The Enel group has started construction on the 34 MW1 Ngonye solar PV plant, which is the Group’s first power plant in Zambia. The PV facility, which is located in Lusaka South Multi-Facility Economic Zone in the country’s south, is part of the...
Pushing the boundaries of what is possible for alternative energy, Liberty Two Degrees (“L2D”), in partnership with Liberty Group Limited, have announced their first solar photovoltaic (PV) installation at Liberty Midlands Mall in Pietermaritzburg....
The potential to produce electricity from wind turbines in South Africa is significantly greater and much more widely spread than initially thought, a recent study by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) reveals. The joint...
The construction of the 100 MW Kathu Solar Park is set to get underway soon. The solar park, situated in the Northern Cap, is expected to be operational in the second half of 2018. Kathu Solar Park is a greenfield Concentrated Solar Power (CSP)...
Enel has completed and connected to the grid its largest power plant currently in operation in the country. The Paleisheuwel photovoltaic power plant, which is located in South Africa’s Western Cape Province, was commissioned through Enel’s...
Consolidated Infrastructure Group reported interim revenue growth of 26% to R2.1 billion and aftertax profit growth of 28% to R209m for the six months to end-February. The group’s largest division, power projects, which contributed about half its...
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson this week launched the Solar Capital De Aar 3 in the Northern Cape – the 17th solar photovoltaic plant in the province. “The inauguration of Solar Capital De Aar 3 marks the commercial operation of the...
The R5 billion Bokpoort concentrated solar plant (CSP) has officially been launched in Groblershoop, Northern Cape. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies welcomed the major investment by ACWA Power, a Saudi Arabian company. “[The] project instils...
Large-scale solar power has long been a dream, primarily because of space and manufacturing constraints. However, due to a scientific breakthrough at Stellenbosch University, a viable concentrated solar power system (CSP) may soon be the answer to...
