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 2565 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 56493 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 53504 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
Eskom Rotek is ensuring proper asset management for the utility SuperUser Account / Tuesday, May 19, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating Proper asset management by Eskom has achieved an electricity availability factor of 65.16% this year-to-date, highlighted Eskom Rotek Industries (ERI) engineering manager Reinaldo da Veiga. He was addressing a session at the Enlit Africa 2026 Conference and Exhibition, at the Cape Town International Convention Centre. "The main objective of our organisation (Eskom) is to supply electricity to South Africa," he pointed out. Proper asset management had also resulted in a 62.46% reduction in Eskom's year-on-year spending on diesel fuel, for generators. The utility, as of last Saturday (May 16), had also achieved 365 days without loadshedding. Read more
Dept of Energy targets affordability, load-reduction as loadshedding moves to the rearview mirror SuperUser Account / Tuesday, May 19, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating As South Africa this month celebrates 365 days without loadshedding, the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) is turning its attention to the challenges of load-reduction, supply security and electricity affordability. The goal now was to convert Eskom’s one-year achievement into lasting energy security through the addition of new capacity, grid expansion, stronger distribution networks and affordable supply, said DEE energy programmes and projects deputy director-general Thabo Kekana at the opening of Enlit Africa 2026 in Cape Town on Tuesday. Read more
South Africa increases tariffs on wide range of steel products to WTO bound rate SuperUser Account / Tuesday, May 19, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating South Africa has officially raised import protection across a wide range of upstream and downstream steel products by between 10% and 30% – rates that are in line with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ‘bound rate’, or the legally permitted maximum import tariff rate that can be applied by a member country. The adjustments, which have been signalled for some time, were published in the Government Gazette by the South African Revenue Service on May 15 and signed by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. Read more
CoJ establishes task teams to reduce waste and sewer spillages in river systems SuperUser Account / Tuesday, May 19, 2026 0 1 Article rating: No rating The City of Johannesburg’s (CoJ’s) Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), through its Water Quality and Catchment Management Unit, is implementing a series of targeted interventions to clean, rehabilitate and protect rivers and catchments across the city. This emerged during the CoJ’s State of the Rivers in the City workshop, convened on Monday by the EISD, with the aim of briefing the Section 79 Committee on Environment and Infrastructure Services on the status of Johannesburg’s river systems and ongoing interventions. Read more
Proposed Gauteng green-methanol-from-wastewater plant gets $4m funding support SuperUser Account / Tuesday, May 19, 2026 0 2 Article rating: No rating Emerging market blended finance investment manager Climate Investor Three has, through its affiliate SA-H2 Fund Managers, signed a $4-million development funding agreement with project developer Green eFuels Producers (GeFP) to support the development of a first-of-its-kind green methanol production facility in Gauteng, South Africa. The facility will process about 90 000 t/y of municipal sewage sludge from the Sebokeng Wastewater Treatment Works, in southern Gauteng. Read more