Market signal crucial to stimulating green innovation, Gore avers
Engineering News Online 7 October 2011: Climate activist and former US VP Al Gore says a definite market signal is needed to accelerate a global transition to a low-carbon economy and stimulate the research and development (R&D) required to lower the costs associated with renewables technologies. Duri
Regulating energy efficiency tax incentives
5 October 2011: Gobally governments influence energy and climate change policy by either taxing the excessive use of energy, or granting tax rebates on reduced energy demand. Locally the South African government has followed suit by offering tax rebates using section 12i, the Industrial Policy Project Inv
Electrical Requirements for Embedded Generation
SAPVIA members can download the electrical requirements for embedded generation here.
SAPVIA 3rd Management Committee Meeting: 12 October 2011
SAPVIA's 3rd Management Committee Meeting was held on Wednesday the 12th of October 2011 in Cape Town. The agenda and minutes of the meeting are available for download here.
DOE Closes on Four Major Solar Projects
Renewable Energy World Online 30 September 2011: New Hampshire, U.S.A. — The Department of Energy announced it closed on loan guarantees for four major solar projects Friday afternoon, hours ahead of the approval deadline for the Section 1705 program. A handful of large-scale photovoltaic projects d
SA won’t make all renewable energy bids by the deadline
The New Age Online 4 October 2011: South Africa’s $10bn (R83bn) renewable energy programme would likely draw bids for only about half the 3725MW on offer by the November4 deadline, even though developers registered interest to build seven times that capacity, a Standard Bank Group official said. “Mo
Power to the smart grid
Times Live Online 3 October 2011: Smart-grid technology could do much to lessen the frequency of power cuts , says a specialist in the field . John Dorn, smart-grid chief architect at Accenture, said South Africa’s demand for power was expected to double by 2030. He said the government faced the cha
Simplified tender being prepared for small renewables projects
Engineering News Online 30 September 2011: Simplified tender documentation for small-scale renewable-energy independent power producer (IPP) projects of between 1 MW and 5 MW is being prepared and should be released by November, government has confirmed. The National Treasury’s Karen Breytenbach reporte
Low-cost imports from China fuel boom in solar panels
The Guardian Online 2 October 2011: British homeowners are increasingly able to build greener homes by using cheap solar panels from China, but western workers are paying the price with a wave of corporate collapses and layoffs among green energy firms. The price of PV (photo voltaic) solar panels has dro
SAPVIA, SAWEA and SASTELA to meet with the DAFF
The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) and the South African Solar Thermal and Electricity Association (SASTELA), consisting collectively of more than 90 member companies active in the renewable energy sector, have requested a meeti