South Africa

South Africa's most recent renewables procurement window, the Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), has actually awarded solar independent power producers (IPPs) 1GW out of a total of 2.6 GW of ability.

Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) revealed it has won preferred bidder status on 273 MW of solar projects in the fifth round of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).

South African utility Eskom has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mining business Exxaro as well as Seriti Resources to help decarbonise their procedures by releasing solar PV.

A tie-up of Pele Green Energy and EDF Renewables South Africa will certainly construct a 100-MW solar park for South African mining titan Anglo American Platinum (JSE: AMS), the latter claimed on Wednesday.

Norwegian green power producer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) has been forced to reschedule building of its Kenhardt 540-MW solar-plus-storage project in South Africa because of a hold-up in the government authorization process, and revoke projects in Brazil as well as Ukraine.

Trine joins pressures with Solarise Africa to sustain plans in South Africa as well as Kenya

South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is preparing to spend 106 billion rand, or $7.2 billion, in wind as well as solar energy by the end of the decade. Eskom, which makes up two-fifths of the nation's greenhouse gas outcome, may execute its strategy either individually or through a collaboration.

The high action indicates exactly how the tide has actually turned in favour of renewables in South Africa, otherwise a slow-moving transform to sustainable. Issues with its distribution companies has been condemned for much of the hold-ups in embracing renewable energy by South Africa.

South Africa's latest renewables procurement window for 2.6 GW of capability has actually gotten bids from 102 possible project programmers, consisting of 63 solar projects, according to the nation's Department of Mineral Resources as well as Energy (DMRE).

South African utility Eskom Holdings SOC will close down roughly 30% of its existing coal-fired power generation ability over the following years and repurpose some of the websites for solar energy production.

The Boikanyo solar photovoltaic or pv power plant is beginning its business procedures in South Africa. The plant in the Northern Cape Province has a capability of 50 MWp. This power is fed into the grid of the state-owned business Eskom.

John Cockerill, a Belgium-based design company, has exposed that it will provide molten salt solar thermal receivers to Redstone's 100 MW Concentrated Solar Energy Plant (CSP) in the North Cape Province of South Africa.

South Africa's solar market has welcomed a new reform that will certainly raise the nation's licensing exception limit for ingrained generation projects from 1MW to 100MW.

Scatec has today been awarded Preferred Bidder standing on three projects totaling 150MW (3x50MW) of Contracted Capacity, by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa under the technology agnostic Risk Mitigation Power Procurement Programme (RMIPPP). The tariffs awarded to the projects drop within the series of the formerly granted preferred bidders.

Saudi renewables programmer ACWA Power has commenced building and construction of the 100-MW Redstone focusing solar power (CSP) plant in South Africa after attaining monetary close for the project.