Energy, real infrastructure progress remain lacking in SoNA, says business
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Ramaphosa’s four overriding priorities of defeating Covid-19, accelerating economic recovery and reform to drive inclusive growth, and fighting corruption.
However, Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), for one, would have liked the President to have been able to announce the completion of the auction of additional spectrum and the launch of bid window five (BW5) of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme by now – both of which were promised in last year’s State of the Nation (SoNA) address.
BLSA expects clarity on spectrum, energy, vaccine, partnerships from SoNA
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Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) expects a few vital aspects to be addressed this week during the President’s State of the Nation Address (SoNA), including the vaccine strategy, spectrum auctions and a fifth round of the renewable energy programme.
AREP and SOLA share a vision of using the latest, cleanest technology available.
African Rainbow Energy and Power (AREP) has expanded its investment in the renewable energy sector with the acquisition of a strategic stake in the SOLA Group.
AREP, whose founder and chair is billionaire businessman Patrice Motsepe, is focused on clean energy solutions. It has a portfolio of 740MW of renewable investments, including wind, solar PV and biomass, providing affordable energy through the utilisation of modern and renewable energy technologies.
The SOLA Group has been active in the government market, as well as in the private sector, having been awarded 245MW in Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) projects, 78MW in commercial solar PV and 7MWh in storage projects, respectively. SOLA also recently announced a deal with Amazon.
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Renewable energy developers are awaiting a restart of South Africa s long-delayed national procurement program.
South African independent power producers (IPPs) are hoping for the return of a national procurement program next year following a stop-gap auction ending this month.
Offers to cover 2 gigawatts of risk-mitigation IPP capacity were due by Dec. 22, after an original Nov. 24 deadline was extended.
The emergency procurement round, for dispatchable generation due online by mid-2022, has raised hopes that a long-awaited fifth round of the country’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) will be opened up soon.
Enel Green Power starts operating 140 MW of wind capacity in South Africa
EGP’s Nxuba wind farm, the company’s third wind facility in the Eastern Cape province, is expected to generate 460 GWh of energy annually
The facility, which involved an investment of 200 million euros, brings the company’s overall capacity in the country to more than 650 MW from a total of eight operational projects
Rome/Johannesburg, December 22
nd, 2020 – The Enel Group’s South African renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power RSA (EGP RSA), has successfully reached commercial operation on its 140 MW Nxuba wind farm in the Eastern Cape province. The project, whose construction involved an investment of 200 million euros, is expected to generate 460 GWh of energy annually.