Friday, September 20, 2024

Eskom and energy and chemical enterprise, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively discover and study possible future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".

This really is according to a joint statement by the two firms, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.

"The collaboration aims to ascertain the possible volumes that South Africa needs to determine a viable LNG import sector, along with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by federal government-to-governing administration relations where by required."

"This initiative concentrates on utilizing fuel for electricity generation to provide critical base load electrical power and position gas as being a critical enabler of re-industrialisation, while also making certain ongoing supply to the market by unlocking global 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 continent, in addition to evaluating website long-term LNG contracting".

"This will support the gas requirements for Eskom’s planned 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 enabling the future supply of LNG to South Africa by collaborating with companies such as eskom learnerships 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," eskom careers the statement said.