ART Solar boosts local solar PV module manufacturing capacity
Engineering News 24 May 2013 South Africa’s first locally owned photovoltaic (PV) module manufacturer, ART Solar, officially opened its Durban manufacturing plant on Thursday. The plant, which Department of Energy deputy director-general of energy programmes and projects, Dr Wolsey Barnard, described a
Anglo to build R5m solar PV system at Kriel colliery
Engineering News ONLINE 21 May 2013 JOHANNESBURG (miningweekly.com) – Mining major Anglo American has awarded SolarPower Africa the contract to build a 240 kWp grid-connected, ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) system to provide electricity to the central administration offices at the Kriel colliery, in M
Eskom was ‘on the brink of a power shutdown’
Business Day LIVE 20 May 2013 ESKOM “came as close to the edge as you can get” last Monday evening when the available power supply exceeded demand by a margin of only 0.17%, according to the company’s own routine system status bulletin. The recommended reserve margin for a power system is be
DoE to review electricity roadmap once bigger energy plan finalised
Engineering News Online 14 May 2013 The Department of Energy (DoE) will work towards finalising an Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) for South Africa during the current financial year, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters said on Tuesday. Speaking at a media briefing prior to her Budget Vote speech for the 2013/14 fin
SAPVIA meeting with Eskom transmission grid planning team: 16 May 2013
On the 16th of May 2013 SAPVIA’s Grid Access Subcommittee met with representatives of Eskom’s transmission grid planning team in an information sharing and relationship building workshop. Vladimir Chadliev (Director Global Grid Integration: First Solar) presented on Grid Integration & Plan
Eskom presentation: Connecting RE to the grid in SA – now & into the future
At a meeting between SAPVIA’s Grid Access Unit and Eskom’s Transmission Grid Planning team held on Thursday, 16 May 2013, Nish Rathanlall – Eskom Investment Planning Support Manager: Grid Planning – Transmission – gave the following presentation: Connecting RE to the Grid In SA &
SAPVIA at African Utility Week 2013
African Utility Week exhibition and conference took place from 14 – 15 May 2013 , boasted hands-on workshops, plenty networking opportunities, cocktail functions and supplier demonstrations. SAPVIA’s spokeperson, Dr Christopher Haw was part of the speaker line-up. His presentation can be
SAPVIA 7th Networking Event: 30 April 2013: CT
SAPVIA held it’s 7th Networking Event on 30 April 2013 at the Upper Eastside Hotel in Woodstock, Cape Town. Below are some images taken on the day.
SAPVIA 7th Networking Event: 30 April 2013 in CT
Sponsored by: SAPVIA held it’s 7th Networking Event on 30 April 2013 at the Upper Eastside Hotel in Woodstock, Cape Town.The first presentation of the afternoon was given by Dr Wolsey Barnard – DoE Deputy Director General: Energy Programmes & Projects. Dr Barnard provided the audience
The future trends for Power & Utilities
On Monday, 13 May 2013, GreenCape hosted a seminar on Smart Cities/Smart Metering with Nobert Schwieters – PwC Global Power & Utilities Leader, as the guest speaker. To download the presentation, please click on the link below. The future trends for Power & Utilities
