Solar

As South Africa accelerates its transition to cleaner energy, the reliability and performance of grid‑connection equipment have become central to the success of large‑scale renewable projects.... 

Globally, the renewable energy sector offers diverse opportunities across the entire value chain, from engineering and operations to policy and community engagement. Yet, women remain... 

South Africa’s industrial, mining and agricultural sectors are in the midst of a massive energy transition. Driven by grid instability and escalating tariffs, millions of rands are being poured... 

Eskom has started construction of a 75 MW solar PV project alongside its Lethabo coal-fired power station in the Free State, which is expected to generate some 147 GWh yearly once at full... 

Australian iron-ore miner Fortescue has started construction on its 690 MW Turner River solar farm, in the Pilbara, which marks the final solar installation required to deliver the company’s Real... 

Ener-G-Africa (EGA) has commissioned its Western Cape solar panel manufacturing facility in Paarl. The plant has a nameplate assembly capacity of up to 150 MW a year on a three-shift operation. 

Songwe is among the few rare earths projects globally to have reached definitive feasibility study stage. 

(Virtual Showroom) Across sub-Saharan Africa, fossil fuels still dominate electricity production, with coal accounting for over 40 % of generation, while hydropower contributes nearly 29 % and... 

The clear and accelerating pivot from solar-only to hybrid energy solutions across sub-Saharan Africa is owed to cost-effective battery energy storage systems (BESS) making hybrid solutions... 

China National Building Materials South Africa (CNBM SA) and Geely Auto South Africa (Geely SA) have signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement for the coordinated development of new-energy... 

South Africa spelled out a detailed green hydrogen pursuit roadmap at the United Nations Industry Development Organisation (UNIDO) conference attended by 70 countries in Vienna on Wednesday, April... 

The City of Cape Town has issued an energy trader tender that targets the procurement of 500 MW through power purchase agreements (PPAs), spanning one to ten years, from a variety of power... 

From Cape Town to the continent, independent power producer Red Rocket is leading the charge in renewable energy with people, projects and purpose. As a pioneering independent power producer and... 

South African industry has long treated diesel as a cost of doing business. That calculation has now changed. From 1 April 2026, diesel prices increased by between R7,37 and R7,51 per litre, among... 

Iron-ore major Fortescue is accelerating the development of what it says will be the world’s first fully integrated, large-scale green energy grid for heavy industry, as part of its push to... 

The first megawatt-hours of green electricity have been successfully fed into South Africa’s national grid by a newly commissioned solar farm in Limpopo for supply  to a mining company in... 

The Mooi Plaats solar photovoltaic project has begun commercial operation. The project supports 240 MW of green energy to South African platinum, diamond and iron-ore mines. This achievement is... 

Energy solutions provider Aggreko has finalised a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) with international mining company Harmony Gold for the Eva copper mine project in north-west Queensland,... 

TSX-listed Ivanhoe Mines has announced the results of an updated independent technical report for the Kamoa-Kakula Copper Complex, incorporating changes to the mine design and extraction sequence,...