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South Australia launches tender for 700 MW dispatchable clean capacity
South Australia opened a tender to contract 700 MW of long-duration, dispatchable capacity—likely batteries and other storage—to strengthen grid resilience and reliability
Oct 27, 2025 // Plants, Battery Storage, tender, South Australia, grid resilience, dispatchable capacity
IPP Globeleq Signs PPAs for 450 MW Solar Power in South Africa
The close happened for 6 projects under South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
Globeleq, the Africa-focused independent power producer (IPP)-- is majority partner in the Ikamva Consortium, that was awarded preferred bidder by the DMRE.
Dec 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, mainstream renewable power, dmre, solar energy projects, Globeleq, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, REIPPPP, Ikamva Consortium, Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme
GE to supply 100 MW/300 MWh battery for South Australia solar farm
GE Renewable Energy has been chosen to supply a massive battery for the 200 MW Solar River Project in South Australia.
Sep 20, 2019 // Storage, storage, Australia, Oceania, GE Renewable Energy, Jason May, Prakash Chandra
Solar energy tire manufacturing at Bridgestone manufacturing facility in South Carolina
Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese Bridgestone Corporation, revealed its initial ground solar array giving power straight to the manufacturing procedure. The brand-new 2 MW PV plant is located at the business's Aiken County, Passenger/Light Truck Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina.
Mar 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, North America, South Carolina, PV Power Plant, Paolo Ferrari, Bridgestone factory
FRV re-finances 56-MW solar park in New South Wales
Spain-based Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, today claimed it has completed a refinancing deal for its 56-MW/ 70-MWp Moree solar park in New South Wales.
Nov 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, new south wales, frv, Solar Park
Sasol and Air Liquide switch on 97.5-MW South African solar
Mainstream Renewable Power and partners inaugurated a 97.5-MW solar farm supplying Sasol and Air Liquide with contracted clean electricity in South Africa.
Nov 4, 2025 // Plants, Africa, South Africa, corporate ppa, mainstream renewable power, Air Liquide, Sasol
UN fund gets behind plan to unlock finance for South African renewables
UN money will help South African PV players underpin project revenues without the need to resort to the government, after a year when Eskom’s woes have cast doubts on the state-offtaker route.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, eskom, green climate fund, embedded pv, un, dbsa, Yannick Glemarec
South Africa proposes voluntary reduction of tariffs awarded in first three REIPPPP rounds
Power purchase agreements may be voluntarily renegotiated by extending the 20-year deals or enabling independent power producers to add more efficient PV components, thus increasing plant generation capacity.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Africa, eskom, Gwede Mantashe, Pravin Gordhan, Chris Ahlfeldt
Glennmont eyes EUR150m Korean solar opportunity
Investor indications MoU with renewables programmer SK D&D to 'accelerate capital implementation' in PV projects
Jun 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, South Korea, Asia, Joost Bergsma, Glennmont
South Carolina utilities work out new web metering plan
The South Carolina Public Service Commission has settled the United States state's internet metering regulations, which will see some current solar consumers stay on the same regimen until 2029.
May 21, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, South Carolina, net metering
Sungrow Launches New C&I Inverter Solution For South Africa
The new SG125CX-P2 PV inverter solution is designed for diversified C&I roof applications.
The SG125CX-P2 brings higher yields, enhanced safety and security, and also a lot more flexible usage, which is anticipated to cause additional development southern African C&I solar market.
Mar 24, 2023 // Inverters, Sungrow, Africa, South Africa, Experience Power Freedom, Phyllis Yang, SG125CX-P2, South Africa energy solutions
South Africa unveils solar FiT and licensing exemptions in feedback to energy crisis
South Africa's federal government has actually introduced a raft of measures to boost the release of renewables in the nation as it replies to a growing energy crisis.
Jul 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, eskom, South Africa, rooftop solar, embedded generation, REIPPPP, feed in tarrifs, grid constraints
Scatec Solar Commissions 2nd Unit in 258 MW Solar Complex in South Africa
Scatec Solar has actually begun very early business procedure for an additional 86 MW, the secondly of 3, of the 258 MW solar energy complicated in Upington, South Africa.
Feb 26, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Africa, South Africa, International
Energy Consultancy ABL Group to Assess 2 GW RE in South Africa
ABL claimed that about 1.5 GW of the energy yield assessment job is associated with nine potential solar PV developments in South Africa.
The continuing to be 500 MW is for 2 prospective onshore wind farms.
Sep 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Wind Energy, wind power, REIPPPP, ABL, Anne Myers, Oliver Davies, OWC, Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone
Canadian Solar Bags 256 MW Contracts For South Africa Largest Solar PPAs
Canadian Solar Inc. has introduced that its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (" CSI Solar") signed a 256 MW solar module contract with SOLA Group, a Cape Town-based independent power producer. The 256 MWs will supply the first two biggest utility-scale solar energy projects in South Africa, which are based on private power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Dec 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, PPA, Africa, sola group, South Africa, Shawn Qu, BiHiKu7 modules, CSI Solar co, Dom Wills









