South Africa – Page 14 – Thinking Port

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 […]

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Could The South African Market Be Ripe For China’s Small City EVs?

July 7, 2022 admin africa, cars, city evs, 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. Large gas-guzzling SUVs and pickup trucks were the talk of the town. The Toyota Hilux pickup truck has been South Africa’s top selling vehicle for decades, and it still is. However, it seems compact vehicles with small 1- to […]

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First Minibus Electric Taxis Are Coming To South Africa

July 6, 2022 admin clean transport, electric buses, electric taxis, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, South Africa, Taxis

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:05:05 +0000

In most countries in sub-Saharan Africa, private operators of small buses usually carrying between 16 to 25 passengers and in some cases, up to 35 passengers, are the main commuter transport providers. These minibuses usually run on informal schedules, and sometimes, their routes are also not fixed. These ubiquitous privately-owned minibus taxis in sub-Saharan Africa […]

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First Electric Minibus Taxis Coming To South Africa

July 6, 2022 admin clean transport, electric buses, Electric vehicles, mass transit / public transit, South Africa, Taxis

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 16:05:05 +0000

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Driving a BMW iX From Cape Town To Johannesburg in 20 Hrs!

July 5, 2022 admin BMW, bmw ix, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:35:11 +0000

Justus Visagie and Ernest Page set a record for the fastest ever all-electric car drive between Cape Town and Johannesburg in a BMW iX! When electric cars are discussed on various local forums, as well as on social media, most of the comments will be quite negative and mostly FUD around the now too common […]

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Two Car Journalists Drove a BMW iX xDrive 50 From Cape Town To Johannesburg in 20 Hours!

July 5, 2022 admin BMW, cars, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, eskom, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 17:35:11 +0000

When electric cars are discussed on various local forums, as well as on social media, most of the comments will be quite negative and mostly FUD around the now too common electricity rationing program (load-shedding) introduced by South Africa’s state-owned utility company Eskom. “How can electric cars work here when we get so many power […]

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Bushveld Energy Secures Funding For 3.5 MW Solar PV + 1 MW / 4 MWh Vanadium Redox Flow Battery For Vametco Mine

July 4, 2022 admin africa, batteries, clean power, Energy Storage, grid, microgrids, redox flow batteries, Solar energy, South Africa, vanadium

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 20:05:14 +0000

As the world races to decarbonize, there is growing focus on increasing the penetration of variable renewables such as solar and wind. This means that there will be a critical need for large scale storage systems for various energy storage applications. More importantly, long duration storage will play a key role. Redox flow batteries have […]