Reaching New Heights: Cumulative PV Demand to Double Again by 2015
RenewableEnergyWorld.com 22 March 2013 Although end-market demand in 2012 did not achieve the levels many had hoped for, it still set a new record in terms of annual installed capacity. These demand levels led to another significant milestone, namely contributing significantly to reaching a 100 GW cumula
The Clouds are Getting Greener: Apple Data Centers Powered by 100% Renewables
RenewableEnergyWorld.com 22 March 2013 Just one year after Greenpeace called out Apple for its use of fossil fuels in its “How Green Is Your Cloud” report – which graded Apple no higher than a “D” in four categories consisting of energy transparency, infrastructure siting, energy
Blackouts loom as Eskom feels the heat
Times LIVE 20 March 2013 Planned nationwide load-shedding today, coupled with details of Eskom’s wafer-thin spare capacity, will have consumers and business fearing the worst. An unprotected strike at Exxaro, one of Eskom’s top four coal suppliers, is raging on. Eskom said yesterday it was c
South Africa ‘needs to broaden energy supply to include renewables’
Business Day Live 20 March 2013 THE “power crunch” South Africa was experiencing was evidence the country needed to both increase its energy supply, and broaden it to include more flexible energy sources such as renewables, the Word Wide Fund for Nature’s Living Planet Unit chief Saliem Faki
Renewable energy ‘good for SA development’
City Press 19 March 2013 Renewable energy has the potential to spur on socioeconomic development in South Africa, the World Future Council (WFC) has said. According to a new study conducted by the WFC and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, renewable energy feed-in tariff policies (REFiT) were a promisi
Coal strike talks fail, power disruption fears intensify
Engineering News – Online 19 March 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Talks to end the coal strikes at Exxaro coal-mines have been unsuccessful and the fear of electricity disruption at the power stations the mines serve is intensifying. Diversified resources group Exxaro said in a media relea
Eskom says power supply very tight
Times LIVE 19 March 2013 South African power utility Eskom said on Monday that available spare supply on its electricity network had fallen to just over 1 percent of total capacity due to a sharp increase in unplanned outages. In a bi-weekly status update, Eskom said it had 31,708 MW of capacity for the M
Outages cost mines R481 million
Times Live 19 March 2013 Anglo Gold Ashanti and Sibanye Gold have lost about R481 million after a power outage caused by a lightning strike at an Eskom substation last week forced them to close large operations, according to a report. Business Day newspaper reported on Tuesday that while the outage at the
Eskom issues disconnection notices as municipal arrears pile up
Engineering News Online 19 March 2013 State-owned electricity utility Eskom has confirmed that a number of municipalities in the Free State, North West, Mpumalanga and, more recently, Gauteng are facing possible bulk supply disconnections, owing to nonpayment of arrears debt. Arrears debt of older than 30
New blow to Eskom as software for Medupi fails
Business Day Live 18 March 2013 THE construction of Eskom’s Medupi power plant has hit another major obstacle with the bombshell that critical software for the operating system being developed by French contractor Alstom has failed three tests. Read more