Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Agreement
Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Agreement
Blog Article
Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical business, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively investigate and study prospective future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
This can be based on a joint statement by the two providers, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to find out the potential volumes that South Africa necessitates to determine a viable LNG import industry, combined with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by federal government-to-govt relations where by necessary."
"This initiative focuses on using fuel for power generation to deliver critical base load electrical energy and position gas as being a important enabler of re-industrialisation, whilst also ensuring ongoing supply to the market by unlocking world LNG resources.
"Furthermore, the collaboration will contribute to enhancing South Africa’s energy mix and enable the country's energy transition and decarbonisation," the joint statement read.
The MoU is expected to "explore sourcing gas within South Africa, the Southern African Development Community region, and other parts of the African eskom careers continent, in addition to evaluating long-term LNG contracting".
"This will support the gas requirements for Eskom’s planned sasol coal power station repowering and conversion to gas in the long term. The parties will also engage other state entities to enable an LNG value chain in South Africa.
"As part of its revised gas strategy, Sasol is working on website enabling the future supply of LNG to South Africa by collaborating with companies such as Eskom, existing and future customers, suppliers, and infrastructure developers.
"The research findings from the first phase of the Sasol-Eskom collaboration will guide the necessary role players and investors required to offer the best prospects for South Africa's energy market, while outlining the challenges associated with the long-term commitments required for LNG imports," the statement said.