As noted in an article yesterday, I’ve been very busy in the past month (well, months…) moving into a new home and following the birth of a sweet little cleantech lover. Inevitably, “roundup articles” of important or interesting cleantech news we didn’t cover dropped off as a result. With a big backlog … [continued]
As the South African renewable energy project developers gear up to commission projects under the country’s landmark Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers program, financial support is pouring in from domestic commercial as well as international development banks. Project Xina in the Northern Cape Province has secured $142 million from the … [continued]
The world’s most attractive emerging solar market just crossed 500 MW in installed capacity, entering the list of top 10 countries in terms of solar power capacity. The milestone was reached after four utility-scale solar power projects were commissioned in South Africa in May this year. According to online solar … [continued]
In South Africa, the Kalkbult solar power plant has gone online three months ahead of schedule. It is South Africa’s first utility-scale photovoltaic solar power plant. It has an electricity generation capacity of 75 MW and consists of 312,000 solar panels. 600 construction jobs were created by the project, 16% … [continued]
Originally published on CleanTechnica sister site Ecopreneurist. The Khi Solar One concentrating solar power plant is now one step closer to reality with the recent completion of the Khi Solar One tower in the Northern Cape province, near Upington, in South Africa. The company behind the 50 MW project — … [continued]
Navigant Research predicts the global solar photovoltaic industry will grow as prices continue dropping, reaching both grid parity and $134 billion in annual revenue by 2020.
Following our top solar states rankings and our top solar countries rankings, below are rankings that mix the two. The rankings are for total and new solar power capacity per capita as well as total and new solar power per GDP. I thin the results are very interesting…. If you … [continued]
–> Update: Also see the new top solar power countries vs top US solar states rankings. Following up on my top solar power state rankings, below are rankings of the top solar power countries per capita and per GDP. These solar power by country rankings are key to seeing who the … [continued]
Upon completion, the Jasper Power Project will be one of the largest solar PV facilities on the African continent, capable of producing enough clean, renewable electricity to power some 30,000 South African home, as well as bringing about much in the way of positive, ecologically sustainable social development.
SMA Solar Technology AG, which you might be surprised is Germany’s biggest solar company by market value, has decided to start manufacturing inverters in South Africa to tap that market. Of course, the fact that a certain brand of product is manufactured in South Africa is a good incentive for … [continued]
