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R25 billion renewal energy project for Mpumalanga

[SABC News] A R25-billion renewal energy project is being constructed in Mpumalanga.

Seriti project to provide Internet to 500 Phola households

[Engineering News] Coal miner Seriti Resources’ Seriti Power Community Trust has handed the Monyetla Free WiFi project, which will give more than 500 households in the Phola community access to free, unlimited, uncapped Internet, over.

Seriti Green forges ahead with Mpumalanga’s first Black-owned wind farm

[IOL] Seriti Green, a subsidiary of Seriti Resources, is progressing with the construction of the Ummbila Emoyeni project in Mpumalanga, South Africa’s first majority black-owned wind farm.

Seriti launches first renewable project in Mpumalanga

[Sunday Times] Seriti Resources is constructing a R4.8bn renewable energy project in Bethal, Mpumalanga, to reduce its reliance on Eskom.

Mpumalanga gets massive R25bn Seriti renewable energy project

Will be the largest of its kind in SA, supplying 75% of the power needs of Seriti’s coal mines while supplying 500 000 households.

Seriti’s R4.8bn wind farm on track

[Business Live] With a completion date of mid-2026, the energy facility will be the largest of its kind in the country.

Career education offered to youth

[Citizen] The event also provided a platform for learners to connect with various companies and educational institutions.

A155MVT deal that will leave everyone breathing more easily

[Novus Group] By partnering wrth Standard Bank ClB in the establishment of Seritr Green, Serrtr Resources has achieveda maror milestone in theiourney towards rust energy in South Africa.

Africa’s Green Mining Market Accelerates

[Energy Capital Power] As Africa’s mining industry continues to expand – under efforts to supply the world with critical minerals needed for the energy transition – the integration of renewable energy within operations has the potential to address environmental concerns, while generating significant cost savings in the long term.

Study guides will empower learners in Lekwa

[Citizen] The aim is to empower learners to excel and assist the Department of Education with the ongoing shortage of textbooks.

From Blueprint to Reality: Enza Civils’ Crucial Role in Shaping SA’s Infrastructure Future

[ENG Africa] Enza Civils, a division of Enza Construction, is strategically positioning itself to play a pivotal role in addressing South Africa’s pressing infrastructure needs in the water, transport, and energy sectors.

Wind energy critical to bolster energy capacity – SAWEA

[Engineering News] Despite recent efforts to bolster electricity generation capacity, the path to energy security remains full of obstacles.

RMB facilitates project financing for Seriti Green’s first wind farm in Mpumalanga

[Mining Weekly] Mining and energy company Seriti Resources’ subsidiary Seriti Green has signed a long-term project financing agreement with Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) and Standard Bank as co-mandated lead arrangers to enable the delivery of a 155 MW wind farm, in Mpumalanga.

Seriti gets funds for R4bn wind farm, and UK billionare hit with R93m fine

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Winds of change — the writing’s on the wall for coal

Last year may prove to have been a pivotal year in the history of the energy transition. Tellingly, 2023 was also the hottest year to date on record, and two trends in energy demand speak to this state of affairs.

Seriti donates R6.5m worth of vehicles to Emalahleni SAPS

[Mining & Quarry World] Coal mining company Seriti Resources’ Seriti Community Trust has handed over ten new vehicles worth R6.5-million to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga.

Seriti hands over vehicles to SAPS in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga

[African Mining News] The Seriti Community Trust has handed over 10 vehicles to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga.

Seriti donates R6.5m worth of vehicles to Emalahleni SAPS

[Mining Weekly] Coal mining company Seriti Resources’ Seriti Community Trust has handed over ten new vehicles worth R6.5-million to the South African Police Service (SAPS) in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga.

Pace of just energy transition must consider the country’s electricity needs: Mantashe

[SABC News] Speakers at the Black Business Council Summit in Kempton Park have emphasised the importance of maintaining Eskom’s coal-fired plants in the short term in parallel to pursuing clean energy sources in the medium-to-long term future

Phola community receives a clinic worth R17m

[Mpumalanga News] The Phola population continues to grow, and the old clinic was in dire need of revamping. The facility’s construction created job opportunities and developed the community members’ skills.

Coal miner Seriti sets ambitious three-year renewable target

[Miningmx] Imagine the absurdity of a business that begs its customers not to use its product. That’s Eskom. Where there is a need, there is a business opportunity. South Africa’s biggest power consumers do not only need stable and affordable supply, they need it to be green.

Load shedding has become an irritating way of life, but there’s glimmer of hope

[The Citizen] It’s extremely rare to find uplifting news when it comes to our power crisis. People have become immune to excuse after excuse of yet another “emergency” or “breakdown” from Eskom.

Mining CEOs are optimistic Eskom is on the right path

[IOL] Mining CEOs yesterday showed support for ailing power utility Eskom and said while load shedding was a concern, they were optimistic about the future.

