Sep 13, 2021
The amendment to schedule 2 of South Africa’s Electricity Regulation Act, which was recently gazetted, raises the threshold for self- or distributed-generation power plants from 1 to 100MW. The change will allow private companies to construct power...
Sep 3, 2021
The International Energy Agency (IEA) – of which South Africa is an association country – recently released a report detailing a way forward for countries looking to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and thus give the world an even chance of...
Aug 25, 2021
The recent gazetting of amendments to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) of 2006, which increases the licensing threshold for embedded generation projects from 1 MW to 100 MW, is good news for South Africa’s biggest energy users. It...
Aug 18, 2021
President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced amendments to the Electricity Regulation Act to enable embedded generation projects up to 100 MW to proceed without requiring a licence from NERSA. By Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis, Mzukisi Kota...
Jul 7, 2021
South Africa’s first active electric bus has officially been launched in Cape Town. Golden Arrow Bus Services earlier this year started testing two fully electric buses to determine the viability of a carbon-neutral fleet. Sufficient testing...
Jun 30, 2021
In March 2020, the specialised sustainability engineering company SEM Solutions was appointed to install a 315kWp solar PV installation on the roof of the Neelsie Student Centre at Stellenbosch University (SU). “The Student Centre is an iconic...
Jun 24, 2021
As the winter season tightens its icy grip on South Africa, so the prospect of continued load shedding looms ever larger. And while some organisations have put measures in place to reduce energy demand in their buildings, most are not as...
Jun 17, 2021
The move towards decentralised power grids and a large-scale adoption of renewable energy will significantly alter the energy market in South Africa. “The introduction of renewables is making the energy space really interesting right now. This...
May 28, 2021
South Africa has long dominated Africa’s growth charts. And I believe that South Africa has the potential to be the fastest-growing economy on the continent again. There’s one issue that we must address, and that’s the issue of electricity. Simply...
