Tag: battery storage
Heidelberg Mall’s hybrid system to save up to R14m annually
In a move to combat disruptions caused by constrained electricity supply, Futuregrowth’s Community Property Fund (Comprop) invested in a hybrid power system at Heidelberg...
Opinion piece: Empowering South Africa’s IPP’s for a renewable future
By Francois van Themaat, MD of large projects at Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS)
MANY crucial parts of the economy of the future will be hugely...
Mines must embrace energy storage to align their climate, cost and security of supply...
By Jonathan Skeen, MD Commercial, SOLA
DURING the 1990s and early 2000s South African mines bought electricity from Eskom at regulated tariffs which were globally...
Empowering agriculture with solar energy – a Livoltek project
GREENFIELDS Farms, an agricultural operation located in Western Cape, South Africa, faces increasing challenges with energy supply and costs.
The farm, spanning over 196ha, specialises...
Environmental hurdles reduced for lower sensitivity renewable projects Â
In a significant move to support the development of renewable energy, South Africa last month adopted new norms to simplify and speed up the...
Battery-backed solar scheme at Kenhardt underwhelming
In this edited article first published in the Daily Friend on 19th January 2024, Ivo Vegter looks beyond the hype and concludes it is...
The green side of building a renewable energy plant in Northern CapeÂ
Engineers from renewables company Scatec have started work on a massive project in the Northern Cape, which forms part of the South African government’s...
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