A stop-gap procurement ending this month raises hopes for a new bid window soon. South African independent power producers (IPPs) are hoping for the return of a national procurement program next year following a stop-gap auction ending this month. Offers to cover 2 gigawatts of “risk-mitigation” IPP capacity were due by Dec. 22, after an […]
Bids Listed to Plug South Africa’s Power Generation Shortage
South Africa’s program to narrow a shortage of as much as 3,000 megawatts of electricity generation has drawn interest from solar, gas and powership developers. Richards Bay Gas Power 2, Scatec Solar SA and Karpowership SA are among firms listed as bidders for the Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producers’ Procurement Programme on the website of […]
SOUTH AFRICA : GRS completes construction of the Greefspan II solar power plant
The Spanish company GRS Energy, completes the construction of the Greefspan II solar power plant in the Northern Cape Province in South Africa. It has built this solar park in partnership with the Spanish group TSK and the South African company Umbono Energy Partners. The plant, which has a capacity of 63.2 MWp, is owned […]
Amazon to Make Solar, Wind Investments in South Africa
In a bid to generate a clean and stable electricity supply for its data centers in South Africa, U.S. multinational Amazon is developing utility-scale wind and solar projects. According to a recent announcement by the company, 26 projects with a total generation capacity of 3.4 GW will be developed across eight countries, bringing its total […]
SOUTH AFRICA : Vesconite equips its Virginia plant with a 60 kWp solar system
Vesconite Bearings, a producer of polymer bearing materials, has just installed a 60 kWp solar photovoltaic system in the extrusion unit of its factory in Virginia (Free State). The small roof-mounted, grid-connected power plant provides three-quarters of the electricity needed to run the extrusion unit. The small rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at the Vesconite […]
South Africa’s cities to switch to solar as Eskom monopoly ends
South Africa’s biggest cities are preparing to source their own power after the energy ministry this month approved letting them wean themselves off the state utility that’s subjected cities to outages for the past 13 years. Johannesburg and Cape Town, which have a combined population of about 10 million people, plan to diversify away from […]
South Africa’s Cities to Switch to Solar as Power Monopoly Ends
State decides cities no longer forced to buy Eskom’s power Cape Town, Johannesburg consider solar plants, landfill gas South Africa’s biggest cities are preparing to source their own power after the energy ministry this month approved letting them wean themselves off the state utility that’s subjected cities to outages for the past 13 years. Johannesburg […]
South Africa : Bokamoso PV solar power plant (68 MWp) goes into operation
The Bokamoso photovoltaic solar power plant has just been commissioned in South Africa. The 68 MWp facility is owned by a consortium formed by the Ideas Fund (managed by Old Mutual), Reatile Solar Power, Phakwe Solar, Business Venture Investments and the Cicada Community Trust Another clean energy generation facility has just been commissioned in South […]
New SAPVIA board talk renewables to boost economy
Solar industry body SAPVIA’s new board members have reaffirmed their belief that the renewable energy sector is key to kick-starting the South African economy post-COVID-19. SAPVIA was formed a decade ago by six individuals with a passion to have renewable energy included in the IRP2010. Today the industry body represents 378 companies and service providers […]
ARCELORMITTAL SOUTH AFRICA TO INTRODUCE RENEWABLE POWER INTO ENERGY MIX
ArcelorMittal South Africa is inviting independent power producers (IPPs) to participate in a request for information (RFI) process for the supply and management of several photovoltaic (PV) power plants at its operations. A subsidiary of ArcelorMittal Holdings which is a leader in the global steel industry, ArcelorMittal South Africa is the largest steel producing […]