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COMMENTARY

Renewables finally achieve turbocharged growth 4

PERFORMANCE
Sasol performance marred by flooding, poor coal quality 6
SA to face up to 14 hours a day with no electricity 7

SA business activity up in November despite loadshedding 8
More power cuts in Zimbabwe 8

POLICY

Ugandan MPs ask government to explain persistent power outages 9

COAL
ABB fined $144mn for Eskom graft 10

Exxaro Resources sees European demand for SA coal continuing 10
Contango Holdings to begin coal exports from Zimbabwe in 2023 11

OFF- GRID
Bboxx signs €11mn deal to boost electrification in Togo 12

HYDROGEN
Germany reportedly considering €10bn investment into Namibia green
hydrogen project 13

RENEWABLES
Seriti Resources expands into green energy

via Windlab SA acquisition 14
South Africa grants special status to green
ammonia project by UK’s Hive Energy Africa 15
SSC Group to build 117MW wind and
hydrgoen project in Eastern Cape 16

KfW to grant €10mn for wind training projects in SA 17

NEWSBASE’S POWER ROUNDUP 18

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