Power and automation technology group ABB on Monday announced that it would construct two solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants for electricity utility Eskom, which would be completed by November.
The pilot plants, each of one hectare, would be located on greenfield sites adjacent to the Lethabo and Kendal coal-fired [...]
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DURBAN hopes to start building its first sun power farm in cane fields near La Mercy within weeks. The solar power farm is expected to cost about R50 million and provide about a megawatt of electricity for the city’s power grid.
Although this is less than 1 percent of [...]
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The Department of Energy (DoE) reports that 270 bidder applications have already been received for tender documentation related to the renewable energy independent power producer (IPP) programme, under which South Africa will seek to procure the first 3 725 MW of capacity by 2016. The documents were made available on August [...]
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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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Although Africa is endowed with fossil and renewable energy resources, which could more than adequately cover its energy needs, it remains the most poorly electrified continent in the world. The proportion of people without electricity in Africa is higher than anywhere else on the planet, with as little as 5% of [...]
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Leading companies in the photovoltaic industry should not take their positions for granted. No single company has been able to stay on top for a sustained period of time, according to PRTM’s 2011 Photovoltaic Sustainable Growth Index. Worse yet, as the ranking of the 25 largest publicly traded PV companies demonstrates, those that fall [...]
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