The Department of Energy’s (DoE) highly anticipated Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme Request for Qualifications and Proposals (RFP) has introduced concepts that we did not see in the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. We highlight a few of these concepts:
The RFP provides for an Affected Project –
In December 2014, the Department of Energy (DoE) released the Coal Baseload Independent Power Procurement Programme Request for Qualification and Proposals (RFP). We highlight some of the key features of the RFP.
The RFP provides for more than one bid submission phase. The first bid submission date is 8 June 2015. The DoE
Given the current initiatives to promote private investment in the South African electricity market, the execution of the power purchase agreement between BMW South Africa and Bio2Watt’s biogas plants that will bring “renewable energy” to BMW’s manufacturing plant in Rosslyn, Pretoria is sure to blaze the trail for new private power generation and offtake markets
After the success of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPP Programme) run by the Department of Energy of South Africa (DoE), the release by the DoE of the requests for proposals for gas, coal and hydro under the government’s baseload procurement programme is hotly anticipated. We highlight below some of the differences
A draft Renewable Energy Projects Guideline has been published for comment. The REPG is a guideline document and sets out the principles and general tools for identifying the approval that may be required for each renewable energy technology. The REPG does not replace any existing regulation – it is simply a tool to provide guidance
The economic development obligations placed on developers in terms of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme are fairly onerous and can have far-reaching implications for renewable energy projects in South Africa if protests by unhappy local communities are events of default.
To comply with the ownership requirement imposed as part of the economic
The DoE recently made sweeping amendments to the RFP under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) to make the bid submission process cheaper and less onerous for developers. Will the DoE make the same changes to the RFP under the Small Project Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (SPIPPPP)?
The intention is to
Projects aiming to reach financial close in the third round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) in November 2014 will be affected by the amended Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Codes of Good Practice (Amended B-BBEE Codes) following amendments to the Implementation Agreement.
Some of the most significant changes to the Implementation
A seller will not be entitled to claim relief if a delay in connection of a facility to the grid (defined as a System Event in the power purchase agreement) prevents it from generating energy during the early operating period.
On 14 June 2014, the Department of Energy (DoE) released the revised power purchase agreement
The essential requirements of the Coal Baseload Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (CBIPPPP) were set out in the Department of Energy’s (DoE) Request for Registration (RFR) of 26 June 2014. The RFR also gives a flavour of the key factors the DoE will consider in the evaluation of bid responses submitted, some of which are