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Drivers Improving the Business Case for Solar
To recover from the pandemic at hand, businesses have reduced unnecessary expenses as far as possible by investing in cutting edge technologies to bring about improved energy savings.
Covid-19 presented businesses across...
Eskom widens its funding search to sukuk market
South Africa’s indebted power utility Eskom Holdings plans to issue a R1 billion sukuk bond as it tries to diversify funding sources to reduce borrowing costs.
Eskom has appointed a lead arranger...
Energy Storage – Providing energy when it is needed
Cape Town based IMPower has developed a market-leading Medium Sized solution comprising of solar and energy storage technologies for the Commercial & Industrial market, which includes business parks, factories, shopping malls, schools and...
Cape residents required to register solar power systems
The shift to making use of solar energy has steadily increased in popularity in recent years, and the City of Cape Town maintains that such systems must be registered.
While there is...
New solar panel research to address SA’s growing energy challenges
The University of the Free State (UFS) in South Africa and Ghent University in Belgium has conducted research on a new transparent solar panel which could provide power cheaply from the...
Golden Opportunities for Rooftop Solar Companies
In response to South Africa’s national power utility Eskom’s challenge to meet the nation’s energy demand, alternative energy sources are being thoroughly explored and it appears that an answer to South...
Cape Town launches Africa’s first floating solar farm
Marlenique Estate, a fruit farm and wedding venue just outside of Franschhoek, has just unveiled Africa’s first state-of-the-art floating solar PV system.
New South Energy was the company in charge of the...
US company launches new solar-powered water production device in Cape Town
The private sector can play a pivotal role in relieving the impact of the drought, and US expertise can help, US consul general in Cape Town Virginia Blaser said on Tuesday.
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Solar’s time has come – and not a moment too soon
Reports of a shortage of coal supply at six of Eskom’s power stations have sparked concern that load shedding could once again become a reality in South Africa. It’s a stark...
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Zero Carbon Charge is looking for landlords to house its EV...
By Larry Claasen
ZERO Carbon Charge is looking for landlords around the country on major routes to house its electric vehicles (EV) charging stations.
The goal...