Pilot national co-generation programme
Eskom is running a pilot national co-generation programme
(PNCP) to source co-generation capacity from the market.
Co-generation involves the use of unused waste heat, power,
or resources by private companies to generate electricity. For
example, “biomass” is a fuel that consists of cuttings left over
after harvesting sugar cane or other agricultural waste. It can be
burned in boilers to create steam to drive turbines and thus,
generate electricity.
In October 2007, organisations were invited to submit tenders
to take part in co-generation with Eskom. The potential bidders
in the programme were given two opportunities to comment
on the power purchase agreement (PPA) that would be offered
under this programme, and a final PPA was released to the
bidders on 20 March 2008.
The closing date for bid submissions for the pilot programme
was 30 May 2008, and contracts should be awarded before the
end of September 2008. Eskom received a positive response
from interested parties.
Medium-term co-generation capacity project
While the PNCP process focused on procuring the maximum
capacity in the shortest period of time, there are a number of
third parties with potential generation projects that were not
participating in the current co-generation process. To cater for
these, the medium-term capacity project was proposed to
access these potential generation projects, with a PPA for a term
ending December 2018 and open to a wide variety of plant
sizes and technologies. Eskom will consider proposals received
up to 1 December 2008 and up to 3 000MW in size under this
programme.
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Click here for more detail about the medium-term co-generation project. |
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