Soitec and CEA sign a Five-Year R&D Partnership on Advanced Engineered Substrates and Materials
Grenoble, France, Dec. 18th, 2013 – Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries, and CEA have renewed their long-standing and fruitful partnership for the next five years. This new contract aims t
Solar Boom Boosts South African Salaries
Renewable Energy World.COM 12 December 2013 Ramone van Wyk’s wage more than quadrupled when he gave up working on sheep farms in South Africa’s arid Northern Cape province and got a job assembling a solar-thermal power plant for Abengoa SA. “I’ve never earned this kind of salary,” Van Wyk, 35, s
Northern Cape PV plants begin delivering 20 MW power to grid
Engineering News ONLINE 12 December 2013 Renewables developer and independent power producer BioTherm Energy’s Aries and Konkoonsies solar photovoltaic (PV) energy facilities, in the Northern Cape, have reached commercial operation, delivering a combined 20 MW of electricity to the national grid.
SAPVIA's 10th Networking Event: 10 December 2013
Sponsored by: SAPVIA held it’s 10th Networking Event on 10 December 2013 at the Protea Balalaika Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg. The first presentation of the afternoon was given by Dr Bernard Bekker from the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, Stellenbosch University. Dr Bekker
Scatec Solar Inauguration of 75 MW PV Plant Kalkbult First Clean Energy Connects to Grid Kalkbult, South Africa, November 12th, 2013
Scatec Solar Inauguration of 75 MW PV Plant Kalkbult First Clean Energy Connects to Grid Kalkbult, South Africa, November 12th, 2013 South Africans are now beginning to use renewable energy from the national grid. A solar power plant built by global energy provider Scatec Solar and local partners has beco
