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Gone with the wind
Brenda Martin, CEO of the South African Wind Energy Association discusses renewable energy
With over fifteen years as a senior practitioner in the Southern African Development, Education and Energy policy sectors, Brenda Martin is the perfect leader to bring her
02 Oct 2017
Video interview
Industrial Energy Efficiency Matters: Alf Hartzenberg interview
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ncpc,
alf hartenberg,
iee,
energy efficiency,
power,
solar,
wind,
hvac,
green building,
energy forecast,
gregory simpson,
energy
NCPC senior project manager Alf Hartzenberg, who is a leader of the successful IEE program in South Africa interview with Energy Forecast editor Gregory Simpson, talking all things energy.
17 Nov 2016
Windaba 2015
Growing Wind Industry Gathers To “Power The Winds Of Change”
In the year that wind power helped to keep South Africa’s lights on at a cost less than zero (see CSIR ref: below), approximately five hundred international and local delegates will gather in Cape Town’s CTICC.
02 Nov 2015
Wind
Gearing up for the future
In his address to parliament in Cape Town on the 3 February 1960, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said that the winds of change were blowing through Africa.
01 Oct 2015
WIND POWER
West Coast One has reached commercial operation.
The 94 megawatt (MW) wind project located 130km north of Cape Town is owned by Engie, together with partners Investec and Kagiso Tiso Holdings.
11 Jun 2015
INVESTMENT
DBSA GM Lucy Chege talks renewable energy in Southern Africa
DBSA GM Lucy Chege interview with Energy Forecast editor Gregory Simpson.
18 May 2015
WIND POWER
Eskom's Sere wind farm is up and running
Eskom's Sere Wind Farm near Vredendal in the Western Cape has achieved its full commercial operational capacity of 100 megawatts (MW).
28 Apr 2015
Renewable energy is cheaper
The perception that fossil fuels are cheaper than renewables is out of date
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fossil fuels,
renewable energy,
wind,
solar,
electricity prices,
cheaper than nuclear energy,
coal purchases,
kusile,
octg
Since fossil fuel resources are finite and the world’s hunger for energy is higher than ever before, there is only one direction in which prices for coal, oil and gas will go – and that is up
05 Mar 2013 - G. A.
A big deal
US invests a large sum to SA's renewables sector
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import export bank,
usa,
south africa,
renewable energy projects,
investment in renewables,
wind,
air,
solar,
photovoltaic,
biomass,
us$2 billion,
direct investment into africa,
hillary clinton,
barack obama
With substantial financial backing from the United States, South Africa will soon be able to reach its goals of diversifying power sources.
19 Dec 2012 - G. B.
Weighing costs of alternative grid connections
Uncertain energy security drives exploration of alternative energy technologies
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energy balance,
frost and sullivan,
samantha james,
photovoltaic,
solar,
wind,
wind turbines,
renewable energy landscape,
johan muller,
load shedding,
concentrated solar power,
coal usage,
new technology,
business and industry
South Africa is currently caught in the middle of an energy balancing act, where reserve margins are low, compared to the global recommended level of 15%.
12 Dec 2012 - S. J.