Home - Latest Posts
$1m REMT Grant Available for Renewable Projects - 4 days ago
The Renewable Energy Market Transformation (REMT) Project, which was launched to help South Africa eliminate barriers to renewable energy development, has announced new grant funding available for renewable energy project developers.
Growth of Renewable Energy Outpaces Conventional Sources - 11 days ago
The renewable energy sector experienced faster global growth than conventional sources last year as policy-makers and investors chose to go green despite the economic downturn. Reports issued by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) show that wind power grew at an annual average rate of 27 percent between 2005 and 2009. Solar hot water grew 21 percent, while ethanol and biodiesel production rose 20 and 51 percent respectively.
Western Cape Sets Targets for Renewables - 18 days ago
SA, and the Western Cape in particular, took positive steps last week in the direction of using more renewable energy sources, writes Legalbrief. Western Cape Premier Helen Zille officially released the Western Cape provincial government's strategic plan on environmental sustainability and resource-use efficiency in Cape Town last week.
Can South Africa Catch The North African Wind? - 25 days ago
While South Africa might not catch up with its Northern counterparts, it certainly has all the resources necessary to develop a significant wind energy industry. The wind potential is abundant, regulatory incentives are favourable and project developers, equipment suppliers and financiers have already expressed intent to get involved in the sector.
African CDM projects expected to multiply over next two years - about 1 month ago
The African clean development mechanism (CDM) market was expected to grow from 34 projects in 2009, to well over 100 projects by 2015, growth consultancy Frost & Sullivan has found.
Government to approve Eskom unbundling - about 1 month ago
A new electricity proposal which has independent transmission unbundled from Eskom at its heart will come into being in three months and be approved by cabinet by September
Bright prospects for a cleaner-energy era - about 1 month ago
When considering the vast opportunities for renewable-energy roll-out in South Africa, the question that most in the new energy space are still pondering is: Where to from here? The short answer for those cause-driven activists may simply be: Onwards and upwards – and good for them.
Bay’s renewable energy projects set for roll-out - 2 months ago
AFTER several years of intense discussion and planning, the first of Nelson Mandela Bay’s R2-billion renewable energy projects is to be rolled out in a week’s time, the Central Energy Fund (CEF) announced yesterday. Five years after the municipality began investigating the viability of renewable energy, 500 solar-heated geysers will be installed, primarily at the homes of consenting municipal employees and industries related to the roll-out, from the middle of this month, at a cost of R10-million.
Two wind farms in the pipeline for Bay - 2 months ago
THE Windy City is going to be living up to its reputation. Two wind farms that will generate a combined 70MW of power are planned for Port Elizabeth – one in the Coega industrial development zone (IDZ) and the other on the outskirts of the city. They form part of a basket of renewable energy projects, worth nearly R2-billion, that the Central Energy Fund (CEF) is developing in partnership with the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality.
Renewable energy high on the agenda - 2 months ago
THE Cacadu District Municipal and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) have joined forces to promote the renewable energy sector in the Eastern Cape “to ensure that the region takes full advantage of the opportunities” in this sector. Nelson Mandela Bay is at the forefront of renewable energy and the Central Energy Fund (CEF) has announced a basket of R2-billion in investment opportunities in this field for the metro.