Creamer Media’s Real Economy Year Book has been divided into separate reports under the banner Midyear Briefs, and investigates key developments in the automotive, construction, electricity, petrochemicals, oil and gas, road, rail and ports, steel, manufacturing, water, 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 state of South Africa’s energy sector, including the problems that State-owned power utility Eskom is facing, the role that independent power producers could play in stabilising the country’s electricity grid and government’s commitment to ensuring it implements a just energy transition.
This brief draws from material published over the past 12 months and is a summary of sources of information published on Engineering News and Mining Weekly websites, as well as of information available in the public domain.
This brief does not purport to provide an analysis of market trends.