South African utility provider City Power has secured 92 MW of power from four independent power producers (IPPs) through a short-term power purchase agreement (STPPP). This is part of City Power’s 10-point plan to lessen the impact of load-shedding by generating 500 MW of energy by 2030.
The MMC for Environment and Infrastructure Services (EISD) Cllr. Jack Sekwaila, alongside his team City Power Chairperson of the board Mr. Bonolo Ramokhele and CEO Ms. Tshifularo Mashava made the groundbreaking milestone announcement this morning to the media on its achievement in its rollout of the City’s Energy Plans.
The four IPPs will supply power from a variety of sources, including waste to energy, gas to power, and photovoltaic (PV) solar generation. The gas-to-power IPPs will offer the City the flexibility to generate baseload power, which is 24/7 power generation.
MMC for EISD, Cllr Jack Sekwaila asserted that “A total of 16 bids were received, and 4 were successful with a total aggregated capacity of 92 MW, comprising the following technologies namely, Waste to Energy making up 20 MW, Gas to Power consisting of 31 MW, and Photovoltaic (PV) / Solar Generation x2 with 40.8 W. The Gas to Power (which is dispatchable generation) offers the City the leverage for baseload generation (24-hour / 365-day power generation)’.
City Power is ready to onboard the Short-Term Power Purchase Agreement (STPPP), which is a program to procure excess power for IPPs, for a capacity of 1 MW and above.