Exosun to supply solar trackers for 12 MW plant in France
Contract with Fonroche Energie includes engineering support services to ensure optimal tracker performance Martillac, France, March 12 2014. Exosun, a leading provider of solar tracking technologies for utility-scale ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) plants, has signed an agreement with Fonroche Energie, a
South African Department of Energy granted preliminary approval to change in financing structure for Soitec 44 MWp solar project
Bernin, France, 12th March 2014 – Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in generating and manufacturing revolutionary semiconductor materials for energy and electronics, today announced that the Department of Energy in South Africa has granted its preliminary approval to a refinancing scheme for Soite
NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC MEETING Invitation to attend a public meeting to discuss the eight strategic focus areas identified through the Department of Environmental Affairs’ national wind and solar PV energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process
DEA and CSIR are planning on undertaking a Provincial Roadshow to engage with local communities within the 8 wind and solar PV focus areas. You are invited to join the public meetings in each of the 8 focus areas during March and April 2014. To view further details, please click here
Eskom mulls restart of some suspended savings schemes in wake of load shedding
Engineering News ONLINE 11 March 2014 Outgoing Eskom CEO Brian Dames reported on Tuesday that the utility was considering restarting some of the energy-saving programmes that were suspended in late 2013 as a result of funding constraints. The approach was likely to be similar to the one taken to ext
Innovent and Powerway PV SA Set To Revolutionize The Solar Rooftop Powergeneration Market in SA and The Rest of Africa
Powerway PV SA, part of Powerway Renewable Energy Co. Ltd has partnered with InnoVent Rental and Asset Management Solutions to launch a pioneering lease finance initiative for solar PV rooftop power solutions, for, commercial, industrial, government and residential use in South Africa and later, the rest
SA's energy stranglehold
fin24 02 March 2014 IT IS unacceptable that South Africa remains in the energy stranglehold of the current unreliable power supply. Last week the nation was again on “a knife edge” and facing an “emergency” as Eskom asked large users to cut usage by a minimum of 10% to keep the system stable. Sout
Power cuts spark fears of repeat of 2008 crisis
Business Day LIVE 07 March 2014 ESKOM’s load shedding on Thursday raised the spectre of the 2008 electricity crisis that cost the economy billions. But the reasons Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba gave for the controlled power cuts were similar to those of 2008 — depleted coal stockpiles an
January electricity consumption outstripped supply
Engineering News – ONLINE 06 March 2014 As energy utility Eskom on Thursday instituted nationwide load-shedding for the first time since 2008, a report released by Statistics South Africa revealed that the volume of electricity consumed in January increased by 2.8% year-on-year, exceeding a 1
Major business disruptions as SA has first load-shedding relapse since 2008
Engineering News – ONLINE 06 March 2014 State-owned electricity producer Eskom, which declared its fourth power emergency of the 2013/14 summer maintenance season on Thursday morning, began implementing load shedding from 9:00, causing shops to shut, disrupting cellular networks and raising fre
Expert Reference Group (ERG) meetings for the Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid Infrastructure Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) – 20 February 2014
On 20 February 2014, the Expert Reference Group (ERG) meetings for both the Renewable Energy and the Electricity Grid Infrastructure Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA) were held at the CSIR. Presentations delivered on the day can be downloaded by clicking on the links below: ERG_EGI SEA_CSIR