Solar Energy

A monumental challenge

Article Jon Duncan - 29 Nov 2019

South Africa can transition from coal to renewable energy – if it lays careful plans

Gas prospectors to explore three provinces

Article Sipho Kings - 23 Nov 2018

In the new Integrated Resource Plan, wind and solar will provide 25 000MW of capacity by 2030

Race towards a brave new world

Article Sarah Smit - 28 Sep 2018

As the Sasol Solar Challenge races across the nation, questions arise about whether SA is any closer to a solar-powered future

Innovation in construction

Article Sipho Kings - 21 Sep 2018

Winner: Rammed Earth House

Regulations may dim a solar dawn

Article Govan Whittles - 10 Aug 2018

Government believes independent power producers need to be limited and controlled

Lighting up Africa

Article Tamsin Oxford - 29 Jun 2018

Engineering Research Capacity Development Award by an individual

South Africa, where education creates shared value

Article Advertising Supplement - 22 Jun 2018

Enel Green Power believes that education is one of the fundamental elements for the socioeconomic development of any community

How sub-Saharan Africa can harness its big electricity opportunities

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Jun 2018

The region needs to overcome constraints on financing and infrastructure before it can take advantage of its potential

Why South Africa’s power utility should boost its output of in-house renewables

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Apr 2018

South Africa's power utility would do well to consider swapping out expensive new coal-powered capability for renewables

Water-dwelling organisms show new ways to harvest light for solar tech

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Dec 2017

Diatoms' tricks may offer new insights that keep solar cell energy running efficiently and robustly throughout their processes

Big boost in jobs in renewable energy sector worldwide with 10-million now employed

Article Sipho Kings - 29 May 2017

But in SA, despite an initial good start, the government has eroded the sector that could provide cheap electricity and thousands of jobs

At the heart of Eskom’s vast network is a strategic hub that keeps things running

Article bogdan TagDiv - 30 Aug 2016

A small group of experts constantly monitors the workings of the system and stays abreast of new developments.

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