South African Independent Power Producers Association
SAIPPA seeks to promote the collective interests of Independent Power Producers in South Africa, to
05/10/2023
FREE WEBINAR: Electricity market development: The transition to a multi-market model – the urgency and the implications
DATE: 26 October 2023
TIME: 12h00 to 14h40 SA time (GMT+2)
PLATFORM: Zoom Webinar
COST: No cost, free-of-charge, all welcome
Register here:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Electricity market development: The transition to a multi-market model – the urgency and the implications. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. With the legal separation of Eskom’s generation, transmission, and distribution businesses, and the high growth of private sector participation in the Southern African electricity supply industry through IPPs and traders, an informal competitive electricity market is already begun to emerge. Bilat...
27/09/2023
The official programme for the AMEU 2023 Convention is here! 🤩 With countless fascinating speakers, topics and burning industry issues at hand, this edition of the AMEU Convention is set to be one of the best to date. Register now: https://bit.ly/AMEU2023
12/09/2023
Keith Bowen (Power Systems Economist & Senior Manager: Market Operator) at Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd presented this fascinating article on the development of Market Rules, specifically applied to the IPP market.
05/09/2023
https://cdn.ymaws.com/southafricanenergyassociation.site-ym.com/resource/resmgr/general/dbrev_scholarship_for_2024_f.pdf
31/08/2023
Request for Proposals (rfp) from Services Providers for Leasing of a Portion of Dawid Kruiper Municipal Land in Upington (klipkraal) to Independent Power Producers (ipp's) to Add New Generation Capacity for a Period of 25 (twenty-five) Years -... Tender Number: (RFP)002/2023 Department: Dawid kruiper Local Municipality Tender Type: Request for Proposal Province: Northern Cape Closing Date: Friday, 06 October 2023 – 11:00 Place where goods, works or services are required: DANIEL LOUW – UPINGTON – UPINGTON – 8800 Special Conditions: N/...
30/08/2023
https://newatlas.com/energy/antora-carbon-heat-battery/
Ultra-hot carbon batteries promise super-cheap heat and energy storage Bill Gates-backed startup Antora Energy is preparing to roll out a containerized, modular heat battery, designed to store renewable energy at the lowest possible cost – then release it efficiently as electricity or industrial process heat.
28/08/2023
BRICS: South Africa look to deepen energy cooperation with China China has donated emergency power equipment worth R167 million and availed a R500 million development assistance grant to South Africa.
22/08/2023
The Localisation Support Fund (LSF) invites you to a Round Table Discussion at which the LSF will report on its findings on the value chain mapping, focused on local manufacturing, of the Transmission and Distribution (T&D) Networks in South Africa.
Discussions will focus on the Transmission and Distribution value chain and the findings in the LSF’s report on South Africa’s T&D manufacturing capabilities and delivery.
https://lsf.flockplatform.com/ep/?event=The-Localisation-Support-Fund-LSF-Round-Table-Discussion&attendee=c5cb355a-e6d5-4bf3-93c5-f38ba86080e9
16/08/2023
WEBINAR: FROM SINGLE BUYER TO ELECTRICITY MARKET – THE VALUE OF TRADERS - https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_dC0L0wehT0WqJehPPlIqbA #/registration
Organised and hosted by: EE Business Intelligence
Supported by: Independent Energy Pool, Energy Exchange of Southern Africa, PowerX and Africa GreenCo
Date and time: Thursday 17 August 2023, 12h00 to 14h30 SA time
Platform: Zoom Webinar
Cost: Free-of-charge
Moderators: Chris Yelland, EE Business Intelligence, and Linsey Dyer, 6th Wave Africa
This webinar will focus on the emergence of electricity traders, highlighting the value-adding role they play and the mechanisms they use in facilitating optimisation of the electricity grid, diversification of electricity supply options, mitigation of risk and reduction of the terms of power purchase agreements.
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: From single buyer to electricity market - the value of traders. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Eskom is currently structured as vertically integrated electricity utility encompassing generation, transmission and distribution. However, there are far reaching plans to restructure the electricity supply industry to comprise a diversified, competitive generation sector, an independent transmissio...
