DoE tests market appetite for small-scale renewables projects
Engineering News Online 22 June 2012: South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) has initiated the long-awaited process to procure electricity from small-scale renewable energy projects of between 1 MW and 5 MW. The department has indicated that it intends procuring 100 MW from small-scale wind, solar ph
Eskom moves to secure five-year tariff visibility as it initiates MYPD3 process
Engineering News Online 22 June 2012: Eskom confirmed on Friday that its third multiyear price determination (MYPD3) application to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) would be for a five-year period, rather than the three-year horizon that prevailed during the first two MYPD periods. In
EPIA- Presentation from International PV Association Meeting-Self-consumption and Net-metering schemes in Europe- 13 June 2012
13 June 2012: At the International PV Association meeting held at the Intersolar conference in Munich on 13 June 2012, Gaëtan Masson presented on self-consumption and net-metering schemes in Europe. The presentation can be downloaded here.
Presentation from Intersolar Munich 2012: PV Markets Outlook
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Requests for comment on the draft RFP for new generation capacity under the Small Projects IPP Procurement Programme
20 June 2012: The Department of Energy has requested potential developers to provide comment on the draft Request for Qualification and Proposals (RFP) that the DoE has prepared for the Small Projects IPP Procurement Programme. Interested parties can register online by completing the registration form he
Solar PV could achieve grid parity by 2015
Engineering News Online 19 June 2012: Solar photovoltaic (PV) projects could reach grid parity in South Africa by 2015, Eskom technology division research, test and development acting GM Barry MacCollsaid on Tuesday. He told the second yearly Solar South Africa Conference, in Sandton, that PV was almost a
Positive response to renewal energy process
Business Report Online 19 June 2012: Professionals and business people who are part of the South African solar market responded positively to the renewal energy independent power producers (REIPP) bidding process but cited that requirements for local content and finances remain a challenge. Read m
SAPVIA announces Grid Access Sub-Committee
On the 13th of June 2012 SAPVIA announced the members of it’s new Grid Access Sub-Committee. Congratulations to the following people: Sipho Madonsela: Emzansi Engineers (Chairperson) Gareth Warner: Momentous Energy (Vice-Chairperson) Lee Smith: 3E Christopher Burghardt: First Solar Ahmed Rahme: SMA
SAPVIA Calendar of Events: 2023
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Nersa approves 28 renewables licences as financial close deadline nears
7 June 2012: The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) confirmed on Thursday that it had approved power generation licences for all of the 28 projects named as preferred bidders in December, following the first bid window under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Prog
