{"id":1194,"date":"2022-08-11T09:53:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-11T01:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/south-africa-looks-for-investors-to-greenify-ports\/"},"modified":"2022-08-11T09:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-11T01:53:15","slug":"south-africa-looks-for-investors-to-greenify-ports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/south-africa-looks-for-investors-to-greenify-ports\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa looks for investors to greenify ports"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width:900px; margin:0 auto; background-color:rgb(246,246,246); padding:20px; line-height:25px; text-align: justify;\">\n<p><strong>South Africa\u2019s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has <\/p>\n<p>announced a Request for Information (RFI), calling on private sector <\/p>\n<p>participants to submit project proposals for the introduction of a renewable <\/p>\n<p>energy programme at its eight commercial seaports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1660182719112404-1.jpg\" alt=\"South Africa looks for investors to greenify ports\" title=\"South Africa looks for investors to greenify ports\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; padding:15px 0px\"\/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TNPA recently carried out an internal audit which indicated a need to <\/p>\n<p>stabilise its energy supply, costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its <\/p>\n<p>eight commercial seaports, namely the ports of Port Elizabeth, Ngqura, East <\/p>\n<p>London, Mossel Bay, Saldanha, Cape Town, Durban, and Richards Bay.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Project Manager, Jarryd Introna said: \u201cThe introduction of renewable energy <\/p>\n<p>at our ports is significantly underpinned by our corporate environmental <\/p>\n<p>responsibility and is a good step towards limiting contributions towards global <\/p>\n<p>warming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It is anticipated that responses to the RFI will assist TNPA to gain a <\/p>\n<p>better understanding of the renewable energy market, particularly for wind and <\/p>\n<p>solar, and considers the incorporation of other renewable energy sources such as <\/p>\n<p>hybrids of hydroelectric power, ocean energy, biomass and geothermal.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The implementation of the Renewable Energy Programme aims to see the <\/p>\n<p>procurement of 50 \u2013 80 MW of renewable energy power generation capacity that can <\/p>\n<p>be implemented cumulatively across South Africa\u2019s eight commercial seaports.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we respond to our ports authority role of delivering reliable <\/p>\n<p>electrical energy for our port operators and tenants, we are committed to doing <\/p>\n<p>so in a manner that is financially prudent, does not harm the environment and <\/p>\n<p>has a developmental impact,\u201d Introna added.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa\u2019s Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has announced a Request for Information (RFI), calling on private sector participants to submit project proposals for the introduction of a renewable energy programme at its eight commercial seaports.TNPA recently carried out an internal au&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"hj_lang":[3],"class_list":["post-1194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1194"},{"taxonomy":"hj_lang","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hajomech.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hj_lang?post=1194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}