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 2897 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 56969 Article rating: 3.7 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 54189 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
South Africa delays RFP for $1bn inaugural private grid procurement to 2027 SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 1, 2026 0 5 Article rating: No rating The South African government has announced a delay to Phase I of the country’s inaugural independent transmission projects (ITP) procurement programme, indicating that the final request for proposals (RFP) is now targeted for release in the second quarter of the 2027 calendar year. The Department of Electricity and Energy and the National Treasury, which are driving the procurement being implemented through the Independent Power Producer Office, have previously indicated that the RFP would be released by no later than the third quarter of the 2026 calendar year. Read more
High fuel prices weighed heavily on South Africa’s second-quarter GDP – TIPS SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 1, 2026 0 7 Article rating: No rating South Africa's non-agricultural GDP contracted by 0.2% in the second quarter, ending four quarters of growth. This slowdown was primarily owing the extraordinary global spike in petrol and diesel prices following the start of the US-Israeli and Iran war at the end of February, says economic research institution Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS). Read more
Riversdale secures independence from Eskom as it unveils solar plant SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 1, 2026 0 13 Article rating: No rating The Western Cape town of Riversdale has secured energy independence from State-owned power utility Eskom with the opening of a 10 MWp solar PV plant capable of generating up to 15-million kilowatt-hours a year. The R210-million renewable project, funded by the Western Cape government and the Hessequa municipality, includes a battery energy storage system with a storage capacity of 10 MWh, as well as a monitoring and control systems for performance tracking and optimisation. Read more
Absa PMI rises above the neutral 50-point mark, but employment subindex reverses gains SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 1, 2026 0 12 Article rating: No rating Financial services firm Absa's Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) rose by 4.9 points to 50.7 index points in September, returning to above the neutral 50-point mark after three consecutive months in contractionary territory. The new sales orders index rebounded sharply and moved back above the neutral mark, while business activity recovered most of August’s steep decline. Read more
Department moving forward with SAREM implementation steps SuperUser Account / Thursday, October 1, 2026 0 11 Article rating: No rating The Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) says it is moving forward with key implementation steps under the South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM). The SAREM executive oversight committee, comprising representatives from government, industry associations and labour unions and chaired by DEE Deputy Minister Alexandra Abrahams, met on September 30 to discuss and endorse key research and strategic documents that aim to advance the goals of SAREM. Read more