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 5701 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 60015 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 56825 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
Meet the SA mechanical engineer who became a full-time violin maker SuperUser Account / Friday, December 12, 2025 0 4 Article rating: No rating Somewhere in Linden, Johannesburg, Albertus Bekker is putting the finishing touches to a new violin after almost 150 hours of painstaking work. Bekker is what is known as a luthier – he handcrafts, repairs and maintains string instruments. Read more
CSIR launches new hot isostatic press in Pretoria SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 9 Article rating: No rating A state-of-the-art hot isostatic press (HIP) facility has been unveiled by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in Pretoria, Gauteng, providing South African manufacturers with domestic access to technology that improves the strength and durability of metal components. The facility was established through National Equipment Programme funding from the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). Read more
EDF power solutions reaches commercial operation at 140 MW San Kraal wind farm SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 9 Article rating: No rating International energy company EDF power solutions on December 11 achieved the commercial operation date (COD) at the 140 MW San Kraal Wind Farm, which forms part of its 420 MW Koruson 1 project cluster. The San Kraal Wind Farm, located near Noupoort on the border of the Eastern and Northern Cape provinces, is the first of three 140 MW wind farms in the Koruson 1 cluster to reach COD. Read more
UK's CFA calls for sustainability project proposals in South Africa SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 18 Article rating: No rating The UK-funded technical climate assistance programme Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) South Africa has launched a fourth call for proposals for low-carbon businesses seeking investment for projects in the energy, transport, waste management, water and sustainable agriculture sectors. The projects must have completed a full feasibility study and require a minimum investment of $3-million. Read more
Solidarity says Eskom tariff negotiations with ferrochrome producers a good start SuperUser Account / Thursday, December 11, 2025 0 9 Article rating: No rating Trade union Solidarity says the time is ripe for negotiations for an appropriate Eskom power tariff that can keep the ferrochrome industry afloat while benefitting other parties. Although this willingness to negotiate is welcomed, and retrenchments at Glencore-Merafe’s and Samancor’s smelters have been postponed as a result, retrenchments have not yet been finally averted, Solidarity deputy general secretary Willie Venter notes. Read more