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Premier Welcomes Saldanha Bay Energy Tender
Western Cape Department of the PremierRef: https://www.westerncape.gov.za/article/premier-welcomes-saldanha-bay-energy-tender
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Collected on 17 June 2026
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What this means
This is a Western Cape Government news/media release reporting that Premier Alan Winde welcomed a tender to be issued by the Saldanha Bay Municipality. The tender will seek competitive proposals from independent power producers to build power generation plants from which the municipality will buy electricity, with the tender planned to go to market by the end of October 2023 for five months. The project is intended to supply baseload electricity needs of about 100 MW, can scale beyond 100 MW, must use only gas and renewable energy sources, and aims to have electricity connected to the Saldanha Bay power grid within 3 years.
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https://www.westerncape.gov.za/article/premier-welcomes-saldanha-bay-energy-tender
Key Takeaways
- Western Cape Government media release
- Premier Alan Winde welcomes Saldanha Bay Municipality tender
- Tender to seek proposals from independent power producers
- Purpose: build power generation plants; municipality buys electricity
- Tender to go to market by end of October 2023
- Tender period: five months
- Energy need: about 100 MW baseload; scalable beyond 100 MW
- Energy sources allowed: gas and renewable energy only
- Target: electricity connected to Saldanha Bay power grid within 3 years
- Programme context: Energy Resilience and Municipal Energy Resilience
- Alan Winde
- Saldanha Bay Municipality (SBM)
- Andre Truter
- Western Cape Government
- Department of the Premier
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