South Africa – Page 13 – Thinking Port

Tiger Brands, Southern Africa’s Largest Food Manufacturer, To Install Solar At Its Manufacturing Sites

August 23, 2022 admin africa, clean power, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:50:53 +0000

South African consumer goods giant and its largest food manufacturer, Tiger Brands, will install solar power at its manufacturing sites. Tiger Brands has also been implementing energy efficiency initiatives to maximize efforts with the aim of reducing the company’s reliance on the national grid and minimize impact on the environment. Tiger Brands’ portfolio includes key […]

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South Africa’s Growthpoint Properties Invests R50 Million In Solar + Battery System At Paarl Mall

August 23, 2022 admin africa, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, green economy, investment, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2022 15:51:50 +0000

Growthpoint Properties is an international property company with assets in South Africa, Eastern Europe, Australia, and the UK. Growthpoint is also South Africa’s largest primary Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Growthpoint owns and manages a diversified portfolio of over 500 property assets, locally and internationally. The company has been […]

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Audi South Africa Adds 150 kW DC Ultra-Fast Electric Vehicle Chargers To Charging Network

August 16, 2022 admin africa, Audi, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 02:50:50 +0000

Audi South Africa, in partnership with GridCars, has finalized the installation of 33 electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country. These represent a total of 70 charge point connectors and expands on the existing network in the country. The chargers range in their charging capacity from 22kW (AC) to 80kW (DC) and 150kW (DC) […]

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The City of Cape Town Will Pay Cash For Your Excess Solar

August 13, 2022 admin africa, cape town, clean power, rooftop solar, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:50:01 +0000

The city of Cape Town will soon start paying commercial and Industrial (C&I) business for their excess solar with cash as one of the options on the table. Interested businesses that want to sell their surplus Small-scale Embedded Generation (SSEG) energy to the City of Cape Town need to submit their applications by the 31st […]

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Volkswagen Now The #1 Searched Car Brand In South Africa

August 6, 2022 admin africa, cars, clean transport, Electric vehicles, South Africa, Volkswagen

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 21:50:19 +0000

BMW has traditionally been the the number one searched brand in South Africa. South Africans love BMWs. The legendary BMW E30 325, popularly known locally as the “Gusheshe,” is a prime example of this strong relationship. It is extremely popular in the spinning and burnout community. Spinning is a street sport popular in South Africa’s […]

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South Africa Needs Cheaper Electric Cars ASAP!

August 5, 2022 admin africa, clean transport, Electric vehicles, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2022 19:50:24 +0000

South Africa’s Autotrader Car Industry Report Mid-Year Report January 2022 – June 2022 has just been released. In the first 6 months of this year, 349 million searches for vehicles were conducted on Autotrader’s website. There were 163 million consumer advert views and the average time on the site was 5 minutes and 50 seconds. […]

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Scatec Starts Construction of 540 MW Solar Plus Storage Project In South Africa

July 20, 2022 admin batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, scatec, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2022 15:55:59 +0000

Scatec is starting construction of the three Kenhardt projects in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa after reaching financial close. The projects are part of South Africa’s Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP). The main objective of the RMIPPPP is to procure new generation capacity based on: a range of source technologies […]

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Cape Town Mayor Recommends A 10-Point Plan To End South Africa’s Load-Shedding

July 18, 2022 admin eskom, grid, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2022 14:00:57 +0000

Load-shedding, a controlled process that responds to unplanned events (such as demand exceeding available capacity) in order to protect the electricity power system from a total blackout, seems to be getting worse in South Africa. Eskom, South Africa’s national electricity utility company, has had to implement load-shedding increasingly over the past few years. Eskom’s load-shedding […]

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Electric Ford Ranger Lightning & Thunder Pickups Are Coming — Could South Africa Finally Get A Locally Assembled EV?

July 14, 2022 admin clean transport, electric pickups, Electric vehicles, ford, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2022 23:43:15 +0000

The automotive sector is a critical pillar of South Africa’s economy. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) says that Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) building cars and bakkies (pickups) employ more than 112,500 people in South Africa. These jobs are spread across the various parts of the ecosystem from component manufacturing right […]

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Could South Africa Be Ripe For Chinese Electric Cars?

July 8, 2022 admin africa, byd, cars, China, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:05:15 +0000

For many years, social trends and aggressive marketing were pushing the narrative of bigger is better – despite that, it might be the right time for the makers of small Chinese electric cars to make a move on the African car market. Large gas-guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks were the talk of the town in […]