South Africa’s grid is dominated by coal. According to the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), published in its latest “Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2020″ report, coal still accounts for a whopping 83.5% of power generation. South Africa’s coal power plants provided 184.4 TWh … [continued]
SolarPower Europe and the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cooperation and explore new business opportunities for solar companies in the European and South African solar market.
There was plenty of positive solar energy news this month. Aside from the 63 solar stories we’ve published so far, below are 10 more stories that seem worth looking at even though we didn’t take time to explore them in detail.
Regular CleanTechnica readers should know that Elon Musk was born in South Africa and only left for Canada when he finished high school. Does Tesla have a presence in his birth country? As far as I know, there is one Tesla employee who is promoting battery storage, which is sorely needed in a country with frequent blackouts. South Africa, as a former British colony, is a right-hand drive country and Musk has said that Tesla would open a store and begin sending Model3s there by the end of this year. There are many wealthy people in South Africa, and with Musk having “hero” status there, it ought to be a good market for Tesla cars, potentially the biggest in Africa.
Accumulating more solar news in a week this time, instead of 3 months, I’ll supplement the headlines and links with short summaries again, since I know some of you prefer that. Click, read, enjoy. Solar Projects How Austin Energy Aims to Reach Solar-Plus-Storage Integration at 14 Cents per Kilowatt-Hour Back in December, Texas … [continued]
A concentrated solar power project in South Africa has secured approval for debt financing from the Overseas Private Investment Corporation of the United States. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) announced last week that it would provide $400 million in debt to a 100 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project being developed … [continued]
Construction on another project allocated in the third round auction of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme has began. SunPower has announced that it has begun construction on an 86 MW solar PV power project in the Northern Cape province which was allocated to a consortium led by … [continued]
Scatec Solar is expected to become one of the largest solar power project developers in South Africa after the company won 3 solar photovoltaic power projects in the fourth round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme. A total of 1,121 MW of large-scale renewable energy capacity was … [continued]
Last week the South African Ministry of Energy announced the winners of the fourth round of auctions under the country’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme. While CleanTechnica has published articles covering some of companies winning projects, it would be useful to look at the overall picture in terms … [continued]
Work on a concentrated solar power project allocated to GDF Suez is progressing well, according to news from the developers. Sener and Acciona formed a consortium to develop the 100 MW Kathu solar thermal power plant in South Africa, situated in the Northern Cape Province, 600 km south-west of Pretoria. The … [continued]
