renewables

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Solar surge coming to Africa

    Solar surge coming to Africa African countries maintained a brisk pace of solar power installation last year and the sector looks set to keep growing in 2025, according to a new industry report. The Global Solar Council (GSC) estimated that the continent added 2,400 megawatts of solar...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Good news for engineers in South Africa

    Good news for engineers in South Africa Private engineering firms are set to benefit big-time from the drastic changes and expansion of South Africa's electricity transmission network in the coming years. That is according to National Transmission Company of South Africa (NTCSA) interim CEO...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Increased solar and wind power making grid stability management trickier

    Increased solar and wind power making grid stability management trickier The increased use of solar and wind power in South Africa could cause significantly increased instability in the country's electricity transmission grid. If not adapted appropriately, the risk of controlled power outages...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's solar power potential going to waste

    South Africa's solar power potential going to waste South Africa is making efforts to increase the use of solar photovoltaic energy. But it’s happening at a very slow pace. Solar photovoltaic contributes less than 5% to the country’s energy mix, despite the sunny climate, which is very...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Three decades of government failure on electricity provision

    Three decades of government failure on electricity provision In 1994, Apartheid ended and the African National Congress (ANC) won South Africa’s first ever democratic elections, promising “Electricity for All” as part of its Reconstruction and Development Programme. Back then, only 36% of all...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Expert weighs in on SA's ideal energy mix

    Expert weighs in on SA's ideal energy mix South Africa’s economy has been hard hit by 15 years of load-shedding (rolling blackouts). The country’s coal-fired power plants have a maintenance backlog and frequently experience unexpected technical failures. On the other hand, South Africa has...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Coal power is here to stay — Mantashe

    Coal power is here to stay — Mantashe South Africa’s energy minister said expecting a rapid transition from its dependence on coal-fired power generation to clean energy would be “very wrong,” and the nation will need to use the fossil fuel for longer to address an electricity shortage. Gwede...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Overloaded Cape grid to be expanded using part of Eskom’s R229-billion funding

    Overloaded Cape grid to be expanded using part of Eskom’s R229-billion funding Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will use a portion of $12.5 billion (R228.51 billion) multilateral loans toward delivering power to areas where the grid is overloaded and stymying the transition to renewable sources...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    NUM wants South Africa's renewable climate pact with rich countries suspended

    NUM wants South Africa's renewable climate pact with rich countries suspended The main labour union at South Africa’s state power utility called for the suspension of an $8.5-billion (R164.01-billion) climate finance pact with some of the world’s richest nations as well as plans to break up...
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  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Komati renewable conversion plans in limbo

    Komati renewable conversion plans in limbo Delays in converting Eskom's decommissioned Komati coal power plant into a hybrid renewable energy facility have caused "despair and frustration" in the small Mpumalanga town, Sunday Times reports. The publication said that many Komati residents —...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Ramaphosa's climate commission recommends SA give coal the boot and use little gas

    Ramaphosa's climate commission recommends SA give coal the boot and use little gas South Africa’s Presidential Climate Commission has advised the country, which relies on coal for most of its electricity, to forsake using the fossil fuel for future power generation and to only use a minimal...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA's R154-billion renewable funding project turning into a cautionary tale

    SA's R154-billion renewable funding project turning into a cautionary tale It was meant to be the climate justice blueprint, the deal that showed how rich countries could help developing economies end their reliance on coal and go green. Almost 18 months on, South Africa’s $8.5 billion (R154.5...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Gordhan slams De Ruyter as green globetrotter

    Gordhan slams De Ruyter as green globetrotter The South African minister who oversees state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. accused its former chief executive officer Andre de Ruyter of spending too much time promoting a transition to green energy and paying inadequate attention to fixing...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom must fix coal power stations because its grid is too weak for renewables — Russian energy billionaire

    Eskom must fix coal power stations because its grid is too weak for renewables — Russian energy billionaire South Africa needs to upgrade its coal-fired power plants rather than focus on renewable energy, according to a sanctioned Russian billionaire who made his fortune in part from generating...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    13 more IPP deals finally signed

    13 more IPP deals finally signed The Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) has signed agreements with 13 renewable energy providers under Bid Window 5 of the government’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPP). At least six more preferred...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa discussing more funding possibilities to help with costly switch from coal to renewables

    South Africa discussing more funding possibilities to help with costly switch from coal to renewables South Africa, having secured $8.5 billion (R146.83 billion) in climate finance from some of the world’s richest countries, is in talks with additional nations to help it cut reliance on coal...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cabinet approves plan for $8.5-billion international renewable funding package

    Cabinet approves plan for $8.5-billion international renewable funding package South Africa’s cabinet endorsed an investment plan to help the country transition away from the use of coal, a key step in securing $8.5 billion in climate finance on offer from the world’s richest nations. The...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA wants to use biggest chunk of key renewable funding package for EVs

    SA wants to use biggest chunk of key renewable funding package for EVs South Africa wants to spend billions of dollars fostering an electric vehicle industry, complicating efforts to finalize an $8.5 billion (R154-billion) climate aid package before next month’s United Nations climate summit...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Private power companies leasing land from Eskom to provide 2,000MW of renewable electricity

    Private power companies leasing land from Eskom to provide 2,000MW of renewable electricity Eskom has signed leasing contracts with four renewable energy companies to build new renewable energy facilities on land owned by the power utility. The four companies — HDF Energy SA, Red Rocket SA...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Cabinet aims to approve second version of critical renewable funding plan this month

    Cabinet aims to approve second version of critical renewable funding plan this month South Africa’s government will seek cabinet approval for an $8.5-billion (R150.6-billion) plan to transition away from the use of coal to generate electricity in order to secure funding from some of the world’s...
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