Greenpeace Africa launches 10 kWp rooftop solar system
Engineering News – ONLINE 29 May 2013 reenpeace Africa on Wednesday started up a new 10 kWp rooftop solar photovoltaic panel installation at its Johannesburg office, which th
by GEPF invests R13bn to boost job creation, economic growth
Engineering News – ONLINE 29 May 2013 The Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) has allocated R13-billion for investment in various sectors of the economy to create jobs a
‘Streamlined’ enviro approvals mooted for key infrastructure projects
Engineering News ONLINE 28 May 2013 A “streamlined” environmental authorisation process is being introduced by the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) to facilitate the i
North West province’s first solar PV farm launched
Engineering News ONLINE 28 May 2013 The first photovoltaic (PV) energy farm in the North West province has been launched and is expected to supply 7 MW of power to the natio
Cold snap puts Eskom’s reserve margins under pressure
Business Day LIVE 28 May 2013 ESKOM’s reserve margins continue to be under pressure as temperatures drop, causing high power usage in households. On Monday night, Eskom was expec
Power reserve for Monday less than 0.5% of capacity
MONEYWEB 27 May 2013 Eskom battling to keep the lights on in Africa’s largest economy South African power utility Eskom said the reserve margin between forecast demand and s
China turns up heat in solar panels row
Business Day LIVE 27 May 2013 BEIJING — China warned on Sunday of a trade war with Europe if issues around solar panels and wireless equipment imports were not resolved. Chinese
Merkel in bid to ease China solar-panel row
Business Day – LIVE 28 May 2013 RUSSELS — Most European Union (EU) governments oppose a plan to impose hefty duties on solar panel imports from China, a survey of member st
Electricity demand comes close to overwhelming Eskom capacity
Business Day LIVE 24 May 2013 HE margin between Eskom’s available capacity and peak demand was only 0.4% on Thursday, the national power utility said in a system status bulletin
Power reserve for Thursday less than 0.4% of capacity
Moneyweb 23 May 2013 The second time this month grid came within a hair’s breadth of overloading. South African power utility Eskom said on Thursday the reserve margin betwe
