Sasol says the move was part of its target of a 10% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 for its South African operations.
The minister on Monday announced that a separate entity would be allowed to start producing power.
The sizeable farm is set to be constructed in the West Coast peninsula near Vredenberg and St Helena Bay.
The country is also grappling with a power crisis that has hurt growth, temporarily shut down mining operations and threatened its remaining investment-grade rating.
Former Botswana President Ian Khama said that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is determined to resolve the issues around Eskom.
Scientists and environmental groups have long advocated a switch to low-carbon power to cap the rise in global temperature to two degrees Celsius, as stipulated in the Paris climate treaty.
The African Development Bank will on Wednesday announce all the deals that were signed and promised at this year's Africa Investment Forum (AIF).
Leading energy industry players and analysts – the energy-forecasting ‘establishment’ – are seriously underestimating the speed and depth of this transition.
The Land Party was born out of protests for land and housing in the Hermanus area.
South Africa isn't having an honest debate about proposals to fix its power utility Eskom, and the role that renewables might play.
This is after unions made claims that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to unbundle Eskom would benefit Patrice Motsepe’s firm African Rainbow Energy and Power.
At a briefing on Sunday, Radebe vouched for Independent Power Producers saying they have benefitted the country through creating employment opportunities
As the country deals with a fresh round of load shedding, a Northern Cape solar plant has come online to power nearly 180,000 homes.
The pilot bioenergy carbon capture and storage project is expected to capture a ton of carbon dioxide a day.
If people fail to register by 31 May, they will pay a R6,400 service fee for the removal of unauthorised small-scale embedded generation.
South Africa is aiming to finalise a long-term plan for the country’s energy mix next month, and once that is done it will launch another round of renewable energy deals, Energy Minister Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday.
Minister Pravin Gordhan says no determinations in terms of Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act has been made for Eskom to be able to build new renewable plants.
Director of Stellenbosch University's Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies Sampson Mamphweli says South Africans need to be proactive.
