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Volvo Trucks South Africa Takes Its First Extra Heavy Electric Truck On A 600km Road Trip From Durban To Johannesburg

April 14, 2023 admin clean transport, electric semi-trucks, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Shipping, South Africa, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:12:57 +0000

One of the leaders in the electric heavy truck industry is Volvo Trucks. Volvo Trucks has now sold more than 4300 electric trucks globally in more than 38 countries since 2019, when production of these units commenced. Volvo Trucks recently announced that it will start delivering heavy electric trucks to its customers in South Africa […]

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2,500 MW of Private Electricity Generation Projects Registered In South Africa In Q1

April 10, 2023 admin africa, clean power, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:49:46 +0000

South Africa’s current installed generation capacity is about 50 GW, but the country is currently experiencing its worst ever period of electricity rationing, known as load-shedding. In a bid to remove some administrative bottlenecks and to accelerate the adoption of private electricity generation projects in the C&I sector as well as by large energy users […]

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Absa Bank To Offer Energy Grants To Small & Medium Enterprises In South Africa

April 8, 2023 admin africa, clean power, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 11:30:22 +0000

I started my career in the solar industry about 8 years ago focusing on developing the markets for C&I and residential solar in several countries in East and Southern Africa for one of my previous employers. Back then, there weren’t many financing options for businesses looking to get into solar both from traditional banking channels […]

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Solar Mini Grids & Batteries for Africa

April 8, 2023 admin batteries, cape verde, clean power, Energy Storage, lithium-ion batteries, NIGERIA, Solar energy, solar power plants, South Africa, sustainable energy for all, togo

Credit to Author: David Waterworth| Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 01:22:07 +0000

There’s more good news for sub-Saharan Africa: the implementation of programs to support standalone solar mini grids in Nigeria, solar power plants in Cape Verde, the largest solar plant in West Africa — situated in Togo — and a battery! Data centers in South Africa, meanwhile, will move to renewable energy. Once again, you will […]

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The City Of Cape Town Is Proposing To Raise Feed-In Tariffs By 10.15%

April 7, 2023 admin africa, cape town, clean power, eskom, feed-in tariffs, policy & politics, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 18:25:49 +0000

The City of Cape Town recently presented its Town 2023/2024 budget under the theme it says is about “Building the future we want for Cape Town. Building a City of Hope for All.” Part of the initiatives announced in 2023/2024 budget speech include more plans to help the City end load-shedding. They said, “It is […]

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Cape Town Wants 500 MW Of Dispatchable Energy To Help With Load-Shedding Protection

April 6, 2023 admin africa, cape town, clean power, eskom, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2023 15:55:56 +0000

This week, on 6 April 2023, the City of Cape Town will issue a tender for its biggest power purchase tender yet. A request for submissions for a 500 MW tender will be issued for competitive proposals this week. The tender will be for 500 MW of dispatchable energy that is an important pillar of […]

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South Africa’s Department of Water & Sanitation Issues An EOI For Renewable Energy Plants

April 6, 2023 admin africa, clean power, hydroelectric, Solar energy, South Africa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2023 16:34:37 +0000

South Africa’s Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is looking into augmenting its energy supplies with distributed renewable energy systems at selected water works and associated infrastructure around the country. These projects will be for a 20-year operational period under a Design-Build-Finance and Operate (DBFO) framework. The Department of Water and Sanitation says, “South Africa […]

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Driving On Solar Power! MINI & Red Bull Launch Solar-Powered Charging Station In Cape Town

April 3, 2023 admin clean power, clean transport, Electric vehicles, ev charging, ev charging stations, mini, red bull, Solar energy, South Africa

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 18:05:56 +0000

MINI South Africa has teamed up with Red Bull to launch the country’s first MINI-branded solar-powered electric vehicle charging station in Cape Town. The charging station has two connectors, each with a maximum output of 9kW AC. Both connectors are Type 2. Head of MINI South Africa, Shaun Willis, noted: “MINI and Red Bull have […]

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JUWI Starts Construction Of 84 MW Wolf Wind Project In The Eastern Cape, South Africa

April 2, 2023 admin africa, clean power, juwi, South Africa, wind energy

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:55:50 +0000

JUWI reports high demand for large renewables, driven by the energy crisis and the country’s climate commitments. JUWI now has over 4 GW of wind, solar, and hybrid projects in various stages of development for large private and public energy users. JUWI Renewable Energies, a leading global solar, wind, and hybrid project developer, EPC, and […]

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Heavy Duty Electric Trucks Now Being Offered In Some African Countries

April 1, 2023 admin africa, byd, clean transport, Electric vehicles, scania, South Africa, volvo trucks

Credit to Author: Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai| Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:05:37 +0000

I have spoken with a lot of dealerships in several countries on the African continent. Whenever I ask them why they have not yet introduced electric cars and vans from the brands they represent in the respective countries, yet these same brands have had a number of fully electric models in Europe and other markets […]