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78 MW Bokamoso solar park begins commerc...

Thursday, 15 October 2020

Another large-scale solar photovoltaic PV project procured under the fourth bid window of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme REIPPPP has entered into commercial operation. The fourth bid window eventually closed in 2018, following a four-year delay, precipitated by Eskom’s then refusal to enter into new power purchase agreements with projects procured by government under the REIPPPP. Engineering, procurement and construction EPC contractor juwi Renewable Energies reported on Wednesday that the 78 MW Bokamoso Solar Park, situated near Leeudoringstad in the North West province, had reached full grid code compliance and commenced commercial...

Another large-scale solar photovoltaic PV project procured under the fourth bid window of South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer...

Turkey's Karpowership looks to plug Sout...

Wednesday, 05 February 2020

Turkey's Karpowership, one of the world's largest power ship firms, has submitted a plan to South Africa to provide "several" ships capable of plugging a severe power shortage in the country, a senior company official said on Tuesday. South Africa's State-owned power utility Eskom has regularly cut power over the past year, hobbling economic growth in Africa's most industrialized country as unreliable coal-fired plants struggle to generate enough electricity to meet demand. In December, South Africa's energy department issued a request for information RFI to source between 2 000 MW and 3 000 MW of power generation capacity that could be connected in the shortest time, at the least cost. "We...

Turkey's Karpowership, one of the world's largest power ship firms, has submitted a plan to South Africa to provide "several" ships capable of...

Solar installations to continue growing ...

Wednesday, 05 February 2020

Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade, global information provider IHS Markit reports in its ‘2020 Global Photovoltaic PV Demand Forecast’. IHS estimates new yearly installations to increase by 14% year-on-year to 142 GW this year. The 142 GW is seven times that of the entire installed capacity of 20 GW at the start of the prior decade in 2010, the company says. It adds that the growth has also been substantial in terms of geographic reach. In 2010, seven countries mainly in Europe had an installed capacity of more than 1 GW of solar power generation. IHS Markit expects more than 43 countries to meet that threshold by the end of 2020....

Global solar installations will continue double-digit growth rates into the new decade, global information provider IHS Markit reports in its ‘2020...

Sanral’s new standard contract exposes c...

Wednesday, 05 February 2020

Amendments to the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s Sanral’s standard contract have made it significantly more difficult for contractors to deal with disruptions related to the construction mafia, warns construction and technology law specialist MDA Attorneys. The term ‘construction mafia’ refers to local communities and business forums which disrupt construction sites, often violently, with demands that they are awarded work on the specific contract a process which often results in costly delays, notes MDA. MDA says Sanral has added five conditions to the clause on which contractors rely when dealing with strikes and riots, including construction-mafia type circumstances....

Amendments to the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s Sanral’s standard contract have made it significantly more difficult for contractors...