DoE prepares to take cogen, gas-to-power procurement steps

A request for proposals (RFP) for cogeneration power projects will be released in April 2015, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced, adding that preferred bidders would be named during the third quarter of 2015. In line with Gazetted determinations, government would be seeking to secure at least 800 MW of cogenerated capacity, but the Minister indicated that the allocation could be adjusted upwards should there be a strong response to the RFP.