Scatec has started commercial operation of the second phase of the Mmadinare solar PV facility. 

Dear Africa in 2030, I write to you from the tail end of 2025, a year marked by restlessness – from Gen Z protests to fraught elections and a coup in Guinea-Bissau only days before the time of... 

Just over a year after installation, holiday resort Sun City’s R17-million solar plant project, designed to reduce consumption of grid-supplied electricity, has delivered significant benefits and... 

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has advised shareholders that all major non-process infrastructure (NPI) contracts for its Kangankunde rare earths project, in Malawi, have been awarded, with... 

By: Alicia Dean - Head of People and Group Services at SOLA Group The renewable energy sector stepped up when legacy infrastructure was struggling to keep up. Now, this sector is changing the... 

The 75 MW Umoyilanga hybrid project, which combines solar, wind and battery storage technologies across two sites to produce dispatchable electricity, has taken a step closer to its full commercial... 

Renewable-energy provider Scatec has started commercial operation of the second 60 MW phase of the 120 MW Mmadinare Solar Cluster in Botswana, completing the country’s first utility-scale solar PV... 

Investment companies Mergence Investment Managers and Creation Capital have incorporated a new special purpose vehicle called Sustent Holdings, which has made an offer to buy JSE-listed renewable... 

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $10-million loan to support the development of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy's $10-billion green ammonia project, in Namibia. The loan, sourced from the... 

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) says demand for solar PV in 2025 continued to recover from the 2024 slowdown, which followed on from the loadshedding-induced surge of... 

To create the world's most sophisticated flood monitoring and forecasting system, the US State of Iowa's Flood Centre (IFC) uses more than 200 Senix ToughSonic 30 and ToughSonic 50 ultrasonic... 

Volvo Trucks South Africa (SA) has delivered the first of nine new electric trucks to logistics group DSV. Three new Volvo FM 4x2 8-t electric trucks will be joining DSV’s fleet in support of its... 

Solar energy has become a visible fixture in South Africa. But many businesses are still holding off on installing solar and storage systems. Can they afford to wait, or is this a good time to make... 

The National Research Foundation – South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), in collaboration with the University of the Free State’s (UFS’s) Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), has... 

Renewable-energy provider Scatec ASA has started commercial operation of the 273 MW Grootfontein solar power plant in South Africa, which will generate predictable revenues from a 20-year power... 

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, joined millions around the world in celebrating GivingTuesday, marking the occasion with an engaging virtual event that highlighted the power... 

The demise of the coal industry left the US Appalachian region in tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water and countless miles of abandoned underground mines. Now entrepreneurs are eyeing the rural... 

As the issue of unaccredited institutions and certificates remains a persistent problem in South Africa, National Qualifications Framework (NQF) partners – the South African Qualifications... 

LONGi, a global leader in solar technology, recently announced the global field performance results of its Back Contact (BC) technology platform and Hi-MO 9 module. Following the technology's... 

On November 26, a grand launch event for LONGi's energy storage solutions was held in London. Dennis She, Vice President of LONGi, comprehensively outlined the company's global energy storage... 

Strong investment in power infrastructure drove a 2.2% increase in global energy employment in 2024, but rising labour shortages now pose a risk to future project delivery, according to the... 

In this article, GE Vernova grid solutions chief strategy and growth officer for the Middle East and Africa Bernard Dagher writes that meeting Africa’s rising electricity demand will require a... 

Six local lithium battery and inverter manufacturers have joined forces to form the South African Battery Manufacturers Association (SABMA) in an effort to raise awareness of the country’s energy... 

There are 56 data centres in South Africa with a combined load capacity of around 350 MW. Five of these data centres are AI-capable which means that South Africa holds roughly 1% of global AI data... 

For a new Namibian independent power producer (IPP) or supplier working through Modified Single Buyer (MSB) registration and then stepping into Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) trading,... 

Making headway in the Namibian energy sector, renewable-energy solutions provider Sustainable Power Solutions’ (SPS’s) latest project – the 10 MW Maxwell solar power plant – is a wheeling project... 

Renewable energy project solutions company Harmattan Renewables is involved in the Mariental and Greenam solar PV plants, providing due diligence services, and is currently Lenders’ Technical... 

Smart EV has wrapped up the installation of a high-capacity hub to charge Golden Arrow Bus Services’ (GABS’s) new BYD electric bus fleet at the transport company’s Arrowgate depot. Smart EV is a... 

Retail-focused real estate investment trust (Reit) Hyprop has raised R400-million in an oversubscribed accelerated bookbuild. Hyprop on December 3 set out to raise R300-million to fund various... 

World-leading Chinese new-energy vehicle (NEV) and technology company BYD on Thursday, December 4, officially launched the plug-in hybrid BYD Sealion 5 sports-utility vehicle in South Africa –... 

Julie Berg will succeed Morten Henriksen as Group CEO of renewable energy company Mainstream Renewable Power from January 2026. Henriksen this week announced his decision to step down from his role... 

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 

The hydrogen sector may have been in a hype cycle for the last few years, but the fundamentals around the global energy market have not changed – the need for clean and localised energy and a just... 

By Themba Mangane, Traffic and Transport Engineer at Atana Johannesburg ranks last out of 90 global cities for walkability in 2025, according to a Compare the Market study, with an overall score of... 

CEO-led hydrogen alliance the Hydrogen Council has announced Air Liquide CEO François Jackow as its new co-chairperson. Jackow takes over from Linde CEO Sanjiv Lamba. 

The Huawei sub-Saharan Africa FusionSolar innovative product launch and partner year end gala was held recently in Johannesburg, South Africa. It gathered over 550 commercial and industrial (C&I)... 

Iron-ore miner Fortescue has installed its first large-scale battery energy Sstorage system (BESS) at North Star Junction in the Pilbara, a key step in the company’s plan to decarbonise its... 

The green economy has reached $5-trillion a year and is on track to exceed $7-trillion within the decade, a new report, ‘Already a Multi-Trillion-Dollar Market: A CEO Guide to Growth in the Green... 

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) says the quickest and most effective way to resolve the ongoing debate on safety and compliance for small-scale embedded generation... 

Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) has completed the second phase of a solar PV project at its Kariega manufacturing plant, in the Eastern Cape. The multiphase solar project, located at the VWGA... 

Ahead of closing the 2025 financial year on December 31, diversified mining and energy group Exxaro Resources says the year was marred with shifting global trade dynamics, inflationary pressures,... 

Chlorine producer NCP Chlorchem and renewable energy company Terra Firma will undertake another 17.5 MW solar installation at NCP’s main production site, in Kempton Park. When combined with an...