Medupi start-up delayed to mid-2014, costs rise to R105bn
Engineering News – ONLINE 08 July 2013 State-owned power utility Eskom confirmed on Monday that it will not be in a position to meet the end of year deadline for the flow of first power from the Medupi power station. CEO Brian Dames reported that, following an independent assessment and fresh dela
Sunny South Africa Attracting Solar Inverter Manufacturers
Renewable Energy World.com 04 July 2013 New Hampshire, USA — Two major manufacturers are looking to capitalize on the bur- geoning South African solar market by opening production centers in the country. ABB plans to open a new inverter production line at its existing facilities in Johannesburg in
SA sets up infrastructure to verify local-content claims
Engineering News – ONLINE 05 July 2013 A new technical instrument has been introduced to support South Africa’s strategy of increasing the level of local content in the goods and services procured by government and State-owned entities and to add impetus to the country’s re-industrialisation eff
Climate Change Is the Next $10 Trillion Opportunity
Renewable Energy World.COM 03 July 2013 ASPEN, COLORADO Jigar Shah will be speaking again for the 4th time at this year’s 10TH Anniversary Summit taking place August 15-18 In Aspen Colorado at the at the LEED certified Doerr-Hosier Building at the Aspen Meadow, home of the world-renowned Aspen Inst
SAPVIA 8th Networking Event: 26 June 2013 – Sandton, Johannesburg
SAPVIA held it’s 8th Networking Event on 26 June 2013 at the 20 West Executive Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg. Below are some images taken on the day.
Investec, Nedbank finance new 74 MW solar PV project
Engineering News – ONLINE 01 July 2013 Investec Corporate and Institutional Banking and Nedbank Capital on Monday announced the financial close of a new 74 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the Northern Cape. Acciona Energy South Africa and Aveng Africa aimed to build and operate the solar PV pl
Draft energy roadmap to be released for public comment this month
Engineering News – ONLINE 02 July 2013 The Department of Energy (DoE) has confirmed that the draft Integrated Energy Planning Report has been approved by Cabinet and will be released during the course of July. In response to questions posed by Engineering News Online, the DoE said that the draft re
IEA: Renewables Will Exceed Natural Gas And Nuclear By 2016
CLEAN TECHNICA 26 June 2013 Natural gas is widely considered the bridge to take us from fossil fuel dependence to a clean energy future – but that bridge may be a lot shorter than anyone could have predicted. Read more here
REIPPPP process legally sound – legal expert
Engineering News – ONLINE 28 June 2013 urrently, there are no major law suites pending, which pertain to projects procured under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), owing to the transparent and credible nature of the tender process, Law firm Edward Natha
SAPVIA 8th Networking Event: 26 June 2013 – Johannesburg
Sponsored by: SAPVIA held it’s 8th Networking Event on 26 June 2013 at the 20 West Executive Hotel, Sandton, Johannesburg. The first presentation of the afternoon was given by Jason van der Poel – a partner at Webber Wentzel. Jason gave very detailed and highly informative presentation
