{"id":3800,"date":"2025-12-15T12:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3800"},"modified":"2025-12-15T12:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T12:32:10","slug":"south-africa-picks-seven-pre-qualified-bidders-for-grid-buildout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3800","title":{"rendered":"South Africa picks seven pre-qualified bidders for grid buildout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p>South Africa\u2019s electricity ministry selected seven groups of companies as pre-qualified bidders for the country\u2019s R440 billion ($26 billion) transmission-grid expansion program.<\/p>\n<p>Companies among the consortia include Adani Power\u2019s Middle East unit, Chinese firms State Grid International Development and China Southern Power Grid International Co, and Electricite de France SA, the ministry said in a statement Monday in the capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>This stage of the program \u201cmarks a defining milestone in government\u2019s strategic drive to expand, modernise and strengthen South Africa\u2019s transmission network through diversified delivery mechanisms and sustained private sector participation, in support of long-term economic growth, industrial development and national energy security,\u201d Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa told reporters on Monday in the capital, Pretoria.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ramokgopa also announced that four groups of companies had been selected as preferred bidders under Bid Window 7 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.<\/p>\n<p>Upgrading South Africa\u2019s transmission grid will underpin the government\u2019s energy strategy. South Africa is gradually retiring coal-fired plants it currently depends on to generate the bulk of its power, and intends utilising a range of technologies from gas to renewables to meet future demand, the government\u2019s latest blueprint shows.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1782060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-555x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-555x338.jpg 555w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-1024x624.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-150x91.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-185x113.jpg 185w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-230x140.jpg 230w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001-744x454.jpg 744w, https:\/\/www.moneyweb.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4422615001.jpg 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first phase of the grid expansion will entail a request for proposals to build 1 164 kilometers of transmission lines designed to bring more than 3 000 megawatts of generation capacity on line, Ramokgopa said in April.<\/p>\n<p>A subsequent build of more than ten times the size of the pilot will also require the procurement and installation of transformers and other equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2025 Bloomberg<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#South #Africa #picks #prequalified #bidders #grid #buildout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s electricity min&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[279,2413,3709,1152,2420,3708,278],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}