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Loadshedding to ease further on Saturday

Rugby fans can expect slightly fewer interruptions to their TV time this weekend, with scheduled power cuts expected to ease a little from early on Saturday morning.  This follows the implementation of Stage 6 when Eskom recently suffered several breakdowns at the same time as it ramped up maintenance.
September 8, 2023 by

Solar energy storage system launched

The pressing need for effective energy storage systems has become undeniable owing to the severe energy crisis marked by an unreliable power supply and frequent, at times, daily loadshedding. In this challenging landscape, the Row Pow Energy Storage System emerges as a solution to the power crisis, offering innovative features and remarkable benefits for businesses and households.
September 8, 2023 by

Firm offers immediate solar solutions

Solar energy company SunSource Solutions remains committed to not only providing immediate solutions to South Africa’s energy challenges but also contributing to a more sustainable and environmentally conscious future. By promoting the adoption of solar energy, the company aims to reduce carbon emissions and decrease the country’s reliance on fossil fuels.
September 8, 2023 by

Solar streetlights installed along Gqeberha street

Lighting manufacturer BEKA Schréder has supplied its solar lighting highmast the SOLARFLOOD solution for the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality, along a stretch of Stanford road in Gqeberha, in the Eastern Cape, in June. This installation is the result of the municipality’s initiative to keep cables out of the reach of thieves through its highmast solar lighting pilot programme.
September 8, 2023 by

Firm pushing for investment in energy projects

Having realised the potential of particularly solar energy in the renewable-energy sector, independent investment and advisory firm Bravura aims to implement additional in-house capabilities to further develop and promote energy projects. “The decision has been made in the wake of a number of successful projects being executed by our associate, solar solutions provider SolarSaver,” says Bravura business development head Ian Matthews.
September 8, 2023 by

Group installs 1.1 MW solar system at manufacturing facility

After a year of planning and installing alternating-current and direct-current solutions, standby equipment manufacturer Static Power has commissioned a 1.1 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) grid-tied system at its ACTOM Medium Voltage Switchgear manufacturing facility in Knights, Gauteng. Static Power is a business unit within the division of Actom Smart Technologies which is within the ACTOM group. 
September 8, 2023 by

New inverter, battery solutions distributed

Energy technology provider Midea Energy Solutions, a product division of global appliance and air conditioning manufacturer Midea, has partnered with local distributors Livance Distributors and Fourways Group to launch the Midea Energy Solutions range of inverter and energy storage products. The Midea brand has been in South Africa since 2013, and has now undertaken to extend its product offerings to include Midea Energy Solutions’ products through its networks in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa.
September 8, 2023 by

First skid delivered to Free State client

Prefabricated deployment solutions developer Turnkey Modular rolled out the first of multiple solar alternating current (ac), low-voltage/medium-voltage, step-up skid or ‘E-Houses’ in July for chemicals and energy company Sasol Chemicals Midlands, in Sasolburg, in the Free State. The skid will be coupled to Sasol’s 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, which forms part of the company’s broader greenhouse gas emission reduction strategy.
September 8, 2023 by

Solar, wind energy to drive growth in input materials

Solar, wind and battery storage are essential to the low-carbon energy transition and there is likely to be greater demand for input materials used in these sectors in the years ahead. This was noted by Fitch Solutions business unit BMI Research’s Group Power and Low Carbon Energy analyst David Thoo, speaking during the company’s ‘Global Renewables Capex Trends: Effects on Solar, Wind and Battery Storage’ webinar, on September 7.
September 7, 2023 by

Kenhardt hybrid plant to prove competitiveness of dispatchable renewables – Scatec CEO

The global head of renewable-energy group Scatec is “extremely enthusiastic” about the market opportunities in South Africa, where he says variable wind and solar generation offer the cheapest and quickest route to injecting electricity into the loadshedding-prone grid. It is also where the company is building an enormous hybrid project that is poised to demonstrate the competitiveness of solar and batteries relative to conventional dispatchable technologies that take far longer to deploy.
September 7, 2023 by