South Africa’s first self-build Main Transmission Substation (MTS), by an Independent Power Producer (IPP), has been completed and energised on 5 April 2025. The Koruson 400/132 kV MTS outside Noupoort in the Northern Cape, has been designed and constructed to connect 1.5 GW of renewable energy to the national grid.  

The three Oasis 1 battery energy storage systems (BESS) projects, led by EDF group in collaboration with Mulilo, Pele Green Energy and Gibb Crede, reached financial close in November 2024. Awarded in the first round of South Africa’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (BESIPPPP), the projects are

In less than a year after being awarded under the DMRE’s Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP),  the Oasis 1: Mookodi battery energy storage systems (BESS) project reached commercial close on 16 October 2024, with the signing of project documents in Cape Town, in the presence of the

EDF Renewables in South Africa is currently leading the construction of almost 1,2 GW of low carbon power generation capacity in the country, including 763 MW wind power, 355 MW solar PV and 75 MW of battery storage. This important new build programme, consists of eight sites across the Northern