Philomene Ahouansou cooks beans and rice in three giant steel pots by the roadside in Benin’s capital, Porto-Novo. It’s a scene that’s common throughout the country. But instead of a wood-fuelled stove, she’s using a solar-powered cooker run on coconut husks, which it’s hoped will prevent deforestation and reduce greenhouse gas-producing smoke. The device — […]
Cooking with Sunshine and Coconuts
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Safe and reliable renewable tech
Bennie Swanepoel, a Technical Sales Engineer at HellermannTyton, looks into the opportunities that solar technology has created over the years and identifies how clean energy-oriented companies can take this opportunity to create tailor-made solutions for the industry. In South Africa, the solar radiation level is some of the highest recorded in the world, with some […]
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SA’s wholesale electricity price has at least doubled in the last seven years
Wholesale wine producer Douglas Green Bellingham (DGB), which exports South African wine to more than 70 countries, is installing a solar plant that will take its largest production plant off-grid. Installing an 800kW photovoltaic solar power plant at its Wellington production facility would reduce electricity costs, stabilise production and improve marketability, DGB said. Also, DGB […]
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Eskom’s Foray into Renewable Energy
Apart from nuclear energy, South Africa is pressing ahead with renewable energy options. “Coal will continue to be one of the sources of electricity in South Africa for a foreseeable period of time in the future,” said Brian Mantlana, director of climate change issues at South Africa’s environment ministry. But “what is important is how […]
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Solarpunk
Adam Flynn writes: Solarpunk draws on the ideal of Jefferson’s yeoman farmer, Ghandi’s ideal of swadeshi and subsequent Salt March, and countless other traditions of innovative dissent. (FWIW, both Ghandi and Jefferson were inventors.) The visual aesthetics of Solarpunk are open and evolving. As it stands, it’s a mash-up of the following: 1800s age-of-sail/frontier living […]
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The world’s first solar road
Solar power is lighting up the world, and not just on rooftops anymore. Scientist and innovators are continually discovering new ways to harness the sun’s energy in exciting and practical ways that will change our world. With enormous strides being made in the industry, we’ve highlighted a few of the latest, coolest and dare we […]
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Renewable Energy winners at West African Power Industry Awards
Some 200 top power professionals gathered for the second edition of the coveted awards evening to cheer on and celebrate well-known industry pioneers and companies in seven different awards categories. The awards form part of the West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC) which is taking place this week at the Eko Hotel & Suites in […]
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March for Clean Energy
Event Details for Clean Energy March: Date/s: – 29/11/2015 Times: 12:00 am Location: CPUT Campus City: Cape Town In Paris the world will be negotiating the terms of the next big climate agreement. The COP21 summit will determine the shape of global development until at least 2030.Leading up to COP21 people all around the world […]
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Why the NMBM Electricity Department is the ‘bomb’
The reason is a simple one: The Nelson Mandela Bay Electricity Department is the ONLY one in South Africa that allows you to Grid-Tie your renewable energy installation – like Solar PV – on a ONE FOR ONE basis *. “Huh, how does that benefit me?” you ask. Simple – this allows you, as the […]
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The Wealth of 53 specific people could power Africa
A research report by Friend of the Earth International has detailed what it would cost for the world to operate on 100% renewable energy. The total bill to power Africa, Latin America and Asia through solar, geothermal, wind and hydro energy, would amount to approximately $5.15 trillion – which would cover about half of the […]
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Western Cape aims to become greenest province | National | BDlive
The Western Cape provincial government aims to become South Africa’s “greenest” region. Speaking at the switching on ceremony of the solar system at the V&A Waterfront on Monday, Western Cape Economic Opportunities MEC Alan Winde said that securing reliable, affordable energy was a key focus area for the Western Cape government. “At municipal level, we […]
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Bill Gates on Cheap, Clean Energy
I’m in Paris today with several world leaders for a big announcement on energy and climate change. It is deeply moving to be in this city just two weeks after the horrific attacks here, and I am inspired by the way the French people have persevered in such a difficult time. Two related initiatives are […]
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Massive Solar Powered Race for Water Boat
“From November 26 until December 12, the Race for Water Foundation will be in Paris, on the occasion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP21). The foundation will be present with its ambassador, the Race for Water Solar Vessel, and will symbolically bring the ocean to the COP21 as a new member of the […]
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The world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy
Google, the world’s biggest corporate buyer of renewable energy, is expanding its clean power portfolio with deals for 781MW of solar and wind power. The Alphabet unit completed five deals to buy the output from power plants in the US, Chile and Sweden, and now has contracts for 2GW of renewable energy worldwide, according to […]
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2,000MW of Solar for Egypt
In North Africa, Egypt has secured $500 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), to help fast-track the country’s new solar power initiative, which aims to develop a total of 2,000MW to be distributed over 40 utility-scale projects. The funds, which have been earmarked for 2016, will be used towards the development […]
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Cape Town residents urged to generate own renewable energy
Writing in her weekly newsletter on Thursday, Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said the city was considering ways to make it easier and cheaper for households and businesses to generate renewable energy on a wider scale. “A potentially huge source of untapped energy is … staring at us from the rooftops of Cape Town […]
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V&A Waterfront: keeping Solar Installation to schedule
The solar project, which comprises of 4,207 solar PV modules, has been installed across six of the landmark’s buildings including, the Watershed, the Breakwater Apartment, the Clock Tower, Granger Bay, Two Oceans Aquarium and Ports Edge. EPC contractors, Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) and its partners, SolarWorld Africa, SMA Solar Technology SA and Schletter SA, completed […]
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$10 Billion pledged to boost renewable energy in Africa
Africa received a $10bn boost of help to build out its renewable energy sources, with Germany leading the advanced economies in its contribution. Germany’s Environmental Minister Barbara Hendricks made the announcement on Monday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks in Paris. “Africa has a large hunger for energy,” Hendricks said. “We have to […]
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Countries embrace renewables
An annual index released on Tuesday ranking the best and worst countries on energy issues related to climate change showed a global shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy production. The report, issued by Germanwatch and Climate Action Network (CAN), found for the first time that more renewable energy capacity was built than fossil and […]
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Progress on first of three large-scale ground-mounted Solar Power stations in Zimbabwe
JA Solar Holdings, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of high-performance solar power products, today announced that it has won a contract to supply 100 MW of photovoltaic (“PV”) modules to one of the first three large-scale ground-mounted solar power facilities in Zimbabwe. The projects will have a combined installed capacity of 300 MW and […]
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