Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical company, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively investigate and investigate prospective potential liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
That is based on a joint statement by the two firms, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to find out the prospective volumes that South Africa needs to establish a practical LNG import current market, together with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by govt-to-federal government relations in which essential."
"This initiative concentrates on applying gasoline for electrical power generation to provide necessary base load electric power and position gas like a key enabler of re-industrialisation, even though also ensuring continued supply to the marketplace 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 check here 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 long-term LNG contracting".
"This sasol careers 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 eskom careers is working on 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.