A new small-scale hydropower (SSHP) scheme will soon provide electricity to 39 households in the KwaMadiba settlement in the rural Eastern Cape. Rural electrification has the potential to dramatically improve the standard of living in South Africa,...
Government policies that promote renewable energy are severely lacking in Sub-Saharan Africa according to a new World Bank report. Compared to first world countries such as Germany and Canada, renewable energy has seen significant advancements,...
South Africa’s first independent landfill gas-to-power project has begun generation in Johannesburg providing 3MW of renewable electricity. This is enough to supply more than 5,500 homes. Project developer ENERGY Systems started operations at...
Africa is poised to embrace the next-generation of small-scale clean energy systems, says Webb Meko, Business Development Director, Sub-Saharan Africa, Black & Veatch. According to Meko, the price of electricity and cost of generation are key...
