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Renewable Energy

Solar power solution in barrow

An innovative solution has been found for previously-disadvantaged communities to obtain hot, purified water; a necessity to most people.

By: System Author

27 Aug 99

Renewable Energy

DME set to power-up non-grid image in SA

Non-grid electrification should be seen as being equal to that of grid electrification

By: System Author

06 Aug 99

Renewable Energy

Duties, theft short-circuit solar-energy sector

Steep customs duties on imported photovoltaic (PV) components and the theft of PV modules are hampering the growth of the local solar-energy manufacturing industry, Africa Solar MD John Doster tells

By: System Author

06 Aug 99

Renewable Energy

Private wind farm awaits purchase decision

A decision on a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the proposed pilot wind farm located at Darling, on the Cape West Coast, is imminent following the conclusion of talks between the developer of the project, Darling Independent Power Producer...

By: System Author

06 Aug 99

Renewable Energy

SA non-grid must find its place in the sun

David Poggiolini Engineering News Features Reporter South Africa has the expertise, the resources and the manufacturers, and yet it does not even feature on the renewable-energy map, argues Solcen MD Hannes Opperman. Solcen is a non-governmental...

By: System Author

06 Aug 99

Renewable Energy

Cape mulling pilot wind-farm project

Adecision to proceed with a pilot wind-farm project in the Western Cape is expected by the end of this year. Project leader: wind Lizelle Kok reports that State-owned power utility Eskom has been conducting desktop studies on wind energy for two...

By: System Author

09 Jul 99

Renewable Energy

R188m solar project lights up rural towns

Twinkling lights, the sound of up-to-the-minute television news broadcasts and lilting radio music are becoming part and parcel of nights in the rolling hills of rural northern Kwazulu-Natal. This follows the launch of a R188-million solar power...

By: System Author

11 Jun 99

Renewable Energy

Solar roof development

A solar roofing system, jointly developed by Gapp Architects and Urban Designers and Solar Heat Exchangers, is being used to roof part of a public bathhouse built for the Katorus Market Society. This society is a non-governmental organisation...

By: System Author

30 Apr 99

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Person	Technology	Continent	Product
David Poggiolini Kosi Lisa John Doster Steep Eskom Herman Oelsner Hannes Opperman Elizabeth Technikon Kevin Nassiep Penuell Maduna Senti Thobejane Eric Noir	Renewable-energy Technologies Young Technology “The Technology Non-dispatchable Technology Non-dispatchablenTechnology Power Power Technology Solar Thermal Electric Technologies Solar Thermal Technology Two Technologies Well-established Technology Well-establishednTechnology Non-grid Electrification Technologies	Europe Africa	Ricoh Caplio R40 Digital Camera
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Cape West Coast Grinaker Construction Cape Drakensberg Mountains Western Cape	Bavaria Ingwavuma