3SMedia | Nov 14, 2012
Giles Parkinson writes on reneweconomy.com.au that the failure of support systems in Australia means that South Africa now leads with solar projects and Australia follows. “It is ironic that in the same week that the ambitious AUD1.2-billion (R10.9...
3SMedia | Nov 14, 2012
“Ingula is a significant part of our massive infrastructure development programme,” said President Jacob Zuma on visiting the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, located in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, recently. Construction of the 1.368 MW scheme is...
3SMedia | Nov 12, 2012
New tariff hikes are on the cards as Cabinet has named Eskom as the owner and operator of planned nuclear power stations. Cabinet has named state power utility Eskom, the owner and operator of the six nuclear power stations, that state plans to...
3SMedia | Nov 7, 2012
The government has signed the first round of agreements with independent power producers that will see an initial 1 400 megawatts of renewable energy being added to South Africa’s energy mix, while bringing an estimated R47billion in new...
3SMedia | Nov 5, 2012
South Africa, under its Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Program (REIPP), approved $5.4bn to develop clean energy projects and reduce dependence on coal energy. The country’s energy minister Dipuo Peters said the government has...
3SMedia | Nov 5, 2012
SOUTH Africa needs cheap and reliable energy, no one could dispute that. But renewable energy is neither. As a wandering albatross that clattered onto my balcony this week told me, it is actually making e-tolls on Gauteng’s freeways look positively...
3SMedia | Nov 2, 2012
BKS joins AECOM As of 1 November 2012, BKS will be rebranded as AECOM, having announced 31 October 2012 that it has joined AECOM. The conclusion of the merger is pursuant to having received merger approval from the Competition Commission on 9...
3SMedia | Nov 1, 2012
Local power industry stakeholders are preparing to convene at the inaugural POWER-GEN Africa and co-located Renewable Energy World Africa events, from 6 to 8 November 2012 at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg. Under the theme ‘Global...
3SMedia | Oct 31, 2012
Roger Price, the chief executive officer of Windlab, says that with the electricity price of 97 cents per kWh for Eskom’s new coal-fired power stations, wind has become the cheapest form of electricity generation, with an average price of 89 cents...
