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Eskom’s approval processes, coupled with complex environmental and land use procedures, contribute to the complexities encountered by IPPs and supplementary power suppliers (Image supplied)

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How to overcome complexities in South Africa’s renewable energy sector

8 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Dom Wills, executive director at SOLA Group is hopeful that we will soon see a day where 24-hour solar PV is not only cost-effective, but also able to scale fast enough to reach the zero carbon dawn in time

Energy

Modularity: Driving the future of electricity

Dom Wills 29 Apr 2025

YDE and Actis Acts launch 'Lumen30' to train 30 South African youths in solar energy installation

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

YDE and Actis Acts launch 'Lumen30' to train 30 South African youths in solar energy installation

Issued by Yellow Door Energy 24 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf Inspired Evolution has announced the final close of its Evolution III Fund on 3 March 2025, securing total commitments of $238m for clean energy in Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Final close of $238m Evolution III Fund for clean energy in Africa

2 Apr 2025

Big industry: Power purchase agreements light the way to renewable energy implementation

Energy

Big industry: Power purchase agreements light the way to renewable energy implementation

John Taylor, Issued by Yellow Door Energy 24 Jan 2025

Scatec frees up resources to launch battery storage for transmission grid

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Scatec frees up resources to launch battery storage for transmission grid

Lindsey Schutters 21 Oct 2024

Waterberg Boerdery and Yellow Door Energy inaugurate solar and battery energy storage system

Sustainable Farming

Waterberg Boerdery and Yellow Door Energy inaugurate solar and battery energy storage system

Issued by Yellow Door Energy 14 Oct 2024

Minister Ramokgopa fields question in the Windaba media conference alongside Sawea CEO Niveshen Govender

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2024: Ramokgopa hints at local manufacturing policy for renewable tech

Lindsey Schutters 4 Oct 2024

#Windaba2024: Ramaphosa’s climate commission head confirms renewables push

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2024: Ramaphosa’s climate commission head confirms renewables push

Lindsey Schutters 3 Oct 2024

Minister Ramokgopa was big on renewables during his seminar. Source: x.com

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2024: South Africa takes aggressive stance on renewables expansion

Lindsey Schutters 2 Oct 2024

After loadshedding: Why freedom from the grid remains imperative

Energy

After loadshedding: Why freedom from the grid remains imperative

Forbes Padayachee, Issued by Yellow Door Energy 2 Sep 2024

Tororo Solar North Limited, is a special purpose vehicle company (SPV) established to develop, build, operate and maintain a 10MW Photovoltaic Power Plant in Eastern Uganda.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Red Rocket secures funding for Virginia Solar project

2 May 2024

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

MTN makes big gains in solar renewable energy project

15 Feb 2024

Overyssel Boerdery to harvest renewable energy in multi-million rand PPA with Yellow Door Energy

Sustainable Farming

Overyssel Boerdery to harvest renewable energy in multi-million rand PPA with Yellow Door Energy

Issued by Yellow Door Energy 19 Dec 2023

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

EDF Renewables ticks DMRE boxes, gets Nedbank funding to sell to Eskom

5 Dec 2023

Solar PV panels atop the Shoprite Group Centurion distribution centre 2. Source: Supplied

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Shoprite Group doubles renewable energy use, champions proactive climate action

1 Dec 2023

A man walks beneath electricity pylons during frequent power outages from South African utility Eskom, caused by its ageing coal-fired plants, in Orlando, Soweto. Source: Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Energy

IPP projects may miss extended funding deadline

Promit Mukherje 1 Nov 2023

Red Rocket gets $160m investment to expand renewable programme

Sustainable Development

Red Rocket gets $160m investment to expand renewable programme

28 Sep 2023

Source: World Bank

Sustainability

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

Source: Frederico Beccari/Unsplash

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Standards can help steady SA's grid under new rules

22 Aug 2023

MTN SA expands energy options with advanced tech for sustainable power

Telecoms & Networks

MTN SA expands energy options with advanced tech for sustainable power

27 Jun 2023

Africa's minerals and energy potential: A modern-day 'gold rush'

Markets & Investment

Africa's minerals and energy potential: A modern-day 'gold rush'

Bhavtik Vallabhjee 14 Jun 2023

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Energy

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Hartmut Winkler 9 Jun 2023

Healthcare

Ramokgopa says hospitals need micro-grid islands as answer to load shedding

Katja Hamilton 31 May 2023

Source: Freepik.

