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Morocco's OCP borrows $110m to build four solar plants
13th April 2023 By: Reuters

Morocco's State-owned phosphates and fertiliser producer OCP said on Wednesday it signed an agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank's investment arm, on a... 


Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
South Africa should not shy away from costs of fixing power crisis – Minister
12th April 2023 By: Reuters

South Africa should not shy away from spending to fix the country's power crisis, its electricity minister told Reuters, ahead of a cabinet decision later this month on his proposals to end the... 


Eskom grid company unbundling takes a step forward
Eskom grid company unbundling takes a step forward
12th April 2023 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the important step taken this week with regard to the unbundling of Eskom's grid company and the fresh confusion over what South Africa's plan is... 


Spain to invest $2.3bn in South Africa's energy transition
6th April 2023 By: Bloomberg

Spain is providing €2.1-billion ($2.3-billion) to help fund South Africa’s energy transition and water needs, even as some of the world’s richest nations struggle to push forward on a... 


Siemens Energy extolls benefits of solar thermal energy and storage solution
6th April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Energy development company Siemens Energy on April 6 highlighted the benefits of its new solar thermal energy and storage solution, highlighting the potential it could have to “revolutionise” the... 


Anuva Green Energy adds 23 solar projects to its Section 12B portfolio
6th April 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Tax-leveraged investment specialist Anuva Investments has successfully deployed funds raised through the Anuva Green Energy partnership to conclude the purchase of 23 solar projects, equivalent to... 


An image of Ford South Africa's 13.5 MW solar plant
SolarAfrica uses Ford Silverton project as springboard into national solar rollout
4th April 2023 By: Donna Slater

Building on its R170-million investment pledge at the South Africa Investment Conference (SAIC) in 2020, solar photovoltaic (PV) energy solutions company SolarAfrica has continued to roll out solar... 


Absa to offer its SME clients grants to help them fund solar energy installations
3rd April 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

South African banking and investment services group Absa has announced that it is making R50-million available to provide solar energy grants to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that are its... 


Project financing opportunities to support the expansion of South Africa’s grid will be assessed, despite the Eskom debt-relief package barring the State-owned utility from securing any new debt without the specific permission of the Finance Minister
Talks under way on next funding flows from Germany to South Africa under JETP
3rd April 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Discussions are under way between the German and South African governments regarding the disbursement of the next tranche of the European country’s concessional funding under the $8.5-billion Just... 


Meeting global EV targets will be ‘extremely challenging’ owing to raw material shortages
31st March 2023 By: Darren Parker

Chemicals company BASF global precious metal services senior VP Timothy Ingle told delegates attending the Platinum Group Metals Day, in Johannesburg, earlier this week, that it would be extremely... 


Delaying solar investment could prove a mistake
29th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

Solar solutions company Terra Firma Solutions chief business development officer Ben Snyman has said it would be a mistake to delay investing in a solar system to see if the price drops.   “Solar... 


FNB launches new energy-related loan products for the middle class
27th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

Financial services company FNB has announced low-cost energy solutions for consumers ranging from R149 a month. Customers will have access to range of alternative energy and back-up power solutions... 


China Energy proposes $1bn floating solar farm in Zimbabwe
27th March 2023 By: Bloomberg

China Energy Engineering Group proposed building a 1 000 MW floating solar farm for Zimbabwe, a nearly $1-billion project, on the world’s largest man-made lake. More than 1.8 million photovoltaic... 


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300% growth demand noted by solar company
24th March 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Renewable-energy solution provider Solar MD has noted a 300% growth in demand for energy storage solutions in South Africa, owing to increasing demand for energy storage products in the... 


Regulatory changes to boost energy projects
24th March 2023 By: Cameron Mackay

Recent regulatory changes in the local energy sector – such as the lifting of the licensing threshold for independent power generation – will help boost solar energy equipment supplier GameChange... 


Significant funding required to positively undertake Just Energy Transition – report
23rd March 2023 By: Donna Slater

The second of three reports looking into South Africa’s energy transition, released by the African Climate Foundation (ACF) this week, finds that significant amounts of funding will be required to... 


Billboard proclaiming the groundbreaking for Phase 3 of the Blitta solar plant
Togo set to have the biggest solar power plant in West Africa, by the end of this year
23rd March 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, based renewable energy group AMEA Power has announced that the groundbreaking ceremony for Phase 3 of its Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed solar power plant, in the Republic... 


Magneto Renewable Energy products
Partnership formed to boost solar panel, integrated inverter stockholding
22nd March 2023 By: Donna Slater

A partnership to make solar panels and integrated renewable energy systems in South Africa more readily available was launched on March 22 between Magneto Renewable Energy (MRE), Chinese tier one... 


