China turns up heat in solar panels row
Business Day LIVE 27 May 2013 BEIJING — China warned on Sunday of a trade war with Europe if issues around solar panels and wireless equipment imports were not resolved. Chinese representatives were to hold informal talks with the European Commission on Monday to try to defuse a trade row. Read more
Merkel in bid to ease China solar-panel row
Business Day – LIVE 28 May 2013 RUSSELS — Most European Union (EU) governments oppose a plan to impose hefty duties on solar panel imports from China, a survey of member states showed on Monday, undermining a move to press Beijing over its trade practices. Read more
Electricity demand comes close to overwhelming Eskom capacity
Business Day LIVE 24 May 2013 HE margin between Eskom’s available capacity and peak demand was only 0.4% on Thursday, the national power utility said in a system status bulletin on Friday. The reason for the tiny margin compared with the international norm of 15% was a combination of cold weather, which
Power reserve for Thursday less than 0.4% of capacity
Moneyweb 23 May 2013 The second time this month grid came within a hair’s breadth of overloading. South African power utility Eskom said on Thursday the reserve margin between forecast demand and capacity in the evening was only 132 MW or less than 0.4 percent of available power. Eskom is battling
ABB to start central inverter manufacturing in SA next year
Engineering News 24 May 2013 Power and automation technology group ABB on Thursday said it planned to establish a new central inverter production line at its Johannesburg facilities in 2014. The group, which aimed to supply the growing photovoltaic (PV) market and take advantage of local content requireme
ART Solar boosts local solar PV module manufacturing capacity
Engineering News 24 May 2013 South Africa’s first locally owned photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, ART Solar, officially opened its Durban manufacturing plant on Thursday. The plant, which Department of Energy deputy director-general of energy programmes and projects, Dr Wolsey Barnard, described a
New IBC SOLAR Planning Software with Enhanced Performance
PV Manager supports IBC SOLAR Premium Partners during the complete system design process Bad Staffelstein, May 23, 2013 – IBC SOLAR AG, one of the world’s leading photovoltaic systems houses, presents an enhanced version of the PV Manager. The tried and tested design and dimensioning softwa
RustMo1 Solar Farm Launch 28 May 2013
Media Statement RustMo1 Solar Farm Launch 28 May 2013 It is indeed a momentous event for South Africa as it celebrates the launch of the first Solar Energy Farm in the North West Province on 28 May 2013. RustMo1 Solar Farm is a 7 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation facility located at Buffelspoort
Anglo to build R5m solar PV system at Kriel colliery
Engineering News ONLINE 21 May 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining major Anglo American has awarded SolarPower Africa the contract to build a 240 kWp grid-connected, ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) system to provide electricity to the central administration offices at the Kriel colliery, in M
Eskom was ‘on the brink of a power shutdown’
Business Day LIVE 20 May 2013 ESKOM “came as close to the edge as you can get” last Monday evening when the available power supply exceeded demand by a margin of only 0.17%, according to the company’s own routine system status bulletin. The recommended reserve margin for a power system is be