40 MW solar-tracking PV plant begins producing in N Cape
Engineering News ONLINE 10 July 2014 Commercial operations have started at Scatec Solar’s 40 MW Linde solar photovoltaic (PV) project, located near Hanover in South Africa’s Northern Cape and incorporating solar-tracking technology. The project is the Norwegian group’s second utility-scale
Scatec Solar completes another 40 MW solar plant in South Africa – increasing its installed capacity to 115 MW in the country
Scatec Solar, the integrated independent solar power producer, has started commercial operations of a 40 MW solar PV plant in South Africa, increasing its installed capacity in the country to 115 MW. The Linde project, located in the Northern Cape region, is the second utility scale solar PV
Solar Indaba, 23-24 October 2014, Johannesburg
The Solar Indaba, South Africa’s first official PV conference, not only comes with the backing of the government, thus guaranteeing their participation in crucial discussions, but as the industry’s first official PV congress, represents the biggest PV focussed networking event in South Afri
National RE SEA: ERG Meeting Notes: 11 June 2014
The Renewable Energy (RE) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Expert Reference Group (ERG) held a meeting which took place on 11 June 2014 at CSIR Pretoria. To view the meeting notes, please click here
GRADE 11 LEARNERS TAKE ON THE FUNDAMENTALS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY
De Aar Solar Power’s head office team participated in this year’s Cell C Take a Girl Child to Work Day® campaign by hosting ten Grade 11 girls from Claremont High School. The company, which specialises in operating independent power projects, chose to partner with Claremont High School due to the
Africa to benefit from Canada’s renewable-energy expertise
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Canada, which generates over 77% of its electricity from renewable-energy sources, has a lot to offer African countries in terms of technical skills and expertise in the renewable-energy space, Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast said on Tu
Standard Bank’s total SA renewables underwrite more than R10bn
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Banking group Standard Bank reports that it has, to date, underwritten more than R10-billion-worth of funding to support the roll out of renewable-energy projects in South Africa. The projects have arisen as a result of the first two bid windows under go
Infrastructure projects should take lead from ‘successful’ REIPPPP
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 It is critical that South Africa’s strategic infrastructure projects are prioritised and implemented by learning from successful programmes, such as the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), as the country’s ec
Joemat-Pettersson plans to set up energy brains trust
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says she will be inviting members of the public to recommend people who can serve on a ‘Ministerial Advisory Council on Energy’, which she proposes to establish soon. “I have decided that, over and above the Depa
Municipal infrastructure causes power cuts – Joemat-Pettersson
Engineering News – ONLINE 23 June 2014 Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has blamed municipal infrastructure for some of the power cuts in the country. “Power disruptions are not necessarily… [because of] load-shedding, but in some instances are due to municipalinfrastructur