Bondholders should price in Eskom ‘status quo’, as Brown dismisses privatisation option
Engineering News – ONLINE 5 August 2014 Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown described the debate around the privatisation of Eskom as “misguided”, while an analyst urged Eskom bondholders to price in the “status quo” rather than to anticipate any near-term break-up of the State-owned e
$80m solar PV factory officially opens in Cape Town
Engineering News – ONLINE 05 August 2014 China-based solar photovoltaic (PV) giant, Jinko Solar, has officially opened a state-of-the-art factory in Cape Town, creating 250 jobs and producing 1 300 solar PV modules a day. It’s the NYSE-listed company’s first manufacturing plant outside Chin
City of Cape Town gets energy boost with new 1.2 MW private rooftop solar plant
Engineering News – ONLINE 29 July 2014 A 1.2 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, positioned on the rooftop of a Cape Town office block, would feedexcess electricity into the City of Cape Town’s electrical distribution network. The Black River Park solar project would sell electricity back t
Solar revenues set to rise, but supportive policy seen as key driver
Engineering News ONLINE 25 July 2014 Global revenues from solar energy operations could double from $59.84-billion in 2013 to $137-billion in 2020, new analysis from Frost & Sullivan shows. The consultancy’s ‘Global Solar Power Market’ report says the total global installed solar photovoltai
Financial close for third window renewables projects shifted to November
Engineering News – ONLINE 21 July 2014 Financial close for bid window three under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has been extended from the end of July to November, Energy MinisterTina Joemat-Pettersson revealed on Monday. Deliver
The threat of electrical storage to CSP
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South Africa’s Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Program: Success Factors and Lessons
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State mulling Eskom’s ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’
Engineering News – ONLINE 14 July 2014 State-owned electricity producer Eskom has confirmed that it has handed its ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’ to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, who is a key participant in an inter-Ministerial process set up to deal with the utility’s fin
Global renewables investors warn SA prices becoming ‘dangerously low’ Back
The joint developers of the R3-billion Jeffreys Bay wind farm, situated alongside the N2 in Eastern Cape, have lauded South Africa’s transparent and well-run renewable-energy bidding programme and indicated on Wednesday that they would be participating in the upcoming fourth bid window. However, the glo
Meeting with NERSA: 21 May 2014
SAPVIA’s Rooftop Sub-committee met with NERSA on the 21st of May this year. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss licensing requirements and fees for the connection of rooftop solar PV installations for self-use. To view the meeting Agenda and Minutes, please click on the links below. [restricte