South Africa’s critical power situation has been the subject of much talk and speculation since 2008, when the country experienced its first electricity crisis after enjoying a surplus of cheap electricity since the 1980s. However, low levels of investment in the country’s power infrastructure over the last three decades and growth in demand have forced Eskom, South Africa’s public electricity company, to upgrade its existing plants. Two new coal-fired power plants, Medupi and Kusile, were commissioned in 2007 and are now nearing completion, almost a year behind schedule. Yet in the midst of South Africa’s electricity woes, one of South Africa’s greatest success stories is being written. As private participation through Independent Power Producers has expanded through the Renewable Independent Power Producers Program (REIPPP), the hope is to replicate this model to generate further base load capacity.

Featuring exclusive interviews with:

Accenture – Stephan Kornelius, Management Consulting, Resources, and Kenneth Robinson, Senior Executive
AECOM – Pierre Viljoen, Africa Business Line Leader, Energy
Barclays – Theuns Ehlers, Head of Resources and Project Finance, and Justin Ma, Vice President, Power, Utilities and Infrastructure, Investment Banking
Bigen Africa – Johan Pieters, Divisional Managing Principle, Energy
Endress+Hunter South Africa – Rob MacKenzie, Managing Director
Eskom – Brian Dames, CEO
Rand Merchant Bank – Dario Musso, Infrastructure Finance
Siemens South Africa – Ute Redecker, Head of Energy, and Jose Machado, Head of Corporate Communications
Utho Capital – Sheila Galloway, CEO and Kevin Nyatsanza, Senior Associate
Westinghouse South Africa – Dr. F P Wolvaardt, MD