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...
By Liesl Frankson Hydropower developer NuPlanet has begun construction of the 4.5 MW Stortemelk hydropower plant near Clarens, in South Africa, after recently reaching financial close for the development. The project is expected to take around two...
BMW South Africa has signed a power purchasing agreement with energy company Bio2Watt, to supply the car manufacturer with renewable energy sources for operations at its Rosslyn production facility, north of Pretoria. In what is thought to be the...
