There are significant opportunities to develop component manufacturing in Africa to supply vehicle manufacturers, and each country can play a role in the automotive value chain, industry... 

Power in Africa is not only an issue of infrastructure, but also an economic issue because industry requires reliable, affordable and sustainable energy. Industrial competitiveness is impossible... 

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... 

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... 

Diversified resources group Exxaro Resources has, through its wholly-owned renewable-energy business Cennergi, celebrated the commercial operations date milestone of the Lephalale solar project... 

Energy trading company Energy Exchange of South Africa (EXSA) has announced the appointment of Dr Roelof van Huyssteen as its head of regulatory. This was the latest of the company’s top-level... 

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)... 

Last month marked the tenth anniversary of the acquisition of bolting solutions manufacturer Steadfast Scotland by pipes and fittings supplier The Marla Group – a milestone capping a decade of... 

With South Africa’s energy sector at a defining moment, with a dual imperative to ensure energy security and a credible transition to a sustainable low-carbon economy, this requires collaboration... 

The broader South African wind energy sector will need to up its employment by between 300% and 400% by 2042 if it is to keep pace with the proposed expansion of wind energy in the country, says... 

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has approved generation licences for four solar PV projects, with a combined contracted capacity of 890 MW and an installed capacity of nearly... 

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... 

Zimbabwe's State power utility, ZESA, said on Tuesday it had restored power to most of the country after a fault on a key transmission line caused a nationwide blackout on Monday evening, while... 

WeLight, which operates more solar mini-grids in Africa than any other company, is planning a $650-million expansion to grow the number of people it serves 10-fold as its expands into countries... 

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. 

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... 

Eskom’s Grid Access Unit (GAU) must be moved to the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) as soon as possible, says Sola Group CEO Dom Wills. Speaking at a Webber Wentzel Power... 

With increasing emphasis globally on the adoption of environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles, South African companies are urged to creatively embed ESG practices in their everyday... 

Rapid declines in battery costs are transforming the economics of renewable power, a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (Irena) asserts, adding that the co-location of... 

The full 330 MW Impofu Wind Farm cluster, located in the Kouga and Nelson Mandela Bay municipalities of the Eastern Cape, has entered into commercial operation. The cluster comprises three 110 MW... 

Record global electricity demand last year was met entirely by low-carbon sources, resulting in fossil fuels generation being substituted rather than supplemented, the Energy Institute’s... 

The latest edition of the yearly inter-agency publication ‘Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report’, featuring data from 2023 and 2024, shows that while most regions are nearing universal energy... 

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... 

Africa added more than 4.2 GW of new hydropower capacity in 2025, which is the second successive year new hydropower capacity added exceeded 4 GW, says the International Hydropower Association... 

Electricity trader Discovery Green has signed a ten-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with forest-product company York Timber Holdings. The deal will result in 90% of the energy consumed at the... 

Real estate investment trust Hyprop Investments has completed and commissioned the R45-million Phase 2 of its solar PV project at the Glen Shopping Centre, which the company co-owns and manages.... 

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... 

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has confirmed what it describes as a “temporary bottleneck” in curtailment payments to independent power producers (IPPs), with about... 

Renewable energy company Scatec has reached financial close and started construction on the 120 MW Sidi Bouzid II solar plant, in Tunisia. The €96-million project is expected to reach commercial... 

A new investment vehicle dedicated to deploying long-term equity into distributed renewable energy businesses across sub-Saharan Africa has been launched with initial committed capital of... 

Global institutional fund manager A.P. Moller Capital has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of renewable-energy developer and independent power producer Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa.... 

Eskom’s Grid Access Unit (GAU) must be moved to the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) as soon as possible, says Sola Group CEO Dom Wills. Speaking at a Webber Wentzel Power... 

Mulilo CEO Jan Fourie speaks to Engineering News at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town about the priorities for South Africa's renewable energy sector, the investment and policy actions needed to... 

The World Bank Group and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have announced that their joint initiative Mission 300 has connected over 50-million people to electricity across 40 countries – a major... 

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...