Cable connections expert Lapp Group Southern Africa’s renewable energy division has completed a 30 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at Coca-Cola South Africa’s new Valpré spring water plant in Heidelberg.
The R1.6-million investment feeds into Coca-Cola’s internal grid, supplementing its power requirements with solar energy and significantly reducing its [...]
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The price caps for bids are as follows: wind power: R 1150/MWh, solar energy photovoltaic: R 2850/MWh, Concentrated Solar Thermal Power: R 2850/MWh.
South African Government finally took the wraps off its new-look green policy last week when it officially launched the Independent Power Producers (IPP) Procurement Programme.
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The time is ripe for South Africa to invest more heavily in infrastructure, plants, skills development, and maintenance in the renewable energy sector, DuPont sub-Saharan Africa Regional Director Carlman Moyo said on Wednesday.
The debate around fracking for shale gas in the Karoo once again firmly highlighted the importance for South [...]
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Australia is pretty much ground zero when it comes to water restrictions, and thus, it’s a hotbed for water conservation technology. The Solar Sprinkler concept by Alex Cashmore of the University of South Australia is a case in point: a solar-powered sprinkler system that couples with your rainwater harvesting tank.
Mumbai, Nov 14: Soon, Indian students, who are studying in schools that lack electricity, will get new a low-cost power efficient tablet, called I-Slate.
I-Slate, which works on solar energy, is underway to hit India. Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and Rice University are developing the I-Slate to boost [...]
SA in bid to lure investors for world’s biggest solar power plant in Upington, writes Rowan Philp After the gloom of electricity blackouts and smog, the future of clean energy in South Africa suddenly seems bright enough to be seen from space one day.
This is the strange vision that will be presented to 200 [...]
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