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South African national utility Eskom has launched a new unit to focus on large-scale renewable energy projects.

South Africa’s state-owned energy utility, Eskom, has issued a request for proposals for 291MW of solar capacity.

The largest solar-plus-storage project in the Southern Hemisphere explains South Africa's effort to mitigate its energy security situation.

Teraco has also secured its first grid capacity allocation from South Africa state-operated utility Eskom.

The seventh bidding round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has opened for interested parties.

Norwegian independent power producer Scatec has powered a 540MW solar-plus-storage project in South Africa.

French utility EDF Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with South African state-operated utility Eskom for a hybrid project to be built in South Africa.

Chinese ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong has offered to provide the South African grid with 66GW of solar infrastructure.

A solar-plus-storage project is being planned for the capital of South Africa, as the city looks to move “away from Eskom reliance and towards a load-shedding-free Cape Town”, its Mayor said.

The fifth bidding round of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme has signed power purchase agreements with 13 solar PV projects.