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Tariff turmoil masks South Africa’s recovery, Standard Bank says
Updated 1 hour 8 minutes ago By: Bloomberg

The chaos wrought by a recent wave of US tariff actions may be obscuring early signs of recovery in South Africa’s economy, Standard Bank Group said. The recent downward revisions to the country’s... 


SAPVIA CEO Dr Rethabile Melamu
Solar PV installations expected to recover strongly this year after marked decline
Updated 4 hours ago By: Terence Creamer

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) is expecting the domestic market to recover this year to the record installation levels achieved two years ago, following a marked... 


Spanish blackout puts renewables in the crossfire
11th July 2025 By: Saliem Fakir

I went to Spain many years ago and visited the impressive Red Electrica, a world-class national grid and transmission system operator (TSO) that is partially State owned. Red Electrica notes on its... 


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SEZ targets expansions, increased investment
11th July 2025 By: Nadine Ramdass

Building on its positive impact, the Dube TradePort Special Economic Zone (SEZ), in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, is expanding key infrastructure, with an overarching goal of enhancing industrial... 


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Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan
11th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 


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Hybar solar and energy storage project, US
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Newly formed Green & Clean Power plans to build a behind-the-meter solar installation and a battery energy storage system to initially power its sister company, Hybar. 


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Sunstone Solar, US
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project will be one of the largest renewable-energy projects in the US, if built to its intended capacity.  


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Coega green ammonia project, South Africa – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The final stage of development has started with the release of requests for proposals to 15 shortlisted engineering, procurement and construction firms. 


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Venetia Underground Project, South Africa – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

The project is undergoing a rescoping process to optimise capital deployment and production schedules. 


Rand Refinery
Rand Refinery
11th July 2025

Founded in 1920 and based in Germiston, South Africa, Rand Refinery stands as Africa’s only London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) Good Delivery accredited precious metals refinery — a globally... 


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Kotyli and Neo Syrakio solar PV projects, Greece
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Meton Energy, a joint venture between energy groups RWE Renewables Europe & Australia, and PPC Renewables, plans to develop two PV facilities in central Macedonia. 


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Hambach opencast mine PV plant, Germany
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Multinational energy group RWE is building a PV plant that will be able to supply the equivalent of 4 500 homes. 


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Energy Fields, South Africa – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Energy Fields will be able to supply about 3.6 TWh/y from its solar PV and wind generators, and between 1.12 TWh/y and 1.4 TWh/y from the battery energy storage system. 


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Gautrain Management Agency’s shift in focus leads to overhaul in extension plan
11th July 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) is pursuing a new strategy to play a broader role in the country’s transport ecosystem and align to the province’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan... 


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Prieska copper/zinc mine, South Africa – update
11th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Orion Minerals has secured firm commitments for a placement of new fully paid ordinary shares to sophisticated and professional investors. 


Renewables capacity grows, but regional divides persist
10th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Despite renewables capacity having grown by more than 15.1% in 2024, the growth gap widens across regions, the ‘Renewable Energy Statistics 2025’ report released by international organisation the... 


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Zambian company developing solar energy projects to address country’s energy shortfall
10th July 2025 By: Rebecca Campbell

Zambia’s Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) expects to significantly expand the country’s renewable-energy capacity, by adding a projected 800-MW-plus of solar energy to the national grid, by the... 


Holistic view, specific green transition strategies can deliver growth for African industries
10th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Rather than adopting green innovations just for the sake of it, Africa must focus on the sustainable growth that can be achieved through the local use of green technologies and innovations across... 


Unlocking South Africa’s energy independence with grid transformation
Unlocking South Africa’s energy independence with grid transformation
10th July 2025

As we commemorate Global Energy Independence Day on 10 July 2025, SUNGROW, a global leader in renewable energy inverter and energy storage technology, emphasises the critical importance of grid... 


Bridging the renewable energy divide
Bridging the renewable energy divide
10th July 2025

South African manufacturers lag behind their mining counterparts in terms of renewable energy wheeling, presenting both opportunity and risk, writes Discovery Green Head Andre Nepgen. South Africa... 


Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson
Macpherson aims to restructure State property portfolio into ‘investible’ entity
9th July 2025 By: Terence Creamer

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has used his Budget Vote speech to unpack a vision for migrating government departments that collectively spend R6-billion yearly on private... 


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Solar PV industry reaffirms commitment to energy security
9th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Following the South Africa Photovoltaic Industry Association’s (SAPVIA’s) AGM on July 3, the industry body says the South African solar PV industry has recommitted itself to being an active... 


Schneider Electric launches its first Innovation Hub in Africa
Schneider Electric launches its first Innovation Hub in Africa
9th July 2025

Energy and automation company Schneider Electric launched its first Innovation Hub in Africa at its new head office in Midrand, Gauteng. The Innovation Hub now forms part of Schneider Electric’s... 


Wetility wins award for AI optimisation system for embedded solar
8th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Solar technology company Wetility has been awarded the first-ever South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) Solar PV Research and Development Award for its AI Mode innovation, which... 


