The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) says the decision by the Energy Regulator to approve a curtailment framework will help unlock scarce grid connection capacity for wind projects... 

Eskom intends hosting an open day for independent power producers (IPPs) and aggregators in the near future to market its virtual wheeling solution, which was officially launched at the end of... 

In this article, IMPOWER business development executive Matthew Cruise writes that the South African commercial and industrial (C&I) property sector is facing a major regulatory inflection point as... 

Products and solutions such as the Blue gas-insulated switchgear (GIS), Internet-of-Things-based decision-making tools and digital integration process technologies are only a few of the... 

Cape Town-based event and media agency VUKA Group says “business as usual” is no longer an option, commenting on this year’s Enlit Africa 2025 theme of ‘Challenge the Status Quo’. “Industry needs... 

Instead of simply highlighting its capabilities and technologies at this year’s Enlit Africa, industrial cooling specialists Industrial Water Cooling (IWC) will use the opportunity to make a... 

In the build-up to this year’s Enlit Africa 2025, electromechanical equipment manufacturer and distributor Actom announced a slew of activities taking place at its stand. “As a platinum sponsor to... 

As the world celebrated Earth Day last month, purpose-built global energy company GE Vernova’s philanthropy arm the GE Vernova Foundation, announced its new $250 000 grant programme focused on... 

South African clean cooking and solar energy company Ener-G-Africa (EGA) has announced that it has expanded into Zambia, with the opening of five community-based retail outlets in that country.... 

Serious questions continue to be raised about both the content of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) for electricity currently being discussed at the National Economic Development and Labour... 

Local solar technology company 7SecondSolar has won the 2025 Smarter E Europe Award in the PV category for its computational design software solution AutoPV, which automates detailed designs of... 

Solar as a service provider Wetility has launched an AI-enabled solution for its customers to automatically optimise their solar and battery usage to improve electricity account savings, while... 

Business energy solutions company Decentral Energy and offgrid energy solutions company Blockpower have commissioned a fully offgrid 828 kW solar photovoltaic (PV) installation with a 2 MWh battery... 

Methane emissions from fossil fuels remain at stubbornly high levels, but efforts to bolster data collection and monitor methane leaks are progressing, the International Energy Agency (IEA)... 

The Global Solar Council (GSC), the international trade association representing over 97% of the world’s installed solar PV capacity, is celebrating its ten-year anniversary by spotlighting a... 

According to analysis by market research and business strategy consulting firm IntelStor, the application of tariffs, as well as the recent moves to halt or cancel offshore wind projects in the US,... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses a major tariff review initiated by the International Trade Commission of South Africa for inputs used in solar, wind and battery storage facilities... 

Keren Energy has made significant progress in the development of its green hydrogen (GH2) production facility near Vanrhynsdorp, in the Western Cape, says CEO George van Rensburg. The project aims... 

Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) has, in partnership with Darling Green Country Estate and TouchPoint Energy, commissioned a 1 MW solar plant in Darling, in the Swartland municipality, in the... 

A tariff review by the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) of input materials and components used in wind, solar PV and battery storage facilities could have... 

Wind energy company Nordex Energy South Africa has confirmed the market readiness of the N175/6.X, which the company says is its most powerful onshore wind turbine so far. This follows the Nordex... 

State-owned electricity producer Eskom has unveiled details of a R321.72-billion capital expenditure (capex) plan for the coming five years, which includes plans for a material rise in grid-related... 

A flurry of meetings between Saudi Arabia and South Africa over the past year has culminated in discussions about or signed deals worth billions of dollars into Africa’s most industrialized country... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the changes in the local wind sector in recent years, the local and global outlook for the wind sector and the targets set by the newly separated... 

Independent power producer Red Rocket has achieved commercial operation of the Rietkloof Wind Farm, on the border of the Western and Northern Cape provinces. Red Rocket was awarded two preferred... 

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced a record infrastructure investment of R39.7-billion over three years as part of the metro’s proposed ‘Invested in Hope’ Budget 2025/26. He says the... 

With three biogas-related events to be held in the same metropolitan area, this year’s World Biogas Summit promises to bring together “movers and shakers” from across the global anaerobic digestion... 

The newly separated Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has outlined its vision and mission to lawmakers, listing among its priorities for the coming five years the procurement of 20 GW of... 

The growing role of the private offtaker market in stimulating the South African wind sector has been highlighted in the latest 'Global Wind Report', which has been released by the Global Wind... 

A new survey of 1 477 business executives from 15 countries, including South Africa, indicates that corporates now overwhelmingly view the transition from fossil fuels to renewable electricity as... 

South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) and the growth of its commercial and industrial renewable energy space is a good blueprint for the... 

Green energy company Enel has called on architects, designers and engineers globally to rethink wind turbine design by entering its WinDesign challenge and submit solutions that are technologically... 

In this opinion article, Sola Group executive director Dom Wills discusses how the modularity that has underpinned the rapid growth of solar PV, is also driving the sharp fall in battery costs. He... 

Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses power utility Eskom's plans to set up a new renewable energy business and the tender it has issued to find a partner for the venture. 

Keren Energy has made significant progress in the development of its green hydrogen (GH2) production facility near Vanrhynsdorp, in the Western Cape, says CEO George van Rensburg. The project aims...