South Africa's rooftop solar revolution
The South African private sector has installed 4,411.50MWp (potential megawatts) of rooftop solar — double the amount procured through the government's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) programme.
Energy expert Anton...
Largest wind farms in South Africa — and how they stack up against the world's biggest
South Africa's biggest wind power plant comprises two sister facilities in the Northern Cape — Khobab and Loeriesfontein 2 — with a maximum generating capacity of just over 283MW.
Lekela Power constructed...
Eskom's wishful thinking
Load-shedding could stick around for a lot longer than South Africans have been told, and it could intensify further due to a lack of transmission grid capacity for new wind and solar power plants.
This is according to Intellidex's head of capital markets, Peter Attard...
Daily Eskom power cuts for South Africa and no solutions — because the ANC is in chaos
South Africa's Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (IPPPP) has faced several delays since the first request for proposal was released in 2011 — and the country won't see private power added to...
african independentpowerproducers association
dipuo peters
eskom
independentpowerproducer (ipp)
jacob zuma
national energy regulator of south africa (nersa)
renewableenergyindependentpowerproducerprocurementprogramme (reippp)
thomas garner
South Africa getting 15,400MW to fix electricity crisis — where it will come from
President Cyril Ramaphosa has outlined the additional electricity generation capacity that will come online in the coming years to help solve South Africa's power crisis.
Speaking during his state of the nation...
Eskom leasing its land to private power producers
Eskom says that it will lease the land it owns near its power stations through an auction to private investors for renewable electricity generation.
Kicking off in Mpumalanga, private power producers may use the land to generate electricity for...
Big holes emerge in South Africa’s electricity plan
Deep flaws, significant delays and unnecessary additional costs are becoming evident in the outdated Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity, IRP 2019, published by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) in October 2019.
Big...
chris yelland
department of mineral resources and energy (dmre)
energy systems research group (esrg)
jesse burton
renewableenergyindependentpowerproducerprocurementprogramme (reippp)
risk mitigation ipp procurement (rmippp)
R1.5-billion solar power plant unveiled for SA
The deputy minister of science and technology, Michael Masutha, recently unveiled the Droogfontein solar power plant near Kimberley in the Northern Cape.
department of environmental affairs (dea)
department of science and technology (dst)
droogfontein
droogfontein solar photovoltaic plant
eskom
fort hare university
globeleq
international energy agency (iea)
kimberley
mark pickering
michael masutha
nelson mandela metropolitan university
renewableenergyindependentpowerproducerprocurementprogramme (reippp)
south african weather service (saws)
stellenbosch university
university of kwazulu-natal
university of pretoria