Extrupet is equipping its plastic bottle recycling centre in Wadeville with a 1.3 MWp solar power plant. The installation provides 79% of the recycling plant’s annual energy needs. Extrupet is taking another step towards sustainable environmental solutions. The plastic bottle recycling company is equipping its Wadeville plant in Johannesburg with a 1.3 MWp solar power […]
Vattenfall Unveils Latest Solar Racer
The Nuna11 is a tricycle with two wheels are on the right and one wheel on the left. The Vattenfall Solar team has unveiled its latest solar vehicle, the Nuna11, which is a tricycle with an inclined solar collector. Vattenfall said the third wheel is arranged in an unusual way, which the team hopes will […]
Outdated Thinking And Reactionary Rules Hold Back Electricity Supply in South Africa
When it comes to domestic, grid-tied, rooftop solar photovoltaic systems in South Africa, as with so many other aspects in the country’s electricity supply industry, outdated thinking and reactionary rules are holding back the supply of electricity in misguided efforts to protect the incumbent monopolies. Even municipal electricity distributors in South Africa considered to be […]
From Bits To Watts: Huawei Underlines African Power Credentials
Here is no doubt that South Africa currently faces a massive power challenge, with load shedding a disruptive reality that all but a few off-grid citizens have to deal with. At the same time, it’s growing increasingly clear that the country needs to drastically reduce its carbon emissions. According to The Global Carbon Atlas, South […]
South Africa – RoofTop & Distributed Solar Market – Outlook, Opportunities & Challenges: EQ’s Webinar
Powered by LONGi, EQ Magazine presented a webinar on ‘South Africa – RoofTop & Distributed Solar Market – Outlook, Opportunities & Challenges’. The speakers of the webinar shared their insights on the topic. Panellists discussed business models, policy and regulations, financing, business opportunities, the situation in detail. Also, the 14 panellists talked about trends, opportunities […]
South African Solar PV Industry Could Get a New Moment in the Sun
The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has welcomed Enertronica Santerno’s decision to expand its solar PV component manufacturing capacity in SA. The Italian firm will invest up to R17 million ($1,188m) to enhance their capability to manufacture inverters for solar photovoltaic applications, including storage solutions with a maximum initial production capacity of more than […]
Panasonic Donates Solar Lanterns to Communities in South Africa
1500 solar lanterns donated at ceremonies organized through the Nelson Mandela Foundation. South Africa: Continuing its efforts to offer a brighter life to the people living in no electricity areas in South Africa, Panasonic, in association with the Nelson Mandela Foundation, has donated 1500 Panasonic Solar Lanterns to the people living in remote areas with […]
SOUTH AFRICA: CDC Invests $50m in the Redstone Solar Project 100 MW
CDC Group, the UK government’s development finance institution, is investing $50 million in the Redstone Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) project in South Africa. The plant will feed 100 MW into the grid of the state-owned utility Eskom. CDC Group is coming to South Africa to announce a direct investment in a sustainable development project. The […]
Private Hospital Group Signs Its First Solar PPA For Six Plants
Mediclinic Limited, a private hospital group based in South Africa and Namibia, has contracted Moshesh Partners, a black-owned alternative renewable energy asset manager, to install solar photovoltaic systems at six of its hospitals. The hospital group has signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Moshesh Partners and included the option to extend the PPA […]
A Third Wave of COVID-19, Solar Power in Togo, and Security Updates
The COVAX program, a global vaccine-sharing scheme devised by the WHO, is facing shortages in the midst of the heightened need by African countries. COVAX has “delivered 90 million doses to 131 countries”—40 million of which have been administered in Africa—but many of these countries have already or nearly exhausted their supplies. Facing uncertainty about […]