SMME Support as of July 2020 SMME Support as of July 2020 What the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 21, 2020 0 2737 Article rating: 5.0 The purpose of this presentation is to provide the information on what the Renewable Energy (IPP) Projects have contributed to the Small Medium Micro Enterprises in South Africa. Read more
AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED AFRICOAST ENERGY LAUNCHED SuperUser Account / Monday, April 13, 2015 0 56740 Article rating: 5.0 FOLLOWING significant growth in the renewable energy business, AfriCoast Engineers SA has developed a sister company to exapnd its vision. Read more
AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY AFRICOAST ENGINEERS SA ESTABLISHES RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANY SuperUser Account / Thursday, February 12, 2015 0 53783 Article rating: 4.0 Renewable energy engineering firm AfiCoast Engineers SA has announced that a new company, AfriCoast Energy, will now be responsible for all future renewable energy projects - particulary wind and solar - while it will also play a key role in guiding AfriCoast Engineers' current basket of renewable energy projects. Read more
New-vehicle sales, Chinese brands and local manufacturing in the spotlight SuperUser Account / Friday, July 10, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Irma Venter talks about the latest developments in South Africa's automotive industry, including the rising popularity of Chinese vehicle brands and Chery South Africa's manufacturing strategy after having taken ownership of Nissan South Africa's former Rosslyn vehicle assembly plant. Read more
Unified approach crucial to meeting AfCFTA targets SuperUser Account / Friday, July 10, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating A unified approach needs to be adopted by all 55 of the countries that form part of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in order to reach its initial 2035 target of increasing GDP across the continent by $450-billion, Midlands State University and University of Zimbabwe researcher Edmore Chijoko said during the launch of the New African Thinkers: Trade and Sustainability Under the African Continental Free Trade book. The book launch took place on July 9 at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), in South Africa. Read more
RenEnergy appointed as EPC contractor at large Free State commercial farming operation SuperUser Account / Friday, July 10, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating A Free State commercial farming operation Belle Rive, spanning more than 2 000 ha, has appointed solar energy company RenEnergy Africa as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor to design and deliver what will become one of South Africa’s largest offgrid agricultural solar-plus-storage systems. The installation – a ground-mounted 4.89 MW solar PV array paired with a 20 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) – is under construction. Once complete, the system will distribute power across the farming site through about 17 km of medium-voltage (MV) reticulation. Read more
NRWDI outlines steps being taken to prepare for safe interim storage of nuclear waste SuperUser Account / Friday, July 10, 2026 0 3 Article rating: No rating Buoyed by several significant milestones that the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute (NRWDI) has achieved over the past year, CEO Riedewaan Bakardien is upbeat its prospects for shaping the future of South Africa’s nuclear waste management landscape and the back-end management of the nuclear fuel cycle. In a wide-ranging interview with Engineering News & Mining Weekly, he delved into the NRWDI’s developing plans to strengthen the country’s long-term radioactive waste management capability through critical research and development, skills developing, technology localisation and the creation of high-quality employment opportunities. Read more
Effectiveness of virtual power plants being proven in South Africa SuperUser Account / Thursday, July 9, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating Virtual power plants (VPPs) have been tested and are being proven in South Africa, and their widespread use could reduce the need to build some new transmission and distribution infrastructure while ensuring that the network is stable and reliable. These plants could defer some grid capital expenditure by providing energy services in a localised area, thereby reducing congestion on the grid, climate and energy strategy advisory firm Meridian Economics climate, policy and energy analyst Nic van Doesburgh has said. Read more