10 Reasons Renewable Energy May Beat the Projections
Renewable Energy World Online 21 September 2011: Five percent? That’s the EIA’s projected global increase in renewable energy generation by the year 2035. You’d think that nearly 30 years of technological, business and environmental inroads would make a bigger dent in the world’s f
National Energy Act, 2008 Regulations on the allowance for energy efficiency savings: request for public comment
The Department of Energy recently released for public comment the National Energy Act, 2008: Regulations on the allowance for energy efficiency savings: Government Gazette no. 34596. Pages 32-38 of the document refer to the tax allowance for energy efficiency savings regulations that stipulate that compan
Solar and Wind Power: Localisation and Industry Development Strategy
At the recent SunPower Technology Day held on the 15th of September 2011, the Department of Trade and Industry delivered a presentation titled: ‘Solar and Wind Power: Localisation and Industry Development Strategy’. The presentation is available for download here.
The Green Economy Accord: Industries Role in Delivering on Socio-Economic and Energy Sector Transformation
SAPVIA’s spokesperson, Davin Chown, recently delivered a presentation titled ‘The Green Accord: Industries Role in delivering on Socio-Economic and Energy Sector Transformation’ at the SunPower Technology Day on Thursday, the 15th of September 2011. The presentation is available for down
Google Discloses Carbon Footprint, Renewable Energy Goals
Renewable Energy World Online 8 September 2011: Google has been playing an interesting role in renewable energy development, and not only because it has invested more than $780 million in renewable energy generation and tech development. The search giant on Thursday added a site that tallies the company
SAPVIA Networking Event: Presentations
SAPVIA held it’s first networking event on Thursday the 8th of September in Cape Town at the trendy Upper Eastside Hotel. Rainer Nowak, renewable energy specialist at Webber Wentzel presented on the Economic Development Requirements under the IPP Procurement Programme, while Coenraad Krige Managing
Europe solar power to be competitive by 2020 -EPIA
Reuters Africa 5 Septembers 2011: Power generated from solar modules in Europe may take until the end of the decade to be competitive vis-à-vis conventional forms of energy, the world’s biggest solar association said on Monday, adding that point could be reached sooner in some regions. Based on a s
Western Australia's first utility-scale solar PV project under way
Printed Electronics World Online 5 September 2011: Energy Financial Services announced that Australia’s first utility-scale solar power project is under way. Output from the 10-megawatt AC project on 80 hectares of cleared land 50km southeast of Geraldton will contribute to offsetting the energy req
SA’s power prices approach affordability ‘tipping point’
Engineering News Online 29 August 2011: South Africa’s electricity prices, which have more or less doubled from an average real level of 25c/kWh in 2008 to the current level of 50 c/kWh, were approaching an affordability “tipping point”, the Energy Intensive User Group (EIUG) cautioned again on Mond
Lessons Learned: Italy's Solar Rise and the Path Ahead
Renewable Energy World Online 29 August 2011: Two years ago, solar was little more than a romantic notion in Italy. There was a total of about 1 gigawatt of capacity that had been installed over the previous four years. Everyone loved the idea of solar, but it gained relatively little traction compared to