As Gold Fields' landmark solar project at South Deep begins feeding power to the operations, the gold miner has offered to supply Eskom with surplus energy from the project. As Eskom works to procure megawatts from independent producers to ease the national power crisis – subject to approvals from Nersa – South Deep has approached the utility about its surplus energy from its plant. "We've written them a letter saying that we've got a bit of surplus right now. We've had a response, and they want to evaluate ... so hopefully we'll hear back from them," said Martin Preece, Gold Fields' executive vice-president for South Africa, adding that Eskom had been fairly responsive throughout the solar plant's development.

Source: News 24 October 15, 2022 15:18 UTC