CAPACITY CLASH: Renewable energy boom meets bottleneck as grid space becomes the real battleground

A high court dispute between Mulilo and Eskom highlights intensifying competition for scarce grid capacity in South Africa’s renewable energy sector, after 240 MW of previously allocated access was reassigned to rival projects. The case underscores how transmission constraints, regulatory uncertainty and allocation decisions are emerging as critical — and increasingly contested — factors shaping the country’s energy transition.