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Eskom clears 3.2 GW of grid capacity in the Northern Cape reallocation
The reallocation frees curtailed capacity for projects that had been queued since the 2024 grid-access moratorium.
Energy
South Africa's evolving energy mix, renewables, grid reform, wheeling and IPP procurement.
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Independent reporting and expert analysis, newest first.
AnalysisEnergy
The Eskom wheeling tariff change corporate buyers are not ready for
A technical adjustment to loss factors, and a very large bill.
EditorialEnergy
Municipal solar procurement is quietly outpacing Eskom
Six metros have gone to market in eighteen months. The utility has not.
AnalysisEnergy
Grid capacity and the connection queue
An example page carrying the magazine treatment.
AnalysisEnergy
Grid capacity is the binding constraint, not generation
Twelve months of connection data show where the queue actually stalls.
AnalysisEnergy
Drop cap and pull quote, as they render
A live example from the build, not a mock-up.
AnalysisEnergy
What the new wheeling framework actually changes for corporate buyers
Beyond the headline tariff: the settlement rules, the loss factors and the three clauses that decide whether a wheeling deal is bankable.
AnalysisEnergy
Municipal generation licences: nine metros, nine different answers
Our review of every metro's IPP procurement position shows a widening gap between intent and executable process.
EditorialEnergy
Battery storage bids come in 31% below the 2024 benchmark
The fourth BESIPPPP window closed with tariffs that reset assumptions about system-cost trajectories.
EditorialEnergy
The grid is no longer the binding constraint. Skills are.
We can build transmission faster than we can staff it. A grid planner argues the transition's real bottleneck is a hiring problem.
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VoltBridge Grid Solutions launches Grid & Storage offering for the South African market
New capability targets Energy operators looking to reduce cost and exposure.
SunRoute Energy: Solar EPC case study from a Western Cape installation
Measured outcomes from a commissioned project, supplied by the advertiser.
Product spotlight: Cape Hydrogen Works's Hydrogen range
Specification, deployment footprint and support model.
VoltBridge Grid Solutions expands Grid & Storage capacity in Johannesburg
Additional capacity aimed at shortening lead times for Energy clients.
Buyer's guide: choosing a Solar EPC partner
What to ask, what to specify and where projects most often go wrong.
Cape Hydrogen Works publishes Hydrogen performance data
Twelve months of operating data released to the market.
VoltBridge Grid Solutions adds financing options to its Grid & Storage offering
Structures aimed at removing the upfront capital barrier.
Inside SunRoute Energy's Solar EPC delivery model
How the team scopes, builds and hands over.
Cape Hydrogen Works announces Energy partnership
A joint offering aimed at the Western Cape market.