South African energy market begins to shift:
South Africa’s energy market is changing and becoming more diversified, but barriers and significant constraints also remain ahead on the journey to shape a reliable, inclusive, competitive and decarbonised power sector.
These sentiments were highlighted during the ‘How is South Africa’s renewable energy landscape changing?’ webinar hosted by Creamer Media on July 30. The full webinar is available on Creamer Media’s Webinar Channel: https://youtu.be/4Gac48uuT1g?feature=shared
“IPPs were best placed to enable a competitive wholesale electricity market that promised to drive down the cost of electricity in South Africa, as they had become used to strong competition and price competition from successive rounds of public procurement, said utility-scale hybrid renewable energy company G7 Renewable Energies CEO Dr Kilian Hagemann.”
Read more in Engineering News: https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/progress-and-barriers-as-south-african-energy-market-begins-to-shift-2025-07-31