News from South Africa
Major Order: Vestas Scores in South Africa And Installs First V163-4.5 MW Turbines
14 Mar 2023 14:20 | Madrid, Spain - Vestas has received a major 373-MW order from South African independent power producer Red Rocket. read more...
100,000 Tonnes Per Year: PNE And Omnia Plan Production of Green Hydrogen in South Africa
02 Feb 2023 17:13 | Cuxhaven, Germany - Omnia Group, which operates in various sectors of the economy, and PNE's South African subsidiary WKN Windcurrent have signed a memorandum of understanding to evaluate the onsite production of green hydrogen and ammonia in South Africa. read more...
Sola Group Solar Project: Canadian Solar Signs 256 MW Supply Contract in South Africa
07 Dec 2022 08:42 | Guelph, Canada - Solar company Canadian Solar, through its subsidiary CSI Solar Co, Ltd, has signed a solar module contract with Sola Group, an independent power producer based in Cape Town. The solar power will be sold under private power purchase agreements (PPAs). read more...
Sustainable Aviation Fuels: Concrete Chemicals Joint Venture Gets Off The Ground
14 Apr 2022 11:55 | Berlin, Dauerthal, Germany / Johannesburg, South Africa - The partner companies Enertrag, Cemex and Sasol ecoFT have founded "Concrete Chemicals GmbH", which is planning a pioneering project on the Cemex site in Rüdersdorf near Berlin to produce sustainable aviation fuel that will simultaneously contribute to the decarbonization of the cement industry. read more...
Milestone: Juwi Exceeds 3,000 Megawatts of Installed Photovoltaic Capacity
03 Dec 2020 09:31 | Wörrstadt, Germany - The South African subsidiary of the German company Juwi has been able to complete three large solar parks (Bokamoso, Droogfontain 2 and Waterloo) in the past few months despite the Corona lockdown. read more...
South Africa: Scatec Solar Completes 258 MW Upington Solar Power Plant
20 Apr 2020 08:55 | Oslo, Norway - Norwegian Scatec Solar has completed the third sub-project at the Upington solar power plant. With the connection to the grid of the 86 MW Dyason's Klip 2 solar power plant, the three Upington solar power plants in South Africa with a total capacity of 258 MW are now fully operational. read more...
Plug Power Selected to Deliver Refueling System for World’s Largest Hydrogen-Powered Mine Truck
03 Dec 2019 17:16 | Latham, USA - Plug Power announced that it has been selected to provide a custom refueling system for the world’s largest hydrogen-powered mine haul truck, which is set to begin operation next year. read more...
Ballard Power Receives Purchase Order for Fuel Cells for Mining Trucks
29 Oct 2019 09:46 | Vancouver, Canada - Ballard Power Systems received a purchase order for 9 of its FCveloCity-HD 100 kilowatt (kW) fuel cell modules from Anglo American’s platinum business, he world’s largest platinum group metals mining company and a strategic investor in Ballard. read more...
Scatec Solar Increases its Ownership in Three Operating Plants in South Africa
13 Sep 2018 09:56 | Oslo, Norway - Scatec Solar announced, that the company increases its ownership share in Kalkbult, Linde and Dreunberg in South Africa from 39 percent to 45 percent. Scatec Solar and Stanlib Private Equity Infrastructure Fund 1, both existing shareholders, are purchasing all of Norfund's 21 percent shares in the solar plant Kalkbult, and KLP Norfund's 16 percent shares in Linde and Dreunberg. read more...
Siemens Gamesa to Install Two Large Onshore Wind Farm Projects in South Africa
12 Jul 2018 16:39 | Zamudio, Spain - Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) will supply two wind farms in South Africa including 109 units of onshore wind turbines. The SWT-2.3-108 turbine will each feature a rated capacity of 2.3 MW and a 108 meters diameter rotor. read more...
