City of Cape Town Meeting: 10 November 2011
SAPVIA met with the City of Cape Town, SESSA and Green Cape on the 10th of November to discuss Net Metering.
Feed-in Tariffs Best to Deal with Climate Change Says IPCC Working Group III Renewables
Renewable Energy World Online 8 November 2011: The 135-page report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, especially Chapter 11 on Policy, Financing and Implementation, makes it clear that the overwhelming weight of academic studies conclude that feed-in tariffs — or fixed-price mechanisms
Top green rating for SA building
Media Club South Africa Online 3 November 2011: Mobile telecommunications company Vodacom has set a new record by claiming the most prestigious accolade in the green building industry. The company’s new Innovation Centre has been awarded a six-star Green Star SA rating – the first building in Sout
Solar Intermittency: How Big is the Problem?
Renewable Energy World Online 1 November 2011: Intermittency is one of the major criticisms of solar — the majority of the energy is delivered when the sun is shining brightly, but virtually none is created at night or in substantial cloud cover. How do solar developers view this issue — does it pose
SAPVIA announces Rooftop PV Subcommittee
1 November 2011: SAPVIA recently made the decision to form a subcommittee whose purpose it will be to tackle the issues facing the rooftop PV market in South Africa. The subcommittee consists of 14 companies and is led by a five-man steering committee of which Ryan Hammond, from Solaire Direct SA, is the