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Issue 217 - 08 October 2011

GE, PetroSA sign co-operation agreement

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South Africa
Issue 216 - 24 September 2011

ABB to build pilot solar plants

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Eskom has given ABB a contract to construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants. The pilot plants, each of one hectare, will be located on greenfield sites adjacent to the coal-fired power stations at

South Africa
Issue 216 - 24 September 2011

SOUTH AFRICA: New chief executive for IPSA

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Peter Earl has quit as chief executive of private power developer IPSA Group, and will be

South Africa
Issue 215 - 10 September 2011

AFD funds 100MW wind farm in Western Cape

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Eskom has received a E100m ($141m) loan from the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) to fund a 100MW wind project in the Western Cape.  The 20-year credit facility will contribute to financing the Sere wind project, to be built at a site north-west of Vredendal, about 300km north of Cape Town.

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There are signs of movement, at last, on bidding for flagship solar and other renewables projects, to be installed at either end of the continent. 

Morocco | South Africa
Issue 215 - 10 September 2011

SOUTH AFRICA: Foster Wheeler contract

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Engen Petroleum has given a subsidiary of Foster Wheeler’s Global Engineering and Construction a contract for engineering, procurement and construction management services for new multi-products pipeline feeder lines and infrastructure at its Enref refinery in Durban.

South Africa
Issue 215 - 10 September 2011

Strong response to renewables IPP tender

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The Department of Energy (DoE) has reported heavy demand for tender documents, finally released in early August, for its renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) programme. 

South Africa
Issue 215 - 10 September 2011

Eskom survives SA winter

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Lower-than-expected demand, thanks to relatively mild weather and a wave of strike action, helped Eskom keep the lights on during the peak winter demand period.  Delivering a Q3 ‘state of the system’ update on 25 August, chief executive Brian Dames said electricity demand growth over the period was about 1.4% year on year, below Eskom’s 2% growth forecast for the full year.

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Issue 214 - 30 July 2011

IPSA lines up turbines sale

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IPSA Group, which is listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market and Johannesburg Stock Exchange, has finally announced the sale of its four Siemens Westinghouse 701 DU gas turbines, in deals worth $66m. The deals will help IPSA to overcome its debt problems, escaping a difficult situation by exploiting the global increase in turbine prices

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Issue 214 - 30 July 2011

Wärtsilä wins Sasol order

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Wärtsilä has secured a turnkey order to supply a 180MW gas-fired plant for the Sasol group, in a project that will allow the energy and chemicals giant to diversify its power supply away from Eskom

South Africa
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Licence holders and developers are still awaiting clarification on how bidding for the first round of tendering under the Renewable Energy Feed-in Tariff (Refit) mechanism for renewables projects will work, weeks after officials suggested that competitive bidding based on price, rather than the expected fixed tariff formula, might now apply

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Representatives of striking fuel workers were meeting management as African Energy went to press to discuss a new pay offer in a bid to end a stoppage lasting more than two weeks

South Africa
Issue 213 - 16 July 2011

South Korea tie-up for PetroSA

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PetroSA has followed its co-operation agreement with Italy’s Eni by signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South Korea’s Korea National Oil Corporation (KNOC) on 5 July. The two companies agreed to exchange commercial and technical information on hydrocarbon

South Africa
Issue 213 - 16 July 2011

IDC increases investment

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Government-owned development finance institution Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC) has announced that its investment commitments will rise to R102bn ($14.8bn) over the next five years.

South Africa
Issue 213 - 16 July 2011

Fuel strike

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Some 70,000 fuel industry workers went on strike on 11 July, demanding a

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