South Africa seeks bids for 7615 MW of new power generation

• 11 months ago (2023-12-15)
• David Flin

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South Africa has launched three bidding rounds for 7615 MW of new power generation from renewable energy, natural gas, and battery storage, part of efforts to overcome power outages crippling the country’s economic output.

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy said it had issued three requests for proposals (RFPs) for IPPs to generate 5000 MW of renewable energy, 2000 MW from gas, and 615 MW from battery storage.

Gwede Mantashe, South Africa’s Energy Minister, said that to date, 90 renewable energy projects have completed construction and are operational, adding 6180 MW of capacity to the grid, while nine projects representing over 1000 MW are currently under construction.