and also 8.2 GW of wind. South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is planning to spend 106 billion rand,

South Africa-based chemicals manufacturer Sasol has kicked off an ask for proposals (RFP) procedure to seek independent power producers for 2 PV plants that will power its procedures in Secunda, Mpumalanga district, as well as Sasolburg, Free State province. Interested independent power manufacturers have till Oct. 2 to submit their propositions. "We are delighted to introduce the RFP, which develops part of our more comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) exhaust reduction ambition and relocates us onward on our journey to accomplishing our target of a 10% GHG emission reduction by 2030," stated the firm's principal sustainability officer, Hermann Wenhold. The winning IPPs will certainly possess as well as operate the plants. They will sell power to Sasol under long-term PPAs. In May, Sasol began to seek companions to potentially deploy renewable energy projects by starting a request for info (RFI) process to protect power products for its residential operations from 600 MW of renewables. The team stated that the projects would each need to go beyond 20 MW of capacity. It will certainly create them either as wheeled choices from suitable places across South Africa, or as ingrained choices near Sasol's centers in Sasolburg and also Secunda. South African organisations are relying on solar and also renewables to reduce their dependence on struggling energy Eskom. In mid-July, ArcelorMittal South Africa, a system of Luxembourg-based ArcelorMittal Holdings, welcomed independent power manufacturers to submit project proposals for solar arrays at 6 sites in South Africa, with a minimal project dimension of 10 MW each.

Renewables programmer Solarcentury Africa has actually joined Mozambique-based special purpose vehicle SunMoz to add to the development of an as much as 100-MW (AC) solar power project in main Mozambique.