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 2480 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 56369 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 53386 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
Mulilo achieves financial close on 380 MW solar project in Western Cape SuperUser Account / Monday, April 20, 2026 0 4 Article rating: No rating South African independent power producer Mulilo has successfully reached financial close on the 380 MW Beaufort West solar PV facility, one of South Africa’s largest utility-scale solar PV developments, located near Beaufort West, in the Western Cape. The facility will have an installed capacity of 380 MW, a contracted export capacity of 250 MWac and will connect to the Droërivier main transmission substation, enabling efficient integration into the national grid. Read more
Cheaper EVs are finally entering the local market, but will South Africans bite? SuperUser Account / Monday, April 20, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating It has been a long-standing argument that more South African consumers would migrate to battery electric vehicles (EVs) once more affordable options become available – most notably under the R400 000-mark. The last few months have seen the arrival of a number of Chinese EVs under, or close to, that price point, with more to come. Read more
R1.4bn Mercury BESS project scheduled to enter into operation in Q4 2027 SuperUser Account / Monday, April 20, 2026 0 6 Article rating: No rating Independent power producer Mulilo reports that construction of its R1.4-billion Mercury Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project will begin soon and that the facility is scheduled to enter into commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2027. The 76 MW/304 MWh project is the first of five projects awarded to Mulilo during Bid Window 2 of the Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme to have advanced to financial close. Read more
Second tunnel drilling machine excavating 38 km Polihali water transfer tunnel SuperUser Account / Monday, April 20, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating A second tunnel boring machine (TBM) is steadily drilling its way through the 38.5-km-long tunnel connecting Polihali and Katse dams, in the Maluti mountains, as the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) Phase 2 continues. The Polihali transfer tunnel, a gravity tunnel that will carry water from the Polihali reservoir to the Katse reservoir, is now being excavated by two TBMs simultaneously from both ends. Read more
To tap into tourism potential, South Africa must address airport, visa bottlenecks – Mavuso SuperUser Account / Monday, April 20, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating To seize the opportunity for boosting growth and development presented by tourism, South Africa must address airport capacity constraints, particularly at the OR Tambo International Airport, in Gauteng, that create bottlenecks during peak period. Further, while visa processing has improved, it remains slower than in competing destinations, says business organisation Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA) CEO Busi Mavuso. Read more