According to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the share of global electricity generated by solar photovoltaics (PV) could increase from 2% today to as much as 13% by 2030. Released at InterSolar Europe, Letting...
Pioneer Foods recently joined forces with reputed energy solutions service provider, Energy Partners, to roll out a national solar programme. The programme entails the installation of large commercial solar systems with a combined size of over...
The expansion of generation and transmission capacity, and the rapid adoption of renewables such as solar, promise economic benefits and improved quality of life across Africa. At a stakeholders’ briefing held in Sandton this week ahead of the...
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...
Solar Voltaic specialists have revamped the 6 300 Sqm2 roof of a commercial vehicle assembly plant in Pinetown, thereby creating a carbon-neutral facility. The solar system can generate up to 810,000 kWh per year. Surplus energy is fed into the...
Two out of three sub-Saharan Africans (600 million people) lack access to electricity. In June 2013, U.S. President Barack Obama announced Power Africa — an initiative to double the number of people with access to power in Sub-Saharan Africa. Since...
Insufficient energy in Rwanda is not only one of the country’s biggest challenges, but also one of its biggest opportunities. During a working visit to Rwanda, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President Elizabeth Littlefield said,...
Experts say the South African economy is being held back by the country’s energy crisis. A range of problems linked to management weaknesses at national and company level have been blamed, with little prospect of improvement in the near future....
The government has signed the first round of agreements with independent power producers that will see an initial 1 400 megawatts of renewable energy being added to South Africa’s energy mix, while bringing an estimated R47billion in new...
