SAPVIA 2019 AGM
SAPVIA’s 2019 Annual General Meeting took place on Friday, 31st May 2019. The main host centre was in Cape Town at the Webber Wentzel Auditorium, Cape Town with a VC link to Webber We. At the AGM the new management board was elected and the budget and strategy for 2018 /2019 was voted in. All [&he
SAREC AND THE RENEWABLE ENERGY COMMUNITY WELCOMES THE APPOINTMENT OF MINISTER GWEDE MANTASHE AND HIS DEPUTY MINISTER BAVELILE HLONGWA TO THE NEWLY COMBINED DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES AND ENERGY
The South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC) and all its associate members congratulates the newly appointed Minister Mantashe and Deputy Minister Hlongwa to the combined Department of Minerals Resources and Energy. SAREC wishes to reaffirm its commitment to building the renewable energy sector in S
EXTRA HELP IN MATHS IS NEEDED AT A YOUNG AGE TO ENSURE MASTERY
May 2019, De Aar, Northern Cape It may be common knowledge that South African learners are amongst the world’s lowest performers when it comes to maths and that as learners move through the senior phase of Grades 7 to 9, and mathematical operations become more abstract and complex, areas of weakness res
Court date set for Cape Metro's bid to buy power directly from IPPs
The City of Cape Town on Tuesday welcomed the high court in Pretoria setting a date for its petition to buy electricity directly from independent power producers (IPPs). The City wants the Energy Minister and the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to allow it to purchase powe
Great strides for renewable energy with Green Bonds
Good news for the SA renewable energy sector as investors acquire bonds on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Green Bonds segment. Recently, Nedbank listed a Renewable Energy Bond on the bourse and made history by becoming the first bank in South Africa to offer such an instrument to investors. Launche
SAPVIA WELCOMES LICENCING OF SSEG PROJECTS
ENERGY Minister Jeff Radebe’s instruction to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) to commence with the licencing of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) projects will facilitate further investment, particularly by local companies asserts SAPVIA. The decision by the Department of E
75%-100% PV training subsidy
Please see below information about the subsidised PV training available until June. The next course will take place at SARETEC from 13-17 May, see here. Following this Maxx Solar Academy will offer the next training on 27-31 May, see here. Calling all Solar PV installers: Training and assessment to b
100% BLACK OWNED KURUMAN BUSINESS GETS SOLAR FUNDING TO HELP STIMULATE JOB CREATION
REISA has announced grant funding for a local civil construction enterprise, Aceburg Trading, in Kuruman. The grant will fund machinery and equipment for a new steel fabrication and manufacturing business division, which in turn will create more local employment. “Job creation in the Northern Cape is of
Policy and regulatory malaise undermining efforts to address power deficit
Lingering policy uncertainty and regulatory delays are continuing to impede the development of hundreds of small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) projects, which are seen at the quickest and cheapest way for South Africa to address its current electricity supply deficit. The South African Independent Powe
