News from South Africa
RE Expansion in Africa: ABO Wind Sells 100 MW PV Project in South Africa
11 Oct 2023 12:53 | Wiesbaden, Germany / Cape Town, South Africa - ABO Wind has sold the project rights for a large solar project in South Africa. This is the third photovoltaic project in a cluster totaling 300 MW. The now sold project in the North West Province of South Africa has a nominal capacity of 100 MW. read more...
PNE And S.E.T. Select Energy Cooperate: E-fuels From Green Hydrogen For South Africa
27 Jul 2023 14:37 | Cuxhaven, Germany - The PNE Group and S.E.T. Select Energy GmbH (SET) are planning to jointly produce and market synthetic fuels from renewable energies (e-fuels) in South Africa. The two companies signed a letter of intent to this effect in Hamburg today. read more...
Mining Sector Benefits From Change in Legislation: Juwi Continues to Drive Renewable Energies in South Africa
28 Jun 2023 12:41 | Wörrstadt - Asset manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) has signed a contract with South African mining group Sibanye-Stillwater to supply electricity from the "Castle Wind" wind farm to mines operated by Sibanye Stillwater in the country. read more...
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...
