Green house gas, South Africa is on its way to becoming a renewable energy leader with billions being invested in creating clean and efficient energy. A recent study revealed that renewable energy including wind and solar benefited South Africa by...
Construction on the 86-megawatt (MW) Prieska solar power plant in South Africa’s Northern Cape Province began on Monday. The project, which is expected to be fully operational in 2016, represents the third solar power plant constructed by...
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced the preferred bidders for phase four of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement programme, who are expected to feed an additional 1 121 Megawatts to the grid. The Minister’s announcement...
Global investments in renewable energy showed a major increase last year after two years of declines. Major expansion of solar installations in China and Japan and record investments in offshore wind projects in Europe helped propel global 2014...