RES4AFRICA FOUNDATION AND SAPVIA SIGNED A MOU TO STRENGTHEN THEIR COLLABORATION FOR AFRICA’S ENERGY TRANSITION
Rome/Johannesburg, 1st March 2021 – Renewable Energy Solutions for Africa Foundation (RES4Africa) and South Africa Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to deepen their cooperation in the promotion and implementation of sustainable energy solutions as key cataly
GoodWe signs Europe-wide cooperation with Krannich
GoodWe inverters are now also available from Krannich in Europe Krannich Solar, one of the leading wholesalers for photovoltaics, has signed a cooperation agreement with GoodWe for the worldwide sale of their products. After successful cooperation in countries such as Australia and India, Krannich extends
Commentary: Anti-renewables lobby should ‘stick to the facts’
Lobbyists opposed to government’s plans on achieving energy security have used yesterday’s appearance by Deputy President David Mabuza in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) to muddy the waters around the success that the Renewable Energy (RE) sector has already delivered. The concern has been ex
EASE LICENCING RESTRICTIONS ON EMBEDDED GENERATION BELOW 10MW
Small-Scale Embedded Generation key to rapidly expanding electricity generation capacity Cape Town, South Africa, December 2019 – The most recent round of load shedding, which has been implemented by Eskom over the past week, has provided further evidence of the power utility’s increasing inability
South African Photovoltaic Industry Association – Statement on Approval of South African Integrated Resource Plan
SAPVIA MEDIA STATEMENT – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The solar photovoltaic industry welcomes the South African Cabinet’s approval of the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy’s (DMRE) latest Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP), earlier this week. We welcome the allocation of 6000MW of new genera
SAPVIA welcomes the appointments of Honourable Minister Gwede Mantashe and Deputy Minister Bavelile Hlongwa in the combined portfolio of Mineral Resources and Energy
SAPVIA (the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association) would like to congratulate Minister Gwede Mantashe and his Deputy Bavelile Hlongwa on their appointments in the combined portfolio of Mineral Resources and Energy. The appointments come at a crucial time in the energy space with growing calls fr
IBC SOLAR – The Expert for PV, Storage and off-grid present again on the African Utility Week
At this year’s African Utility Week, IBC SOLAR is having its 3rd appearance in a row and its 2nd energy show presence in 2019 after exhibiting at the African Solar Show in March. IBC SOLAR opened its doors in Cape Town in 2017 providing the Sub-Saharan side of the continent with their solar products and
IEA PVPS PRESS RELEASE : 500 GW of total Photovoltaic capacity installed in 2018
International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power System Programme (IEA PVPS) publishes its new “Snapshot of Global Photovoltaic Markets 2018”: At the end of 2018, PV reached for the first time half a TW of total capacity Paris, France, 15 April 2019 – Preliminary market numbers show that the PV market
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy adopts draft Integrated Resource Plan 2018
Following a public wide consultation, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy has adopted the draft IRP 2018. In this process the committee received around 41 written submissions, including 38 requests to make oral submissions. The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) notes t
Standard Association of Zimbabwe becomes energy independent
IBC SOLAR supplies and commissions PV system with battery storage for self-consumption Harare / Zimbabwe, November 22, 2018 – IBC SOLAR South Africa, subsidiary of the German system provider for photovoltaics (PV) and energy storage, has supplied and commissioned a 194 kilowatt peak system with battery