Solar and battery leasing company Release, which is majority-owned by renewable energy company Scatec, has signed new lease agreements totalling 64 MW of solar power and 10 MWh of battery storage... 

The Department of Electricity and Energy has provided additional information about its proposal to repurpose the Integrated National Electrification Programme (INEP) to meet the country’s 2030... 

Renewable energy company the SOLA Group's 195 MW Springbok solar power project, in Virginia, in the Free State, has achieved an early commercial operation date. The multi-buyer, flexible energy... 

The 97.5 MW Damlaagte solar PV facility, near Parys in the Free State, has been officially inaugurated, after having entered into commercial operation in August. The plant supplies renewable... 

The latest edition of the South African Renewable Energy Grid Survey (SAREGS) has again confirmed that there is a strong and growing development pipeline of solar PV, wind, battery and hybrid... 

The South African electricity market is undergoing a major change, with the development and implementation of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM). “We’re currently in a... 

The upcoming launch of the South African Wholesale Electricity Market (SAWEM) – currently scheduled for April 1 next year – is generally welcomed by representatives of the wind power industry,... 

As testament to its renewed commitment to sustainability and generating shared value for customers, global waste and wastewater management company EnviroServ has earmarked three key pillars to... 

President Cyril Ramaphosa has transferred legislation previously administered by the Mineral Resources and Energy Minister to Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and Electricity... 

Infrastructure solutions provider Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) is arranging a project development facility to support Africa’s largest gas-to-methanol plant, in Akwa Ibom, Nigeria. The project... 

South Africa produced an estimated 3.6-million tonnes of uncollected domestic waste in 2020, and at least one-million tonnes of plastics and one-million tonnes of paper are not recycled every year.... 

Twelve African countries signed energy compacts during the Mission 300 Africa Energy Summit, held in Tanzania this week, signalling their intent to accelerate the pace of access to electricity and... 

Namibia’s state-owned electricity utility plans to raise $450-million by selling bonds in the country and raising development bank loans to help the southwest African nation boost power generation.... 

The global energy transition to a more equitable, secure and sustainable energy system is still progressing, but has lost momentum in the face of increasing uncertainty worldwide, international... 

Different renewable energy, energy storage and/or generator solutions can partially address small businesses' energy related challenges, and funding to install such solutions in small businesses is... 

State-owned power utility Eskom in July said it was pleased with the Johannesburg High Court judgment dismissing with costs, the interdict application by green energy supplier G7 Renewable Energies... 

Western Cape Premier Alan Winde highlighted on Wednesday that South Africa still faces an energy crisis. Although loadshedding (scheduled rotating power cuts) has stopped, the country is still... 

Global renewable power capacity is predicted to increase by 4 600 GW, or more than double, by 2030, led by the rapid rise of solar PV, says intergovernmental organisation the International Energy... 

Climate change is accelerating environmental, social and governance (ESG) adoption by pushing companies to view sustainability as a source of competitiveness, consistent with the Ecological... 

Renewable energy company the SOLA Group's 195 MW Springbok solar power project, in Virginia, in the Free State, has achieved an early commercial operation date. The multi-buyer, flexible energy... 

The 97.5 MW Damlaagte solar PV facility, near Parys in the Free State, has been officially inaugurated, after having entered into commercial operation in August. The plant supplies renewable... 

The latest edition of the South African Renewable Energy Grid Survey (SAREGS) has again confirmed that there is a strong and growing development pipeline of solar PV, wind, battery and hybrid... 

State-owned power utility Eskom in July said it was pleased with the Johannesburg High Court judgment dismissing with costs, the interdict application by green energy supplier G7 Renewable Energies... 

A hydro turbinecompany, based in Portland, Maine, in the US, has chosen Vesconite Bearings’lowest-friction material for the thrust bearings on its free-stream turbines. The material, Vesconite... 

Finnish near-shore wave energy technology company AW-Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Kaoko Green Energy Solutions, in Namibia, for the development of renewable energy... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the contents of the latest edition of the Integrated Resource Plan for electricity, or IRP 2025, and what some of the reactions have been. 

The bottlenecks in South Africa’s national transmission grid, referred to as gridlock, are a major concern for the country’s wind power sector. This was highlighted during a panel discussion on the... 

Seriti Green CEO Peter Venn says the ease with which individuals with deep coal industry experience have transitioned into renewable energy has been a remarkable aspect of the company’s recent...