Statistics of utility-scale solar PV and wind in South Africa in the first half of 2016
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by We can’t turn back on the path of IPPs
Business Day – LIVE 29 July 2016 RENEWABLE energy has a key and lasting role to play in SA’s future. Our renewable energy sector has been built up in the past four years an
SAPVIA NETWORKING EVENT: 27 JULY 2016 – SARETEC, CAPE TOWN
SAPVIA held its 2nd Networking event for the year at the SARETEC Auditorium, in Cape Town, on Wednesday, 27th July 2016. The event was well supported with just over 80 attendees!
IPPs are still a key part of SA’s energy policy, says Pravin Gordhan
Business Day LIVE 27 July 2016 THE renewable energy independent power producers programme remains a key government policy, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. Under th
Backlash over Eskom's IPP move
Moeketsi Thobela, Chief Executive of the SA Photovoltaic Industry Association, discusses Eskom’s decision to halt any new supply agreements with private operators. Click here t
Eskom’s IPP stance seen undermining investment and green industrialisation
Engineering News – ONLINE 22 July 2016 The decision by Eskom not to sign any newpower purchase agreements (PPAs) with independent power producers (IPPs) beyond those selected
Renewables industry blasts Eskom
ITWeb 22 July 2016 The South African renewable energy industry has come out guns blazing, reproaching Eskom’s decision to no longer sign power purchase agreements with privat
Op-Ed: Eskom has us over a barrel. Time for a different approach.
Daily Maverick 17 July 2016 Regulating a monopoly like Eskom is a hellishly hard thing to get right for a whole range of theoretical and practical reasons. It is even harder to reg
Concern over Eskom’s position on IPPs
IOL 22 July 2016 The South African photovoltaic industry wants the government to resuscitate the establishment of a state-owned independent system and market operator (Ismo). This
Eskom offers industry cheaper surplus power
BDLive 20 July 2016 STATE-owned power utility Eskom is willing to renegotiate tariffs with large industrial customers as it expects to have a surplus of electricity by 2022, execut