Solarise Africa commissions Northern Cape solar irrigation project
8th July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Pan-African energy-as-a-service provider Solarise Africa has commissioned the Idstone Vaalboskop irrigation solar variable speed drive (VSD) project – a transformative solar-powered irrigation... 


Nornickel's Palladium Center Head Dmitry Izotov.
South Africa’s palladium can cut South Africa’s water treatment costs, researchers show
8th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The message Nornickel's Palladium Center head Dmitry Izotov communicated strongly at South Africa’s PGM Industry Day in Johannesburg in April was that research is pointing to a long list of... 


US warns of blackout risk from killing coal as Trump snubs renewables
US warns of blackout risk from killing coal as Trump snubs renewables
8th July 2025 By: Bloomberg

Blackouts in the US could double by 2030 amid an expected increase in power demand brought on by AI, according to a Trump administration report that blames the expected energy shortfall on the... 


Enyuka adds six shopping centres to its portfolio
7th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

Retail property-focused real estate investment trust Enyuka has received the transfer of six established shopping centres from commercial property investment company ONE Eighty Holdings. The... 


Low tariffs, high risk - what’s the true cost of cheap water in South Africa?
Low tariffs, high risk - what’s the true cost of cheap water in South Africa?
7th July 2025

By: Robert Erasmus - Managing Director at Sanitech In a country where water scarcity is a growing concern, the price of water in South Africa remains surprisingly low. This might seem like a win... 


Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to CTICC this October, bringing the energy sector’s brightest minds together
Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to CTICC this October, bringing the energy sector’s brightest minds together
7th July 2025

Cape Town will once again play host to Africa’s most anticipated clean energy event as Solar & Storage Live Cape Town returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) on 15–16... 


Sebastiaan Surie of CFM (left), South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa (centre) and Hive Hydrogen chairperson Thulani Gcabashe at the Green Hydrogen Summit.
Hive Hydrogen requests proposals for $5.8bn Coega Green Ammonia Project
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The final stage of development for the Coega Green Ammonia Project at Nelson Mandela Bay in the Eastern Cape commenced today with the release of the request for proposals (RfPs) to 15 shortlisted... 


Shanghai Platinum Week under way.
China’s ‘strategic metal’ in sharp focus as Shanghai Platinum Week gets under way
7th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Shanghai Platinum Week kicked-off today in China where the silver-white transition metal with the symbol Pt and atomic number 78 has been declared strategic under the State Council’s New Energy... 


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On-The-Air (04/07/2025)
4th July 2025 By: Martin Creamer

Martin Creamer talks about SA mining’s economic potential, cadastre delays, and greener BHP shipping in focus. 


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Australian govt grants Sparc Hydrogen A$2.7m for low-cost green hydrogen pilot
4th July 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Sparc Technologies has been awarded A$2.7-million in grant funding from Australia’s Economic Accelerator (AEA) Innovate programme. Sparc Technologies, together with iron-ore miner... 


Govt, private sector must collaborate on EV infrastructure missing from Transport budget – CHARGE
4th July 2025 By: Schalk Burger

It is time to open meaningful collaboration between government and the private sector to scale up electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure to benefit all South Africans, sustainable EV... 


Powering Africa’s Manufacturer: Flexible Solar Power Purchase Options Unlock Cost Savings and Energy Security
Powering Africa’s Manufacturer: Flexible Solar Power Purchase Options Unlock Cost Savings and Energy Security
4th July 2025

As Africa’s manufacturing sector expands under the African Continental Free Trade Area, affordable, reliable energy remains critical for competitiveness, resilience, and growth. Manufacturers... 


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Local adaptation key to solving SA’s water challenges
4th July 2025

There are several factors undermining water infrastructure performance in South Africa, says consulting engineering company GIBB technical executive Wiero Vogelzang, adding that first among them is... 


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Test lab achieves Africa-first accreditation
4th July 2025

Distribution and power transformer designer and manufacturer Actom Power Transformers, a division of Actom has celebrated its recent recommendation for accreditation as the only SANAS-certified... 


Mobile industry must accelerate emissions cuts to meet 2050 net-zero goal – report
4th July 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

While the mobile industry's operational emissions are steadily declining, mobile operators must accelerate efforts to halve industry emissions by 2030 to remain on track towards net zero by 2050.... 


Cape Town’s own-build solar plant on track for year-end completion
4th July 2025 By: Irma Venter

The City of Cape Town’s Atlantis solar PV plant has, to date, seen the installation of around 2 400 solar panels out of the planned 12 850 panels as part of this R200-million renewable-energy... 


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Morcone and Acquafredda agri-PV projects, Italy
4th July 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Multinational energy group RWE is building its first commercial-scale agri-PV plants in the province of Benevento, in Campania. 


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Sungrow, WBHO collaborate on sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable-energy project
3rd July 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Global inverter and energy storage system provider Sungrow, is partnering with South African construction group WBHO in sub-Saharan Africa’s largest renewable energy project. Sungrow says its... 


Chris Mortimer, Weir’s Director of Safety, Health & Environment in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
Energy, water efficiency key to mining sustainably in Africa
3rd July 2025

(Virtual Showroom) Achieving Weir’s ambitious sustainability goals requires active participation from every region and site across its global footprint, and Africa plays a vital role in this... 


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