Solar panels
Solar underpins record renewables additions in 2022
22nd March 2023 By: Terence Creamer

A record 295 GW of new renewable-energy capacity was added globally in 2022, with the 9.6% year-on-year growth underpinned largely by record growth in solar photovoltaic (PV) installations, which... 


UK development finance agency invests in new fund for green African urban development
22nd March 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

UK State development finance institution British International Investment (BII) has announced that it is committing €20-million to the Meridiam Group’s TURF (The Urban Resilience Fund), which is... 


Solar panels
DMRE says refinancing of 15 renewables plants has delivered tariff savings as it updates protocol
17th March 2023 By: Terence Creamer

The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) reports that 15 renewables refinancing applications have been approved under an initiative launched in October 2019 that sought to reduce... 


Renewable energy infrastructure
Just energy transition to be job-positive, but youth skills and businesses crucial
17th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

South Africa's transition from fossil fuel dependence to a renewable energy-based economy will add more jobs than will be lost in fossil fuel value chains, but the skills that young people have to... 


Hyprop results show retail recovery after Covid-19
17th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

Strong trading metrics across real estate investment trust (Reit) Hyprop’s portfolio of retail properties in mixed-use precincts in key economic nodes for the six months to December 31, 2022, have... 


transmission lines and pylons
Transmission infrastructure should also be privatised, investment firm argues
16th March 2023 By: Darren Parker

While electricity generation capacity in South Africa is increasingly being privatised and decentralised, the government has stated that transmission infrastructure must remain in the hands of the... 


Massmart, RCS offer retail customers solar funding loans
15th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Mass retailer Massmart, in partnership with consumer finance company Retail Credit Solutions (RCS), has introduced a solar energy funding solution in the form of a loan of up to R250 000 for... 


Worker at a solar project
€15m Just SA launched in bid to unlock Mpumalanga transition projects
14th March 2023 By: Terence Creamer

A new €15-million initiative has been launched to provide research and technical support for “catalytic” just transition projects in South Africa’s Mpumalanga province, currently the centre of... 


Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel
DTIC’s new energy one-stop shop to include ‘unblocking teams’ to speed up electricity investments
14th March 2023 By: Terence Creamer

Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel reports that that energy one-stop-shop to speed up the regulatory processes required for private investment in electricity generation has been... 


Cape Town’s three-phase loadshedding protection plan on track
13th March 2023 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis says the City of Cape Town is on track with plans to protect residents from the first four stages of loadshedding implemented by State-owned utility Eskom within... 


NUM backs Mantashe on pro-coal stance
10th March 2023 By: Donna Slater

Labour union the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has expressed its support for Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe’s pro-coal stance, alleging “coercion” efforts to move away... 


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How battery storage can help SA navigate its grid and loadshedding challenges
10th March 2023 By: Sabrina Jardim

Amid the current energy crisis, declared to be a state of disaster during last month’s State of the Nation Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa, battery energy storage systems (BESS) could... 


Successful first close for third energy transition Evolution impact fund
9th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

African private equity firm Inspired Evolution successfully achieved the first closing of its third energy transition, net-zero climate impact Evolution fund on March 3. Evolution III closed at... 


Increase in solar panel recycling needed to avoid a future environmental hazard
9th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels could result in an environmental hazard in 30 years’ time, as only 10% of the most widely used panel types are recycled in the US, while this data is unknown in South... 


Cape Town received 600 solar PV applications from businesses, households in Feb
9th March 2023 By: Marleny Arnoldi

As the City of Cape Town works towards independence from the national grid, it has recorded a best month on record for new solar photovoltaic (PV) installations. The city received more than 600... 


Renewables and hydrogen infrastructure
Namibia stresses green hydrogen ambitions, plans
9th March 2023 By: Rebecca Campbell

The south west African Republic of Namibia sought to become the sustainability hub of Africa and aimed to become the first carbon-neutral country on the continent. This was highlighted on Wednesday... 


Mpact focuses on innovation, sustainability to tap growth and higher-value segments
7th March 2023 By: Schalk Burger

JSE-listed paper and plastics packaging business and recycler Mpact's product innovation, research and new production capacity is targeting sectors like export fruit, convenience shopping,... 


African-made renewable energy products could benefit continent – SAIEE
7th March 2023 By: Donna Slater

Although Africa is going through an “unavoidable” energy transition, South African Institute of Electrical Engineers president Prince Moyo believes the continent can “leapfrog” the trajectory of... 


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