S Africa may lose out to other African gas sectors

Several major international independent power producers and power generation developers are interested in South Africa’s gas-to-power programme (GPP), for which direction in the form of request for quotations and request for proposals from the Department of Energy (DoE) is keenly awaited. However, developers may focus their attention on other parts of Africa or other parts of the world where similar opportunities exist if South Africa does not speed up its drive forward in its gas economy, says engineering consultant WSP power generation director Wayne Lindecke.