Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2023 20:15:06 +0000
In June of last year, South Africa increased the threshold for companies to produce their own electricity without a license from 1 MW to 100 MW. Generation projects will still need to obtain a grid connection permit to ensure that they meet all of the requirements for grid compliance. It was a surprising but very […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2023 16:35:22 +0000
A number of Southern African countries are in the midst of a devastating electricity crisis. Zimbabweans have been subjected to daily power cuts of up to 20 hours a day. In Zambia, load-shedding has just been increased to 12 hours a day. One of Africa’s largest power producers by installed capacity, South Africa is also […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2022 17:17:49 +0000
Following the South African government’s decision in 2021 to raise the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW, JUWI Renewable Energies and South African mid-tier gold producer Pan Africa Resources (PAR) today announced that the 10 MW Elikhulu solar energy plant developed by JUWI for PAR’s Evander gold operations has […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 08 Dec 2022 18:38:34 +0000
We are starting to see a lot of large grid battery projects taking off around the world. Several years ago, the ‘Big Battery” in Australia, the biggest in the world at that time, was making all the headlines. Australia is going big on these battery projects with several other active projects and another one, the […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 19:00:45 +0000
The commercial and industrial (C&I) solar sector is really starting to take off across several countries on the African continent. Initially the market was characterized by a few projects where customers would install grid-tied solar PV plants after making an upfront payment to an installer or engineering, procurement, and construction company (EPC) on a turnkey […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2022 19:05:55 +0000
21% of Caledonia’s Blanket Mine’s on-mine costs are attributed to the mine’s energy usage. The mine’s total diesel consumption increased by 76% from 2019 to 2020 and by 55% from 2020 to 2021. This increase in the usage of diesel was due to frequent power outages and unstable supplies from ZESA, the national electricity utility […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 18:30:18 +0000
HEINEKEN South Africa’s Sedibeng Brewery in Midvaal has installed a 6.5MW solar PV plant. The solar plant began producing power in May of this year and is the largest freestanding solar plant powering a brewery in South Africa. It is also the largest within the HEINEKEN group. The solar plant has 14,000 panels, adding up […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2022 15:30:01 +0000
Wärtsilä, a global leader in innovative technologies and lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets, has just released a new report titled Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future. In the report, Wärtsilä notes that as the transition picks up speed in developed and emerging countries, a lack of access to capital is stalling traction in […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 22:00:23 +0000
There are about 1000 battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) in South Africa at the moment. There has been a limited supply of EVs in South Africa over the years, with very few models to choose from since 2015. However, there are now more models on the market for consumers to choose from than before. The charging network […]
Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2022 12:00:21 +0000
AutoTrader South Africa, in collaboration with Smarter Mobility Africa, has just released the 2022 edition of its Electric Vehicle Buyers Survey. The survey results show that 64% of respondents stated that they would purchase an electric vehicle within the next 5 years. 72% of consumers are willing to spend up to R600,000 ($33,000) on an […]