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PPA signings open up a sustainable energ...

Tuesday, 17 April 2018

The power purchase agreements PPAs signed by State-owned power utility Eskom earlier this month ended three years of waiting and uncertainty and it is a significant step towards a truly sustainable energy vision for South Africa and Africa as a whole, says solar energy equipment supplier Juwi.“The signing [of PPAs for] 27 Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme REIPPPP projects will enable R56-billion of new investment in the economy over the next two to three years, which will immediately contribute to significant growth in the economy and job creation,” says Juwi MD Greg Austin.According to the Department of Energy, the 27 projects are expected to create 58 419...

The power purchase agreements PPAs signed by State-owned power utility Eskom earlier this month ended three years of waiting and uncertainty and it...

Manufacturing and construction to benefi...

Wednesday, 11 April 2018

South Africa’s manufacturing and construction industries stand to benefit from renewed momentum of the renewable energy programme, following the recent conclusion of power purchase agreements PPAs for 27 projects procured under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme REIPPPP .The local-content requirements of the REIPPPP should aid in the recovery and growth of the domestic manufacturing industry, which was impacted by the more than two year delay in the programme. Several energy component manufacturing facilities had to retrench staff, owing to a lack of orders when the REIPPPP stalled in 2015.The South African Wind Energy Association has expressed its...

South Africa’s manufacturing and construction industries stand to benefit from renewed momentum of the renewable energy programme, following the...

South Africa’s renewables focus shifting...

Friday, 06 April 2018

The themes of transformation and employment in the renewable-energy sector have started to eclipse traditional concerns over cost and reliability following government’s highly contested, and much delayed, decision to press ahead with the signing of agreements for another 27 renewable-energy independent power producer IPP projects.The projects, which have a combined capacity of 2 300 MW, bring to 112 the number of IPPs procured under the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme REIPPPP since 2011.To date, 6 422 MW of renewables capacity has been procured, with 3 773 MW, from 62 IPPs, currently in operation. The combined investment across all projects is greater than...

The themes of transformation and employment in the renewable-energy sector have started to eclipse traditional concerns over cost and reliability...

Radebe says signing of 27 IPP agreements...

Thursday, 05 April 2018

Agreements opening the way for the construction of 27 renewable-energy independent power producer IPP projects, with a combined investment value of R56-billion and a combined capacity of 2 300 MW, were finally signed on Wednesday April 4, after a confidence-sapping delay of over two years.At the signing event in Pretoria Energy Minister Jeff Radebe declared a “new dawn” for renewable energy in South Africa, following a “long period of uncertainty, not only for the renewable-energy industry, but also for private sector investment in the energy sector” .He committed to providing investors with better “line of sight” of what South Africa planned to procure in future and acknowledged that no...

Agreements opening the way for the construction of 27 renewable-energy independent power producer IPP projects, with a combined investment value of...