South Africa: Baseload IPP request for proposals by end-March

Minister of Energy Dikobe Ben Martins told reporters at an energy roundtable in Johannesburg on 11 February that a deadline of end-March had been agreed for requests for proposals to be issued for the baseload and cogeneration independent power producer procurement process. Procurement will be in line with ministerial determinations published in December 2012; 2,652MW gas, 2,609MW hydropower and 2,500MW coal for the baseload programme, 800MW cogeneration from biomass, industrial waste and combined heat and power sources. Additionally the department plans to procure 474MW of short term natural gas as indicated by the Medium-Term Risk Mitigation plan.