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Windaba to return to Cape Town convention centre this year

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has unveiled the theme for this year’s Windaba conference, ‘Renaissance of the Wind Energy Industry – Delivering Economic Benefits for South Africa’ . The two-day event, which returns to the Cape Town International Convention Centre following a virtual instance of the event last year, is scheduled to take place on October 7 and 8.
May 10, 2021 by

‘Right policy changes’ could ignite R150bn in electricity investment by private firms

Business Leadership South Africa (BLSA), which is made up of some of South Africa’s largest domestic and multinational companies, estimates that private firms would move to invest billions in new power generation capacity in the near term should the rules governing embedded or distributed plants be changed to support such projects. CEO Busi Mavuso says BLSA believes that companies could invest some R150-billion in new plants, most of which would arise in the form of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy “which is currently the least-cost source”.
May 10, 2021 by

Project focuses on guidelines for SMEs

With the second phase of the Industrial Energy Efficiency (IEE) project ending in December this year, National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) IEE project leader Sashay Ramdharee says that, for the remainder of the year, the project will focus on developing sector-specific energy efficiency guidelines for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
May 7, 2021 by

Digitalisation key to energy efficiency

Digitalisation is key to addressing the challenges faced in trying to implement energy efficiency initiatives for wastewater treatment plants and buildings, says South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) data and knowledge management programme project manager Teslim Mohammed Yusuf.
May 7, 2021 by