CEO of Dimsum Demetri Pappadopoulos
REGULATORY approvals to develop a 2GW hybrid renewable energy project in the Eastern Cape have been secured, paving the way for one of South Africa's largest fully permitted clean energy developments.
The multi-billion-rand EnergyFields project by Dimsum Energy, which combines wind, solar and large-scale battery storage, is expected to begin construction in early 2028 and is designed to strengthen the national electricity grid while unlocking new transmission capacity for future renewable energy projects.
The development will also underpin the planned 400/132kV Poseidon South substation near Cookhouse, a key piece of infrastructure expected to improve electricity transmission into KwaZulu-Natal through the Southern Transmission Corridor.
Dimsum Energy CEO Demetri Pappadopoulos said the project represents a shift towards utility-scale renewable energy that serves both industrial and future retail electricity markets.