14/08/2023
Gordhan green-lights unbundling of Eskom's distribution business Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has approved the sale of Eskom’s distribution business to a newly formed state entity.
14/08/2023
Rwanda-Kenya partnership to see electric buses piloted in Kigali Rwanda is to receive its first set of electric buses later this year for pilot testing with Kigali transport operators.
09/08/2023
13/07/2023
Stage 4 & 6 loadshedding resumes. Vally Padayachee also weighed in on Cape Talk this morning, Thursday , 13/7 with Lester Kiewet
Stage 4 & 6 loadshedding resumes. - Good Morning Cape Town with Lester Kiewit At the weekend Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa said the country was on track to survive winter with lower than expected levels of load shedding. Days later and we are back up to level 6. To find out why, Lester Kiewit speaks to Vally Padayachee, a former Eskom executive manager and Chair....
11/07/2023
The NRS Association of SA was tasked with compiling edition three (3) of the National Rationalised Specifications (NRS048-9) Code of Practice (CoP), which plans for load-shedding beyond stage 8 should hard decisions need to be made to prevent a national blackout.
Last month, the CoP was finalised, unanimously accepted by the association’s management committee, and sent to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) on June 30 to set in motion the ‘legal and compliance-mandating approval process’.
Association approves higher load-shedding stages to prevent grid collapse - LNN - Network News While the possibility remains of load-shedding beyond stage 8, an energy expert says that people should not panic.
23/05/2023
Dear SAIPPA Members,
Please check your emails for an invitation to a virtual meeting on the new ESKOM/VODACOM Virtual Wheeling Platform.
Teams link is listed in the email. The meeting will take place on the 24th May from 13:00 to 14:00PM.
15/05/2023
Ramaphosa's climate advisors to push for massive rollout of renewables in energy plan | Business
Ramaphosa's climate advisors to push for massive rollout of renewables in energy plan | Business The Presidential Climate Commission plans to recommend that 50 to 60 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity be included in the country's energy mix by 2030, according to executive director …
15/05/2023
Local content criteria for SA's first battery storage project scrapped | Business The Independent Power Producers (IPP) office has changed the rules on local content for its first battery storage project
10/05/2023
ESKOM Media Release - Wednesday 10 May 2023
04/05/2023
Treasury begins engagements with municipalities on conditions for writing off R57bn debt owed to Eskom The National Treasury is embarking on provincial roadshows to communicate the 14 conditions under which the debt owed to Eskom by municipalities can be written off over the coming three years. As of March 31, Eskom was owed a whopping R57-billion by municipalities and the municipal debt issue has co...
03/05/2023
https://electrek.co/2023/04/28/chinas-solar-wind-desert/
The first of China's desert solar and wind projects is online, and it's huge The first of many solar and wind projects in China's deserts is now online, and it's capable of powering 1.5 million households.
27/04/2023
Eskom proposes R16bn smart-meter rollout to all households The power utility wants to do this over the next four years in a bid to recover at least 7 000MW into the grid, and end the crippling load shedding.
21/04/2023
Midstream unveiled its energy plan at the Energy Indaba in February 2023 and has made significant progress.
Top Gauteng estate to offer load-shedding protection from R60 per month The sought-after residential estate is building a solar farm with battery storage and generator backup to protect households against load-shedding.
21/04/2023
This judgment in the case of Rural Maintenance vs Eskom was handed down electronically by circulation to the parties’ legal representatives by email, and uploaded on caselines electronic platform. The date of hand-down is deemed to be 20 April 2023.
21/04/2023
Eskom blocks town from using own solar power to avoid load-shedding.
Eskom blocks town from using own solar power to avoid load-shedding The Johannesburg High Court has ruled that a small Free State municipality is not allowed to use its own solar power to reduce load-shedding, despite sourcing much of its electricity from private power plants.
18/04/2023
The City reminds residents to update electricity meters before they expire The City of Cape Town reminds residents that software for all prepaid electricity meters will expire in 2024.