Waste to Energy (WtE) or Energy from Waste (EfW)

One of the largest waste-to-energy (WtE) projects in Africa, the City of Ekurhuleni, a Metro Municipality issued a IPP Award in 2017 and signed a 33MW Waste to Energy PPA in December 2021

MAHLAMBA NDLOPHU WASTE 2 ENERGY GLOBAL SA CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD was awarded in early 2017 a 33MW Waste to Energy Independent Power Producers (IPP) Award.

In December 2021 the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was signed.

The terms of the PPA

20 Year Term
Plant size 33MW
PPA Tariff over 20 years discounted at Average 8.25% off the ESKOM Megaflex Tariff
PPA Tariff in 2024 is 1.52 per kWh (includes ESKOM 2024 April increase & Discounts)

The Consortium is inviting WtE Technology and innovative investors/funders to contact us if they are interested in partnering.

History of Ekurhuleni Tender P-EE 01/2017 Process

In 2017, the City of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality awarded Renewable Energy Tenders in the following categories
• Waste to Energy - 6 Awards between 15MW, 20MW & 33MW totalling 139MW
• Solar PV – 31 awards between 5MW to 10MW totalling 196MW
• Fine Coal Gasification – 1 award for 36MW
• Gas – 6 Awards totalling 189MW
• KPP – 1 award for 10MW
• Landfill gas – 1 award for 10MW

Ekurhuleni is a highly rated Municipality - Ekurhuleni's long-term global scale and national scale issuer and debt ratings to Ba3 and to A2.za respectively

2016 – Request for Proposal issued Contract Number: P-EE 01-2017 for EKURHULENI Energy Generation Program through a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) From Date Of First Generation For A Period Of At Least 20 Years - Closing Date: Tuesday 04 OCTOBER 2016 -
2017 May 08 – Ekurhuleni Bid Adjudication Committee – awarded Renewable Energy Tenders in the following categories (see enclosed Awards)
- Waste to Energy - 6 Awards between 15MW, 20MW & 33MW totaling 139MW
- Solar PV – 31 awards between 5MW to 10MW totaling 196MW
- Fine Coal Gasification – 1 award for 36MW
- Gas – 6 Awards totaling 189MW
- KPP – 1 award for 10M
- Landfill gas – 1 award for 10MW
2017 - South Africa exempts IPPs up to 1 MW from licensing
2018 - Integrated Resource Plan 2018 (IRP Update) - gave the go-ahead to increase the maximum to 10MW
2019 – The process stalled because the Integrated Resource Plan (2019) maximum Independent Power Producers (IPP) allowed without a generation license was 10MW and generation above 10MW IRP 2019 provides that embedded generation installations over 10MW would require a “Ministerial deviation in line with the Electricity Regulation Act”.
2021 June - President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Thursday that the government had lifted the threshold for companies to produce their electricity without a license to 100MW
2021 Aug 12 - Minister Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy released the much-awaited exemption, raising the registration threshold for self-generation facilities from 1MW to 100MW.
2021 June – PPA issued to all Tender Awardees (IPPs) for revision
2021 Dec 6 – all Tender Awardees (IPPs) meet during the week to sign PPA
2021 Dec 13 – signed PPA issued to all Tender Awardees (IPPs)

Mahlamba Ndlophu Business Enterprises, VMS Engineering, and Waste2Energy Global SA (sister company to Bluestone Service Group) are current shareholders in MAHLAMBA NDLOPHU WASTE 2 ENERGY GLOBAL SA CONSORTIUM (PTY) LTD.