SA needs to change to smart grid
Business Day LIVE 25 January 2017 Transitioning the grid is key to establishing an efficient, affordable and healthy electricity system that benefits all, write Dirk de Vos and Nicole Löser One of Eskom’s objections to signing up additional renewable energy independent power producers (IPPs) is the all
What is Solar Photovoltaic?
Solar Photovoltaic systems generate electricity by converting sunlight directly into electricity. The Photovoltaic cell consists of one or two layers of a semi conducting material, usually silicon which – when light shines on it – creates an electric field across the layers causing electricity
Brown says Ministers to meet in mid-Feb to seek ‘answer’ to Eskom-IPP deadlock
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 January 2017 Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says a meeting, involving herself, the Ministers of Energy and Finance, as well as Eskom, should take place by mid-February to seek an “answer” to the current standoff over the signing, by Eskom, of 37 outstanding
Benefits of Solar
Environmental benefits Solar Photovoltaic (PV) as an electricity generation source is sustainable, indefinitely renewable and environmentally friendly. Long lifespan and low maintenance An added benefit of solar PV is that the modules last for 25 years and require almost no maintenance. Technology cost ef
IPPs ‘entitled’ to approach courts to force Eskom to sign PPAs
Engineering News – ONLINE 18 January 2017 A legal opinion secured by the South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec) relating to the refusal by Eskom to conclude contracts with 37 independent power producers (IPPs) selected as preferred bidders by the Department of Energy (DoE) more than a year a
Spotlight on IPPs,but legal row looms
Business Report 19 January 2017 Johannesburg – Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa boasted at the World Economic Forum (WEF) about South Africa’s renewable energy independent power producer procurement programme as renewable energy companies prepared for a court battle with Eskom to protect their R58
PRESS STATEMENT: SA PV INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE RECOGNITION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY IPP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME (REIPPP) BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA
PRESS STATEMENT: SA PV INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE RECOGNITION OF THE SUCCESS OF THE RENEWABLE ENERGY IPP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMME (REIPPP) BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA SAPVIA welcomes the recognition of the success of the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme (REIPPP) by Deputy President C
IPPs want solution for all 26 outstanding renewables projects, not only some
Engineering News – ONLINE 16 January 2017 The South African Renewable Energy Council (Sarec) indicated on Friday that, while it welcomed indications that Eskomwas willing to reopen lines of communication on 26 outstanding renewables projects, it could only entertain a solution that remained faithful