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Suzlon Signs 200-Turbine Deal With SA Wind Developer - 8 months ago
Global wind-energy equipment supplier Suzlon Energy reported on Wednesday that it had signed a contract with African Clean Energy Developments (ACED) for an initial 76 turbines for the Cookhouse project, which is being proposed for South Africa’s Eastern Cape province. An engineering, procurement and construction contract, as well as an option for an additional 124 turbines for Cookhouse, has also been concluded, but no contract value is being provided.
Renewables Ructions - 8 months ago
At first glance, 2011 looked set to be a milestone year for the deployment of renewable energy in South Africa.
Renewable Energy Developers Say New Energy Tariffs Could Halt Investments - 8 months ago
Wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas project developers speaking at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) public hearings into the renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit) review, were in agreement that the revised tariffs were unsuitable to stimulate a renewable energy development in South Africa.
Renewable Energy Developers Say New Tariffs Could Halt Investments - 8 months ago
Wind, solar, biomass and landfill gas project developers speaking at the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa’s) public hearings into the renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit) review, were in agreement that the revised tariffs were unsuitable to stimulate a renewable energy development in South Africa.
Renewable Energy: Kenya Shows The Way For Africa! - 9 months ago
There are some 700 million people in Africa without access to electricity. As the continent modernizes, those people will need power. But could African power be a perfect place for leapfrog technology–when a developing society goes straight to the most modern technology without going through the iterations seen in the developed world? A new windfarm in Kenya might indicate yes.
Get Off The Grid - 9 months ago
FIRST floods and fires in Australia, then an earthquake in New Zealand and now tornadoes in the United States. The catastrophic effects of climate change seem to be no longer just a threat, but a reality of the same magnitude as the general worldwide environmental crisis. What is to be done?
Keeping Wind Turbines and Bird Mortality in Perspective - 10 months ago
A comparison of that figure to the 440,000 birds reportedly killed annually in the US by collisions with wind turbines surely must put into perspective the anti-wind lobby’s ardently exaggerated claim that birds are overly threatened by turbines. That’s because the numbers tell the tale: In the US, each year wind turbines kill 0.088% of the birds killed by house cats.
Wind Power Saves Water - 10 months ago
The problems caused by a lack of water are well documented – the difficulty of growing crops, of washing, of sheer survival in many areas of the world. Images of parched, cracked earth have become sadly familiar. Even in the affluent west, “water restrictions” are often put in place in the summer months to avoid a shortfall.
Solving the Energy Poverty Problem - 11 months ago
In the age of iPhones, Facebook, and Twitter, we have instant access to information and constant means of communication. It is difficult to imagine life without these luxuries, but they are just that, luxuries. For a large portion of the world these technologies are not only a rarity, but an impossibility, as there is no access to electricity.
South Africa to Showcase Green Energy at African Utility Week - 11 months ago
Delegates to the African Utility Week will be able to experience first-hand how far the Western Cape has come in developing its own renewable energy resources during site visits which form part of the event which takes place from 15-17 March in South Africa.