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Co-Generation of Electricity

Electricity generating capacity in South Africa is approximately 40 000 MW, with a portion of this capacity deployed to meet non-South African demand. The DME estimates that South African demand will be 42 000 MW by 2013. The White Paper on Renewable Energy sets a target of 10 000 GWh to be achieved by 2013, which is approximately 4% of the projected electricity demand for that year.

THS currently cogenerates electricity for supply into the national grid at the Felixton, Amatikulu and Maidstone mills (approximately 9 MW in total). Historically, Felixton and Amatikulu have supplied Eskom directly, while Maidstone has supplied the Ethekweni Municipality. Since the start of the 2005 season, Felixton and Amatikulu have sold their cogenerated electricity to Amatola Green Power at a premium over the Eskom price.