Thumbs up to coal miners who are transitioning to solar and wind power

[Mining Weekly] Two of South Africa’s largest coal mining companies are showing impressive far-sightedness by taking steps to use renewable sun and wind energy at their coal mining operations.

Community Solar Lighting Project  

[Creamer Media Engineering News] BEKA Schréder has supplied the LED solar lighting highmast solution as part of a Seriti community solar lighting project to the Siyanqoba and Klarinet communities in Emalahleni, Mpumalanga province.

Q&A: Peter Venn, CEO of Seriti Green, talks about setting up wind farms

[Business Day] While SA experiences a desperate need for new generation capacity, not a single new megawatt from wind farms was connected to the grid in 2022.

MIKE TEKE AND PETER VENN: Give the private sector support to help end SA’s energy crisis

[Business Day] Resolving SA’s electricity challenges requires a careful balance of three imperatives — ensuring the country’s energy security, affordability and sustainability, the latter of which includes both the pathway to net zero and the just energy transition.

South Africa’s Seriti to build wind farm to power its coal mines

[Reuters] South African miner Seriti Resources, a top thermal coal supplier to struggling state power utility Eskom, is investing in wind power in the latest move by industry to wean itself off a national grid plagued by power cuts.

Seriti signs 20-year wind power deal for coal mines in first of 900MW Mpumalanga rollout

[miningmx] Seriti Green, the renewable energy subsidiary of Mike Teke’s unlisted coal group Seriti Resources, has signed a 20 year power purchase agreement for 155MW of power from its first planned wind farm to be built in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province.

SA’s largest wind farm planned for Mpumalanga

[News24] Seriti has signed a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) which will see the construction of a 155MW wind power project in Mpumalanga – the largest in South Africa and the first wind project in the province – kick off in the next few months.

Renewables deal indicative of South Africans making positive difference, says Seriti Green

The big renewables deal undertaken by Seriti is indicative of just how passionate South Africans are to make a positive difference for the benefit of future generations, said new Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn of the multi-gigawatt deal that is poised to lighten South Africa’s loadshedding burden and buttress the country’s just energy transition.

Seriti expands renewable energy portfolio with recent acquisition

Seriti ties up SA leg of transformative renewables supply deal with Winlab

PRIVATELY-held energy company Seriti Resources today concluded the acquisition of a 100% stake in Windlab South Africa providing it with access to renewable projects worth 4,000MW in the country.

Eskom coal supplier Seriti concludes Windlab SA acquisition as it expands into green energy

Coal miner Seriti closes 4GW renewables deal

Acquisition of a majority stake in Windlab Africa’s wind and solar assets is a big step in developing its own renewable energy business, says Seriti

Major black-owned green power group is born as part of R900m deal

A deal to acquire a majority stake in wind and solar assets is set to give Seriti Resources, one of Eskom’s largest coal suppliers, a “running start” in South Africa’s booming renewable energy industry.

Windlab purchase adds solar and wind power to coal miner Seriti

R892m deal means a 51% interest in Windlab Africa with projects in SA and East Africa

MIKE TEKE: Seriti began as a coal company but is no longer one

Contrary to a rash assertion, coal companies are not in denial about climate change

Coal Miner Seriti Buys Windlab in Shift to Renewable Energy

Seriti Resources, a key coal supplier to South Africa’s power utility, will buy a majority stake in renewable energy developer Windlab Africa.

Seriti wholeheartedly backs continued use of coal in energy mix

Recent developments in the global energy landscape have seen a rise in environmental, social and governance pressures on coal and calls for an “all or nothing” approach to the long-term future of coal, which coal miner Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke said is leaving many stakeholders confused.

World Coal welcomes major new Members in South Africa

[Mining Review Africa] Responsible coal participants are continuing to respond to the World Coal Association’s call to identify the alliance of Members committed to building a clean coal future through abatement and sustainable development operating principles.

World Coal Association welcomes new South African members

[Mining Weekly] Industry body the World Coal Association (WCA) has welcomed two new members to the growing alliance of responsible coal participants.

Celebrating local entrepreneurs

[Witbank News] In 2019 Seriti launched the Business Development Programme for community development

MIKE TEKE: Why mineworkers should not be left in the dark

[Business Day] Death is a painful ordeal for those who survive, and usually for the person who is in the process of dying. There are risks in every activity related to mining and our role as people at all levels in the sector is to work hard in ensuring we minimise the risks we are exposed to.

OPINION | Let’s not neglect poverty and inequality as we move towards new energy

[News24] As a country struggling with load shedding, energy shortages, planned electricity reductions in some townships, high tariffs, decaying infrastructure, years of under-investment in power infrastructure and continued reliance on carbon-heavy coal power generation, do alternate and renewable sources offer the last best hope for the future?

Seriti boss Mike Teke says Eskom MoU is start of firm’s renewable power supply ambitions

[miningmx] Seriti Resources CEO Mike Teke said he hoped a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Eskom to supply it with renewable power will be the start of a new business for his organisation.