James Beatty

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Enpower Trading

James Beatty is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Enpower Trading.

Enpower Trading is a Cape Town-based private electricity trader that connects independent power producers with commercial and industrial customers. In November 2025 it became the first private South African-incorporated company to gain conditional market participant membership of the Southern African Power Pool.

In the job

  1. Enpower was granted a NERSA licence to trade electricity. Source

  2. Enpower signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with SolarAfrica Energy for up to 100 MW of renewable power. Source

  3. Enpower secured conditional market participant membership of the Southern African Power Pool. Source

Career before

  1. Energy trading, origination and business development, Trafigura and Glencore

Sources

  1. enpower.pages.dev
  2. engineeringnews.co.za
  3. engineeringnews.co.za
  4. engineeringnews.co.za
  5. crown.co.za

Facts last checked 3 November 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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