South Africa needs a renewable energy industrial strategy, not just requirements for green power projects to buy a percentage of solar parts from local companies.

UPINGTON, South Africa (AP) — Deep in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, south of the Kalahari Desert, a beaming light towers above dozens of solar mirror panels. The mirrors tilt to varying ...

ENGIE (www.ENGIE.com) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Abengoa’s indirect stake in Xina Solar One (Pty) Ltd. Following completion of the transaction, ENGIE will now hold ...

Independent power producer (IPP) Scatec has been awarded by the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) in South Africa for a 846MW solar cluster in the seventh round of the Renewable Energy ...

Norway’s Scatec has reached commercial operations of a 273 MW solar project in South Africa, the first to be completed from the country’s fifth bid window of its renewable energy procurement programme ...

The Khauta West PV plant is expected to reach commercial operations by Q4 2026. Image: NOA Group Independent power producer (IPP) NOA Group has reached financial close on a 349MW solar PV project in ...

UK energy trader BB Energy has commissioned a 25 MW merchant solar plant in Zambia, marking the first such facility to join the South African Power Pool market. A 35 MW expansion is planned for ...

An abundance of sunlight, economies craving reliable power supplies, and a technology becoming massively cheap: Solar energy is widely recognized as an excellent solution for Africa. According to 2024 ...

Africa, blessed with some of the world’s highest solar irradiation levels, is experiencing an unprecedented surge in solar market momentum. From the vast deserts of the Sahel to the fertile plains of ...

Johannesburg, South Africa — According to the recently released South Africa’s Largest Solar Survey, the South African solar market has changed, with the primary drivers for solar adoption being ...

The firm will use the funds to complete its investment in the 150MW Springbok solar plant in the Free State province and to finance five wind power facilities across the nation.