Site Identification

RFI: Site Identification and Land Availability Survey of Government/State Owned Land Site Identification and Land Availability Survey of Government/State Owned Land Tender Advert

The section 34 Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (IPPP Programmes) is a competitive public procurement programme established by the Department of Electricity and Energy to procure new electricity generation capacity from Independent Power Producers (IPPs) to contribute towards security of electricity supply. The IPPP Programmes are implemented primarily pursuant to the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006 as amended (ERA), Ministerial Determinations issued under section 34 of the ERA, and the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). Under the IPPP Programmes, the private sector would be required to develop, finance, construct, own, operate and maintain the energy facilities. The Department of Electricity and Energy (the Department), working through the Independent Power Producers Office (IPP Office), is committed to the successful execution of the Integrated Resource Plan 2025 (IRP 2025) through Ministerial Determinations to be issued pursuant to the ERA. Against this policy and regulatory backdrop recognizing that competitive procurement under the IPPP Programmes has historically been largely site-agnostic (with IPPs responsible for identifying and securing land), the IPP Office is exploring the feasibility of alternatives for geographically targeted procurement approaches. This Request for Information (RFI) is a market sounding exercise targeted at Government/State Owned Entities and is aiming to gather information on Government/State Owned land parcels that could be potentially earmarked for competitive procurement of new generation capacity from a combination of energy sources including Renewable Energy (RE), Energy Storage and other renewable energy projects. The outcomes and information gathered pursuant to this RFI is intended to support the exploration of potential opportunities for alternative geographically targeted procurement approaches that could be used in the development of the IPPP Programmes, and to gather information on site availability and readiness of any Government/State Owned land parcels. This RFI could help determine the feasibility of, and whether, sufficient opportunities exist to augment the traditionally used purely developer/IPP-led site selection model in designing an appropriate procurement framework that is more location-specific / a designated development corridor procurement model for the IPPP Programmes. The IPP Office is conducting the studies pursuant to this RFI to explore the feasibility of more proactive procurer-led development models especially where grid capacity in South Africa is currently constrained and project development timelines need to be shortened for accelerated delivery of the roll out of new generation capacity procured under the IPPPP Programmes. REQUEST FOR INFORMATION SITE IDENTIFICATION AND LAND AVAILABILITY SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT/STATE OWNED LAND THE RFI WILL BE ACTIVE FROM 01 AUGUST 2026TO30 SEPTEMBER 2026 SCAN T O A CCESS THE SUR VEY Y our input will help shape …