Chinese solar PV supplier hopes to secure big slice of SA’s rooftop market
Engineering News ONLINE 10 April 2015 Chinese photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer Trina Solar, which initially entered the South African market in 2011 with a focus on the utility-scale projects emerging from the Department of Energy’s renewables programme, reports that it is increasingly turning its
Energy initiatives stuck in ministerial bottleneck
Business Day LIVE 10 April 2015 CRISIS? What crisis? As the economy strains under a power shortage and a sense of crisis prevails, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson is in no rush to act on SA’s energy shortfall. Four major initiatives, all of which would hasten the arrival of new generating capacit
Eskom gets R4bn loan from KfW to upgrade grid
Engineering News – ONLINE 08 April 2015 South African utility Eskom Holdings has received a R4-billion ($339-million) loan from KfW to help modernise its power grid, Germany’s State-controlled development bank said on Wednesday. The loan will be used to connect solar and wind power plants to E
National SEA for the rollout of EGI in South Africa, ERG Meeting Meeting Notes
An Expert Reference Group (ERG) Meeting for the National Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for Electricity Grid Infrastructure (EGI) in support of Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) 10 took place on 15 February 2015 in Pretoria. The meeting notes can be accessed by clicking on the links below. Meet
Senior Electrical Engineer required
Element Consulting Engineers requires the services of an Electrical Engineer experienced in Infrastructure Services including but not limited to the following: Low and Medium Voltage Networks; Medium and High Voltage Substations and Power lines; Renewable Energy Projects (Plant Design, Grid Code Complian
Electrical Design Engineer required
Element Consulting Engineers requires the services of an Electrical Engineer experienced in Infrastructure Services including but not limited to the following: • Low and Medium Voltage Networks; • Medium and High Voltage Substations and Power lines; • Renewable Energy Projects (Plant Design, Grid Co
SAPVIA feedback on the NERSA Consultation Paper on Small Scale Embedded Generation
NERSA had requested that stakeholders comment on the issues raised in their Consultation Paper on Small Scale Embedded Generation. The deadline for submissions was 26 March 2015. Click here to view SAPVIA’s submitted comment.
South Africa’s Solar Development Looks Bright But Much Work To Be Done
Engerati 23 March 2015 The South African Finance Minister’s budget speech gives much promise to the development of solar PV in the country. In his first full budget speech, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene referred to the government’s 9 strategic priorities which the solar PV sector says it has already
SED Workshop
SAPVIA held a Socio-Economic Development – Economic Development (SED-ED) workshop on 04 March 2015 at Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg where the newly-elected SED-ED Subcommittee was constituted. Thank you to all who participated and a special thank you to the event host sponsor, Webber Wentzel. All p
Give solar power a chance
Business Report 25 March 2015 The solar power industry is ready to install 2 000MW of electricity every year for the next five years to help ease the country’s electricity crisis – and has called on the government to increase the amount of renewable energy it will allow private companies to produce fo