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Projects in Progress 2021 (First Edition) Projects in Progress 2021 (First Edition)
Published: 30 Apr 21
While a successful Covid-19 vaccine roll-out is considered as the most important driver of the recovery from the pandemic, infrastructure investment remains as urgent as ever and is increasingly viewed as key to creating forward economic momentum. Governments worldwide are preparing to invest trillions of dollars in new economic and social infrastructure to address backlogs and provide the basis for future economic resiliency, with some even seeing it as an opportunity to ignite this century’s own ‘roaring 20s’.  Special priority is being given to so-called green infrastructure to help countries mitigate and adapt to climate change, as well as digital infrastructure, which is seen as a key platform for generating and sustaining higher levels of future-proofed growth.  For South Africa, the social and economic infrastructure deficits are so large that it is not going to be possible for government to deliver these on its own. Fiscal stresses are not the only constraint, with all three spheres of government facing serious capacity deficiencies.  It is time for South Africa to adopt a stance identical to the one articulated by US President Joe Biden in March 2021, when he unveiled his proposed $2-trillion American Jobs Plan: “We can’t delay. We can’t delay another minute. It’s long past due.” 
Energy Roundup – April 2021 Energy Roundup – April 2021 Has PDF
Published: 12 Apr 21
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The April 2021 roundup covers activities in March 2021, and includes details of State-owned power utility Eskom’s commitment to complying with South Africa’s tightening minimum emission standards; Eskom’s progress on its so-called reliability maintenance programme to improve the performance of its coal fleet; the eight preferred bidders selected as part of government’s 2 000 MW emergency procurement programme, as well as the launch of the much-anticipated fifth bid window for the procurement of new wind and solar.
Energy Roundup – March 2021 Energy Roundup – March 2021 Has PDF
Published: 05 Mar 21
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The March 2021 roundup covers activities in February 2021, and includes details of the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and the Helen Suzman Foundation’s  opposition to Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s proposal to procure new nuclear power capacity; State-owned power utility Eskom’s preparation for a pioneering request for proposals (RFP) to repower and repurpose the Komati power station, in Mpumalanga; and African infrastructure development fund manager Harith General Partners’ plans to build the first gas-fired power plants in Gauteng.
Energy Roundup – February 2021 Energy Roundup – February 2021 Has PDF
Published: 05 Feb 21
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The February 2021 roundup covers activities in January 2021, and includes details of Electricity Intensive Users Group of Southern Africa’s concerns about the operational and financial stability of Eskom; the South African government’s plans to launch three procurement rounds for 6 800 MW of renewable energy over the next year; and Renergen’s appointment of three companies for the engineering studies for Phase 2 of its Virginia gas project.
Telecommunications 2020/21 Telecommunications 2020/21 Has PDF
Published: 21 Jan 21
South Africa’s telecommunications landscape has undergone significant transformation over the past decade, with a shift from offering telecommunications services to a myriad of digital services that are highly dependent on data, across some of the most advanced infrastructure in Africa. Mobile subscriptions and Internet penetration continue to increase year-on-year and data consumption continues to grow. Further, commercial fifth-generation service deployments are under way and fibre networks and data centre markets are expanding rapidly to meet the growing user base. Creamer Media’s Telecommunication 2020/21 report reviews South Africa’s telecommunications market in this context focusing on the country’s major telecommunications companies, industry trends and challenges, international connectivity and policy and regulatory developments.
Hydrogen 2020/21 Hydrogen 2020/21 Has PDF
Published: 20 Jan 21
The need to drive the world's carbon emissions down has prompted widespread interest in the development of green hydrogen, with the number of policies and projects increasing rapidly worldwide. The aim is helping countries and regions to not only meet their commitments under the Paris Agreement but also recover and rebuild, following the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Creamer Media’s Hydrogen 2020/21 report delves into the global hydrogen sector, focusing on developments in South Africa and Africa, as well as the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. The emphasis of this report is primarily the potential of this sector to be a source of clean energy that will help decarbonise world economies and assist in achieving global climate change mitigation goals.
Energy Roundup – December 2020 Energy Roundup – December 2020 Has PDF
Published: 07 Dec 20
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The December 2020 roundup covers activities in November 2020, and includes details of a report by Climate Transparency, which warns against quick-fix Covid-19 stimulus packages that favour fossil fuel industries; six steps that could be taken immediately by the South African government and the energy regulator to unlock more self-generation investment to combat power shortages and reduce the threat of load-shedding; and South Africa’s Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries’ order that State-owned power utility Eskom comply with pollution limits at three of its coal-fired power plants.
Energy Roundup – November 2020 Energy Roundup – November 2020 Has PDF
Published: 05 Nov 20
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The November 2020 roundup covers activities in October 2020, and includes details of the gazetting of amendments to the electricity regulations for new electricity generation capacity; energy expert Clyde Mallinson’s call for government to urgently overhaul its Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme; and Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s approval to process licence applications for self-generation facilities of above 1 MW.
Projects in Progress 2020 (Second Edition) Projects in Progress 2020 (Second Edition)
Published: 02 Nov 20
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic kicked lumps out of the South African economy, the country was on the back foot when it came to fixed investment projects and its pipeline of new investments. Public-sector spending was waning, despite huge backlogs and community protests over the lack of services, while the private sector lacked the policy certainty and confidence needed to proceed with major projects. Now that the virus has further undermined the financial capacity of government and its poorly managed State-owned entities to stimulate the economy through large-scale infrastructure programmes, any infrastructure-led recovery will require new delivery, funding and business models. Only through extreme transparency will South Africa attract investors motivated by fair returns over the project life cycle, rather than predatory opportunists and rent seekers. Another critical component lies in having a ready-made pipeline of projects that are immediately bankable, rather than merely aspirational. That pipeline must include not only projects directed at meeting the country’s most pressing infrastructure needs but those that can also be immediately funded through sustainable fiscal transfers, user-pay tariffs or a combination of the two. South Africa, therefore, needs to adopt a far more innovative and collaborative approach to the conceptualisation, financing, implementation, operations and maintenance of public infrastructure if it is to have any hope of truly using such investments to stimulate a recovery from the economic devastation wrought by Covid-19. These difficulties are partially reflected in the second edition of the Projects in Progress supplement.
Energy Roundup – October 2020 Energy Roundup – October 2020 Has PDF
Published: 06 Oct 20
Creamer Media's Energy Roundup is a monthly report providing a synopsis of energy-related news from South Africa. The October 2020 roundup covers activities in September 2020, and includes details of State-owned power utility Eskom’s issue of a no-obligation request for information to gain insight into what flue gas desulphurisation technologies are available for use at one of its new coal-fired power stations; the official start of work on the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan; and the launch of Phase 2 of the Karoo Deep Drilling and Geo-environmental Base Programme, in Beaufort West, in the Western Cape.
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