Real Economy Insight 2021: Energy

Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Real Economy Insight, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, oil and gas, road and rail, steel, water, manufacturing, pumps, coal, gold, iron-ore and platinum sectors. This six-page brief is a synopsis of key developments in the energy sector over the past 12 months. It provides an overview of the South African government’s first steps towards increasing distributed generation capacity and the challenges confronting State-owned power utility Eskom, as well as activities under the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme and Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.