South Africa: Department of Energy makes key announcements

Energy minister Dikobe Ben Martins and the Department of Energy (DoE) announced earlier this month that the procurement process for 2,500MW of coal-fired independent power producers (IPPs) will begin in May, while an 800MW cogeneration IPP procurement programme will begin this month. Speaking on 14 April, Martins said that an announcement on the nuclear procurement programme would be made within two months and that additional renewable energy projects would be procured under the third round of the renewable energy IPP procurement programme (REIPPP).