Nuclear Power

#EnlitAfrica2023: Tackling the toughest questions around nuclear power in SA

Katja Hamilton 18 May 2023

Eskom aims to recoup up to 1,500MW from electricity demand reduction

Energy

Eskom aims to recoup up to 1,500MW from electricity demand reduction

24 Apr 2023

Maximising land use for food and green energy could better support industry, society

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Maximising land use for food and green energy could better support industry, society

Karen King 20 Apr 2023

Image source: Quang Nguyen Vinh –

Legislation & Regulation

Comments sought on use of government waterworks regulations

12 Apr 2023

The road to sustainable mobility

Transport

The road to sustainable mobility

Greg Cress, Issued by Stone 17 Mar 2023

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How renewables can help drive economic recovery, prosperity in SA

15 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: New power supply model to transform SA's energy market

Trends

#BizTrends2023: New power supply model to transform SA's energy market

Niveshen Govender 9 Jan 2023

EWSETA and CSIR collaborate to grow much-needed skills in the renewable energy sector

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

EWSETA and CSIR collaborate to grow much-needed skills in the renewable energy sector

Issued by At Vogue Communication Agency 4 Jan 2023

#BestofBiz 2022: Energy & Mining

Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2022: Energy & Mining

12 Dec 2022

2022 - A year of misery or optimism for marketers? Part 1

Marketing

2022 - A year of misery or optimism for marketers? Part 1

Tom Manners, Issued by Clockwork 7 Nov 2022

Jacaranda FM community raises over R2,5m at the 2022 Good Morning Angels Golf Day

Radio & Audio

Jacaranda FM community raises over R2,5m at the 2022 Good Morning Angels Golf Day

Issued by Jacaranda FM 27 Sep 2022

SA urgently needs to action its latest energy plan

Energy

SA urgently needs to action its latest energy plan

22 Sep 2022

SA's energy crisis: the practical implications of government's proposed interventions

Energy

SA's energy crisis: the practical implications of government's proposed interventions

Jason van der Poel, Mzukisi Kota, Hielien Venter, Aviva Hoekstra, Emma Bleeker 8 Aug 2022

Energy & Mining

Emerging energy model to save large SA energy users 50% on power costs

24 May 2022

Renewable energy sector celebrates opening of Bid Window 6 for REIPPPP

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable energy sector celebrates opening of Bid Window 6 for REIPPPP

11 Apr 2022

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Energy

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Jason van der Poel, Aviva Hoekstra, Daniella Ghillino, Zanele Mahlalela 25 Mar 2022

What's needed to make hybrid energy solutions more affordable for smaller mines?

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

What's needed to make hybrid energy solutions more affordable for smaller mines?

Janine Espin 7 Mar 2022

Nuclear fusion - how excited should we be?

Nuclear Power

Nuclear fusion - how excited should we be?

Paul Norman and Lee Packer 28 Feb 2022

Cape Town launches IPP tender process to end load shedding in municipality

Energy

Cape Town launches IPP tender process to end load shedding in municipality

16 Feb 2022

South Africa's energy transition package: still in green and brown camouflage

Energy

South Africa's energy transition package: still in green and brown camouflage

Franziska Müller 24 Nov 2021

Energy wheeling, MER Initiative promising developments in SA's energy security

Energy

Energy wheeling, MER Initiative promising developments in SA's energy security

12 Nov 2021

Source: ©zstockphotos

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar PV: SA's technology of choice

4 Nov 2021

SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals

Energy

SA's energy landscape is evolving, partly driven by climate change goals

Jason van der Poel 27 Oct 2021