Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch’s Global managing director of Energy, John Pearson, recently highlighted that approximately 1.4-billion people across the globe survive without electricity – 59% of which are located in...
South Africa’s electricity network requires considerable reform over the coming decades if the country is to successfully diversify its generation mix to sources other than coal to meet the increasing demand for power. This view is supported by The...
A flurry of conferences have been springing up on the Africa circuit lately, touting renewable energy as a potential solution to the continent’s well known energy deficits. The continent is home to 15 percent of the world’s total...
Changes have been announced to South Africa’s the national solar water heating (SWH) programme. The model will move from a rebate model to a government funded fiscus model that will involve a R4.5 billion spend over three years to achieve the...
