Sekunjalo's R500m lifeline to entrepreneurs (to boost renewable energy initiatives)
Business Report 09 February 2017 South African entrepreneurs yesterday received a shot in the arm after Sekunjalo Investment Group committed R500 million to boost renewable energy initiatives and women-owned businesses. Read more here…
Op-Ed: Impasse in renewable energy procurement – a political power play
Daily Maverick 09 February 2017 While it has been interesting to see the level of debate around the price of electricity, much of this is mere noise and overlooks the fundamental questions of how we supply our future energy needs at the lowest cost, in the cleanest fashion, and with the greatest economic
Eskom’s refusal to sign new renewables PPAs costing jobs, investments – DCD
Engineering News – ONLINE 03 February 2017 Fears that State-owned Eskom’s protracted delay in concluding power purchase agreements (PPAs) with selected independent power producers (IPPs) could result in job losses and the idling of projects, are emerging, as DCD Wind Towers starts cutting jobs. Th
The big questions when Ministers meet on renewables standoff
Engineering News – ONLINE 06 February 2017 When the Ministers responsible for seeking resolution to the current impasse in South Africa’s renewable-energy sector meet this month, they will be expected to weigh the serious legal and policy implications of backtracking from a Ministerial determinati
Report: Renewable Energy in sub-Saharan Africa
Renewable energy in sub-Saharan Africa
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