SAPVIA Vice-Chaiperson interviewed on Classic FM
On Monday, 10 March, Mike Levington, SAPVIA Vice Chairperson was interviewed on Classic FM Radio, discussing “Growth of the solar electricity market in South Africa”. To listen to the interview, click on the link below:
Eskom Emergency Shows Urgent Need For Solar Pv
Engineering News – ONLINE 07 March 2014 The current Eskom emergency in which large users are asked to cut demand and consumers suffer from load shedding is “completely unacceptable” according to solar PV industry association SAPVIA chairpersonDavin Chown. Conditions are absolutely ideal for so
Busa calls for new ‘SA first’ response to power crisis
Engineering News ONLINE 13 March 2014 Business Unity South Africa (Busa) announced on Thursday that it intended mobilising a “strategic national response” to the problems associated with South Africa’s electricity shortages, which came into sharp focus again on March 6, when Eskom resorted to
NOTIFICATION OF PUBLIC MEETING Invitation to attend a public meeting to discuss the eight strategic focus areas identified through the Department of Environmental Affairs’ national wind and solar PV energy Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process
DEA and CSIR are planning on undertaking a Provincial Roadshow to engage with local communities within the 8 wind and solar PV focus areas. You are invited to join the public meetings in each of the 8 focus areas during March and April 2014. To view further details, please click here
Eskom mulls restart of some suspended savings schemes in wake of load shedding
Engineering News ONLINE 11 March 2014 Outgoing Eskom CEO Brian Dames reported on Tuesday that the utility was considering restarting some of the energy-saving programmes that were suspended in late 2013 as a result of funding constraints. The approach was likely to be similar to the one taken to ext
SA's energy stranglehold
fin24 02 March 2014 IT IS unacceptable that South Africa remains in the energy stranglehold of the current unreliable power supply. Last week the nation was again on “a knife edge” and facing an “emergency” as Eskom asked large users to cut usage by a minimum of 10% to keep the system stable. Sout
Power cuts spark fears of repeat of 2008 crisis
Business Day LIVE 07 March 2014 ESKOM’s load shedding on Thursday raised the spectre of the 2008 electricity crisis that cost the economy billions. But the reasons Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba gave for the controlled power cuts were similar to those of 2008 — depleted coal stockpiles an
January electricity consumption outstripped supply
Engineering News – ONLINE 06 March 2014 As energy utility Eskom on Thursday instituted nationwide load-shedding for the first time since 2008, a report released by Statistics South Africa revealed that the volume of electricity consumed in January increased by 2.8% year-on-year, exceeding a 1
Major business disruptions as SA has first load-shedding relapse since 2008
Engineering News – ONLINE 06 March 2014 State-owned electricity producer Eskom, which declared its fourth power emergency of the 2013/14 summer maintenance season on Thursday morning, began implementing load shedding from 9:00, causing shops to shut, disrupting cellular networks and raising fre
