Portfolio Committee on Energy Meeting: 11 September 2012
07 September 2012: The PPCE Meeting on the briefings on skills development relating to the energy sector will take place on 11 September 2012 in Parliament, Cape Town. The Draft Programme, Invitation and Presentation for the meeting are available for download here: PPCE Programme PPCE Meeting Invitation-
PV Project Development Summit: 3-4 September 2012
4 September 2012: At the PV Project Development Summit held at the Hilton Sandton Hotel in Johannesburg on 3-4 September 2012, Chris Haw, SAPVIA Spokesman presented on the future PV market in South Africa. The presentation can be downloaded below: The Future PV Market in South Africa Presentation
Portfolio Committee on Energy Meeting: 4 September 2012
04 September 2012: The meeting of the Portfolio Committee on Energy is scheduled to take place as follows: Date : Tuesday, ,04 September 2012 Time : 14:00 – 17:00 Venue: Old Assembly Chambers To view the invitation please download : Portfolio Committee on Energy Meeting- 04 September 20
Big users urge hard line on Eskom costs, as utility delays tariff submission
31 August 2012: Engineering News Online: South Africa’s Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) has urged the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to be more rigorous in its assessment of some of the cost factors informing Eskom’s application for electricity price increases for the five-year p
SAPVIA's 4th Networking Event: 28 August 2012 in CT
SAPVIA hosted it’s 4th Networking Event on Tuesday, 28 August at the Protea Hotel Fire & Ice! in Cape Town. Brian Jones, the Head of Green Energy Electricity Services at the City of Cape Town spoke on the following topic: Net Metering: A municipal perspective of the road to approved grid connection.
BKS and Aecom join forces
24 August 2012: Engineering News Online: Multidisciplinary consulting engineering firm BKS said on Friday it had agreed to join with professional technical and management support services company Aecom Technology Corporation. This forms part of BKS’s strategy to become more globalised in its consulting
PPCE request for briefing by SAREC
23 August 2012: The PPCE invited SAREC to an Energy Stakeholder Meeting (ESM) which was held on Thursday 30 August 2012 in Parliament, Cape Town. The topic for the ESM was: “Exploring solutions to challenges on financing and certification on locally produced renewable products” . The Programme and Pr
Roll out more renewable power urges Peters
21 August 2012: Bizcommunity Online: The Department of Energy is planning a “rolling” renewable energy programme, which the government hopes will encourage long-term investment in the industry, pave the way for the establishment of related manufacturing facilities, and create jobs, deputy dire
South Africa: Cabinet Approves Draft Grand Inga Project Treaty
22 August 2012: All Africa Online: Cabinet has approved the draft treaty between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for the development of the Grand Inga Project, says Cabinet spokesperson Jimmy Manyi. At a briefing in Pretoria on Wednesday, Manyi said the project had the potential to
Eskom still weighing Nersa tariff request
21 August 2012: Engineering News Online: Eskom is mulling the wisdom of demanding tariff increases that will make the electricity price fully cost-reflective in five years, the utility said on Tuesday. “That is what we in Eskom are discussing at the moment,” finance chief Paul O’Flahert