Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Arrangement
Eskom and Sasol Have Signed A Gas-For-Power MoU Arrangement
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Friday, September 20, 2024
Eskom and energy and chemical organization, Sasol, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to "collaboratively explore and research prospective future liquified natural gas (LNG) requirements".
That is according to a joint statement by the two corporations, following the signing ceremony of the MoU on Friday.
"The collaboration aims to ascertain the prospective volumes that South Africa needs to determine a viable LNG import industry, along with the enabling infrastructure, and can be facilitated by authorities-to-govt relations where by required."
"This initiative focuses on employing fuel for power generation to provide important base load energy and position gas to be a key enabler of re-industrialisation, while also ensuring ongoing supply to the marketplace by unlocking world-wide LNG resources.
"Furthermore, the collaboration will contribute to enhancing South Africa’s energy mix and enable the country's energy click here 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 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, 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 sasol prospects for South Africa's energy market, while outlining the challenges associated with the long-term website commitments required for LNG imports," the statement said.