Waste to Energy (WtE) or Energy from Waste (EfW)

One of the largest waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in Africa, the City of Ekurhuleni, a  Metro Municipality issued a IPP Award in 2017 and signed a 33MW Waste to Energy PPA in December 2021

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MAHLAMBA NDLOPHU WASTE 2 ENERGY GLOBAL SA CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD was awarded in early 2017 a 33MW Waste to Energy Independent Power Producers (IPP) Award.

 

In December 2021 the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was signed.

 

The terms of the PPA

• 20 Year Term

• Plant size 33MW

• PPA Tariff over 20 years discounted at Average 8.25% off the ESKOM Megaflex Tariff

• PPA Tariff in 2024 is 1.52 per kWh (includes ESKOM 2024 April increase & Discounts)

 

The Consortium is inviting WtE Technology and innovative investors/funders to contact us if they are interested in partnering.

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History of Ekurhuleni Tender P-EE 01/2017 Process

In 2017, the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality awarded Renewable Energy Tenders in the following categories
•    Waste to Energy - 6 Awards between 15MW, 20MW & 33MW totalling 139MW
•    Solar PV – 31 awards between 5MW to 10MW totalling 196MW
•    Fine Coal Gasification – 1 award for 36MW
•    Gas – 6 Awards totalling 189MW
•    KPP – 1 award for 10MW
•    Landfill gas – 1 award for 10MW

Ekurhuleni is a highly rated Municipality - Ekurhuleni's long-term global scale and national scale issuer and debt ratings to Ba3 and to A2.za respectively 

 

• 2016 – Request for Proposal issued Contract Number: P-EE 01-2017 for EKURHULENI Energy Generation Program through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) From Date Of First Generation For A Period Of At Least 20 Years - Closing Date: Tuesday 04 OCTOBER 2016 -

• 2017 May 08 – Ekurhuleni Bid Adjudication Committee – awarded Renewable Energy Tenders in the following categories (see enclosed Awards)

  • Waste to Energy - 6 Awards between 15MW, 20MW & 33MW totaling 139MW

  • Solar PV – 31 awards between 5MW to 10MW totaling 196MW

  • Fine Coal Gasification – 1 award for 36MW

  • Gas – 6 Awards totaling 189MW

  • KPP – 1 award for 10M

  • Landfill gas – 1 award for 10MW

• 2017 - South Africa exempts IPPs up to 1 MW from licensing

• 2018 - Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP Update) - gave the go-ahead to increase the maximum to 10MW

• 2019 – The process stalled because the Integrated Resource Plan (2019) maximum Independent Power Producers (IPP) allowed without a generation license was 10MW and generation above 10MW IRP 2019 provides that embedded generation installations over 10MW would require a “Ministerial deviation in line with the Electricity Regulation Act”.  

• 2021 June - President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that the government had lifted the threshold for companies to produce their electricity without a license to 100MW

• 2021 Aug 12 -  Minister Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy released the much-awaited exemption, raising the registration threshold for self-generation facilities from 1MW to 100MW.

• 2021 June – PPA issued to all Tender Awardees (IPPs) for revision

• 2021 Dec 6  – all Tender Awardees (IPPs) meet during the week to sign PPA

• 2021 Dec 13 – signed PPA issued to all Tender Awardees (IPPs)

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Mahlamba Ndlophu Business Enterprises, VMS Engineering, and Waste2Energy Global SA (sister company to Bluestone Service Group) are current shareholders in MAHLAMBA NDLOPHU WASTE 2 ENERGY GLOBAL SA CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD.