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 5574 Article rating: 4.0 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 59749 Article rating: 3.5 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 56571 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
Large building owners reminded to register for EPCs before Dec 7 deadline SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating Deputy Electricity and Energy Minister Samantha Graham-Maré has called on owners of large public and private buildings to immediately initiate the process to register for an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) if they have not already done so, stressing that the December 7 registration deadline is looming and will not be extended. The regulations require all State-owned buildings that are at least 1 000 m² and owners of commercial buildings of 2 000 m² and larger that fall under the occupancy classifications: A1 – entertainment and public assembly; A2 – theatrical and indoor sport; A3 – places of instruction and G1 – offices, to register their buildings and publicly display EPCs by December 7. Read more
Local wind energy sector encouraged by IRP 2025 SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 0 0 Article rating: No rating The recently released details regarding the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) 2025 have been welcomed by the South African wind energy sector. The new IRP provided for 34 000 MW of onshore wind generation capacity by 2039. “I think the IRP is a great step forward,” affirmed local renewable energy company Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn. “Wind projects take nine years to pout on the grid and then 20 to 25 years to operate.” Read more
PBMR to be lifted from care and maintenance by latest Q1 next year – Ramokgopa SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 0 8 Article rating: No rating The process to lift South Africa’s dormant pebble-bed modular reactor (PBMR) project from care and maintenance is at an advanced stage, says Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. The research programme into what was essentially the development of small-scale nuclear power stations was shuttered in 2010, owing to a number of reasons, including escalating costs. Read more
Eskom simplifies SSEG registration process, lowers cost SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 0 11 Article rating: No rating State-owned power utility Eskom says it has simplified the compliance and registration process for customers who generate their own electricity through small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems, such as rooftop solar panels. From October 1, residential customers can have their systems, excluding single-phase testers, signed off by a Department of Employment and Labour- (DEL-) registered person, rather than an Engineering Council of South Africa- (ECSA-) registered professional. Read more
Nersa extends submission deadline for market inquiry into fixed, capacity charges in the ... SuperUser Account / Wednesday, October 22, 2025 0 12 Article rating: No rating The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has extended the deadline for written submissions and supporting evidence as part of the market inquiry into fixed charges, the generation capacity charge and other related charges levied by electricity distributors, including State-owned utility Eskom and municipalities, to November 8. The regulator explains that the market inquiry, launched following the publication of the Terms of Reference (ToR) on September 25, is being undertaken in terms of Section 4(b)(ii) of the Electricity Regulation Act, read with Sections 2(b) and 4(a)(viii). Read more