Renewable Energy

In its longest combination (up to 198+ 8m), the new crane handles a maximum payload of 192 tons at extreme heights. This model reduces setup and dismantling time to two or three days—roughly half... 

By Tessa Brewis, Sector Head: Projects & Energy, and Josh Da Costa, Associate, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr As the Africa Energy Forum returns to Cape Town from 16 to 19 June 2026 under the theme Building... 

By: Nhlanhla Nkomo - Head of Sales at Southern Power Maintenance In substation delivery, many of the risks that delay a project do not sit neatly inside one contractor’s scope. They sit in the... 

RES4Africa Foundation, in collaboration with Nedbank CIB and the European Investment Bank (through its development arm, EIB Global), convened a high-level roundtable titled “Beyond the Traditional... 

A Cape Town-based prototyping and fabrication facility is for sale. This is an asset-only sale, with the option for a lease transfer. The facility is powered by both solar and Eskom and has a fully... 

By: Ovizikhungo Sicwetsha - Head of Transactional Banking for the mid-corporate segment at Nedbank Against a backdrop of geopolitical fragmentation, rising protectionism, and shifting demographic... 

Africa’s industrial ambitions are increasingly tied to one critical factor: access to reliable, scalable energy. As policymakers, investors and industry leaders gather in Cape Town this week for... 

Agence française de développement (AFD) has approved a €650 000 (about R12-million) grant to facilitate a two-year technical cooperation programme between RTE international and the National... 

The most persistently bullish part of the commodities sector in recent years has been metals associated with the energy transition, such as copper, lithium and rare earth elements. Iron-ore miners... 

Renewable energy company Scatec has reached financial close and started construction on the 120 MW Sidi Bouzid II solar plant, in Tunisia. The €96-million project is expected to reach commercial... 

By: Rohit Chashta - Sustainability Business Lead, Africa, SE Advisory Services at Schneider Electric South African organisations’ broad environmental obligations have evolved into a number of... 

A new investment vehicle dedicated to deploying long-term equity into distributed renewable energy businesses across sub-Saharan Africa has been launched with initial committed capital of... 

The intensifying competition among China, the US and Europe to secure future copper supplies is strengthening the negotiating position of African producer countries, creating an opportunity to... 

In line with the Africa Energy Forum’s theme, ‘Building Africa’s industrialized Future,’ GE Vernova Inc. (NYSE: GEV) today showcased its comprehensive portfolio of technologies engineered to... 

Africa's renewable energy transition is most often framed in terms of capital: how much has been committed, how much more is needed, and what financing structures might bridge the gap. That framing... 

Global institutional fund manager A.P. Moller Capital has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of renewable-energy developer and independent power producer Mainstream Renewable Power South Africa.... 

The rapid expansion of AI and cloud computing is driving substantial capital deployment into Africa’s digital infrastructure. This positions high capacity hyperscale campuses as a core asset class. 

Energy technology company CHINT believes reliable power infrastructure will be critical to supporting Africa's industrialisation ambitions. 

Wärtsilä Director: Growth and Development, Africa and Europe Louis Strydom speaks to Engineering News at the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town.