#South Africa

EDF Renewables leads South Africa’s first IPP-built substation, connecting 1.5 GW of renewables and setting the stage for future grid-integrated clean energy.

A. Eberle Africa boosts power stability with LVRSys® installation at Siemens Data Centre, enhancing grid efficiency in South Africa.

Following a successful pilot, the city rolls out full-scale electricity wheeling, opening the door to diverse energy sources.

On Thursday at around 5 PM, a transformer explosion occurred at Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, affecting Unit 6.

ACWA Power’s Redstone Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plant in South Africa has reached 50 MW and is set to achieve its full 100 MW capacity in the coming days.

The EIB and the DBSA will each provide €100 million ($110.4 million) to support solar and wind power projects in South Africa.

The fire, which happened last weekend, destroyed a transformer and distribution panels.

The fire occurred at the Mooikloof substation.

While some of the money may come from the Just Transition plan that wealthy nations have pledged to back with funding, private funding is also being considered.

From the date of the contract award, the units will be delivered to the mine site within four months.

Some of the causes of the collapse are the management system and inadequate maintenance.

Residents of Bophelong were left with joy on Thursday, January 18, as Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi delivered 19 transformers to their community.

Trafo Power Solutions has supplied 40 dry-type mini-substations, as well as seven standalone ring main units, to Kamoa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

ACWA Power has announced that it signed Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) for its ACWA Power Project DAO dispatchable renewable hybrid plant in South Africa.

TotalEnergies and partners are launching construction of a major hybrid renewables project in South Africa, comprising a 216 MW solar plant and a 500 MWh battery storage system.

South Africa has launched three bidding rounds for 7615 MW of new power generation from renewable energy, natural gas and battery storage.

City Power are working around the clock to complete Observatory substation repairs.

Suburbs across the east of Johannesburg have been without electricity since Saturday morning after a substation caught fire.

Eskom has decided to switch off the mini substation in Makhaza 37 Section, Khayelitsha in Cape Town, after constant vandalism and illegal connections.

A spark of hope as Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi promises electricity to residents of Johannesburg’s Soweto township.

A state-of-the art upgrade of Kouga Municipality’s substation in Saffrey Street, Humansdorp, will improve the overall efficiency of power distribution to residents.

The World Bank said on Wednesday that its board had approved a $1 billion loan to help South Africa reform its energy sector.

The provincial government has intervened on behalf of millions of residents in a few townships to get Eskom and City Power to replace damaged transformers which have kept communities in the dark for a long time.

The City of Tshwane has finally completed the rebuilding of a temporary Pyramid substation.