The threat of electrical storage to CSP
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South Africa’s Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Program: Success Factors and Lessons
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State mulling Eskom’s ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’
Engineering News – ONLINE 14 July 2014 State-owned electricity producer Eskom has confirmed that it has handed its ‘comprehensive sustainability plan’ to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown, who is a key participant in an inter-Ministerial process set up to deal with the utility’s fin
Global renewables investors warn SA prices becoming ‘dangerously low’ Back
The joint developers of the R3-billion Jeffreys Bay wind farm, situated alongside the N2 in Eastern Cape, have lauded South Africa’s transparent and well-run renewable-energy bidding programme and indicated on Wednesday that they would be participating in the upcoming fourth bid window. However, the glo
Meeting with NERSA: 21 May 2014
SAPVIA’s Rooftop Sub-committee met with NERSA on the 21st of May this year. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss licensing requirements and fees for the connection of rooftop solar PV installations for self-use. To view the meeting Agenda and Minutes, please click on the links below. [restricte
40 MW solar-tracking PV plant begins producing in N Cape
Engineering News ONLINE 10 July 2014 Commercial operations have started at Scatec Solar’s 40 MW Linde solar photovoltaic (PV) project, located near Hanover in South Africa’s Northern Cape and incorporating solar-tracking technology. The project is the Norwegian group’s second utility-scale
Solar Indaba, 23-24 October 2014, Johannesburg
The Solar Indaba, South Africa’s first official PV conference, not only comes with the backing of the government, thus guaranteeing their participation in crucial discussions, but as the industry’s first official PV congress, represents the biggest PV focussed networking event in South Afri
National RE SEA: ERG Meeting Notes: 11 June 2014
The Renewable Energy (RE) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Expert Reference Group (ERG) held a meeting which took place on 11 June 2014 at CSIR Pretoria. To view the meeting notes, please click here
Africa to benefit from Canada’s renewable-energy expertise
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Canada, which generates over 77% of its electricity from renewable-energy sources, has a lot to offer African countries in terms of technical skills and expertise in the renewable-energy space, Canadian Minister of International Trade Ed Fast said on Tu
Standard Bank’s total SA renewables underwrite more than R10bn
Engineering News – ONLINE 24 June 2014 Banking group Standard Bank reports that it has, to date, underwritten more than R10-billion-worth of funding to support the roll out of renewable-energy projects in South Africa. The projects have arisen as a result of the first two bid windows under go
