SA solar industry starting to mature
Engineering News ONLINE 11 February 2014 South Africa’s solar photovoltaic (PV) energy industry has started to mature as costs come down and capacity rises. As the nation moves ahead with many of its solar ambitions, the National Treasury said on Tuesday that the Department of Energy’s Renewable E
Martins promises baseload, cogen IPP procurement programmes by March
Engineering News ONLINE 11 February 2014 Energy Minister Dikobe Ben Martins reported on Tuesday that a deadline of the end of March had been set by the Department of Energy (DoE) for the initiation of the long-awaited procurement processes for new baseload and cogeneration independent power produce
SAPVIA's 18th Management Meeting, 06 February 2014
SAPVIA’s first management committee meeting for 2014 takes place in Cape Town on Thursday, 06 February. The agenda of the meeting is available below for SAPVIA members to download. SAPVIA 18th Management Committee Meeting Agenda 6 Feb 2014 SAPVIA 18th Management Committee Meeting Minutes 6 Feb 2014_
SAPVIA 17th Management Committee Meeting, 21 November 2013
SAPVIA’s sixth management committee meeting for 2013 takes place in Cape Town on Thursday, 21 November. The agenda of the meeting is available below for SAPVIA members to download. SAPVIA 17th Management Committee Meeting Agenda 21 November 2013 SAPVIA 17th Management Committee Meeting Minutes 21 Nove
First Solar unveils diesel-replacement strategy for African mines
Engineering News ONLINE 24 January 2014 Thin-film solar company First Solar is aggressively pursuing build operate and own (BOO) fuel-replacement projects in the global resources sector and is offering miners the prospect of displacing diesel through the use of increasingly cost-competitive solar energ
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Solar Boom Boosts South African Salaries
Renewable Energy World.COM 12 December 2013 Ramone van Wyk’s wage more than quadrupled when he gave up working on sheep farms in South Africa’s arid Northern Cape province and got a job assembling a solar-thermal power plant for Abengoa SA. “I’ve never earned this kind of salary,” Van Wyk, 35, s
Northern Cape PV plants begin delivering 20 MW power to grid
Engineering News ONLINE 12 December 2013 Renewables developer and independent power producer BioTherm Energy’s Aries and Konkoonsies solar photovoltaic (PV) energy facilities, in the Northern Cape, have reached commercial operation, delivering a combined 20 MW of electricity to the national grid.
SAPVIA's 10th Networking Event: 10 December 2013
Sponsored by: SAPVIA held it’s 10th Networking Event on 10 December 2013 at the Protea Balalaika Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg. The first presentation of the afternoon was given by Dr Bernard Bekker from the Centre for Renewable and Sustainable Energy Studies, Stellenbosch University. Dr Bekker
SA’s renewables projects become one of world’s largest initiatives
Engineering News 15 November 2013 The phenomenal development of South Africa’s renewable energy industry has gained momentum quietly since President Jacob Zuma’s committment four years ago at the fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change t
