Two organisations are challenging the national energy regulator in court over the electricity generation licences it has granted to Turkish energy giant Karpowership to provide SA with power through a controversial 20-year deal.

The two groups said on Thursday they were applying for the Nersa licences — which if activated would result in the delivery of electricity to the Eskom grid from gas turbines installed on a fleet of floating powerships in Richards Bay, Saldanha Bay and the Port of Ngqura — to be reviewed and set aside. ..