The Sola Group has announced the start of commercial operations at its Springbok Solar Power Project in the Free State, marking a breakthrough for large-scale renewable energy procurement in Africa. The 195MW solar photovoltaic facility, delivered ahead of schedule, is the continent’s only operational flexible multi-buyer energy wheeling facility. Read: Starlink pledges R2.5 billion investment…
Energy Exchange of Southern Africa (EXSA) has partnered with Sustainable Power Solutions (SPS) to build a 5 600kWp solar farm in Malmesbury in the Westen Cape. The project, which is 25 acres in size, will generate about two million kilowatt-hours of clean energy annually. EXSA said on Thursday that SPS will serve as both the independent…
James Hickman, AWS country manager, South Africa. The SOLA Group has achieved early commercial operations for the Springbok Solar Power Project, Africa’s first multi-buyer, energy wheeling facility and the company’s most significant project to date. Delivered ahead of schedule, the 195MW solar photovoltaic plant marks a major milestone in large-scale renewable energy procurement and a…
Energy generation from South Africa’s renewable energy programme has grown by 280% since 2015. However, generation from the programme remains unchanged at about 8.3 TWh in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. That’s according to a new report from the CSIR. The roll-out of renewable energy has been slow…
TLDR British International Investment (BII) has committed $20 million to Acumen’s Hardest-to-Reach (H2R) Initiative, a fund aimed at expanding access to off-grid solar power The investment, made through H2R Amplify, will help provide affordable clean energy to over 50 million people across 17 countries H2R Amplify has secured $123 million at first close and uses…
Iraq is advancing several solar power projects as part of a plan to meet its electricity needs. Iraq is set to open its first industrial-scale solar plant in a vast desert area in Karbala as the government attempts to tackle an electricity crisis that has led to widespread blackouts. Authorities said the plant, the largest…
Momentum Group has switched on two solar energy implementations, one at its Centurion head office in Gauteng and the other at its Parc du Cap regional office in the Western Cape. Together, the two solar installations have the potential to generate a combined 7.5GWh of electricity a year, which is enough to power around 28…
South Africa’s energy and mobility sectors are colliding in transformative ways. Electric vehicles have become more accessible, and CleanTechnica reports that local EV sales have grown by 35% between 2023 to 2024. Yet, this exciting growth is marred by a familiar challenge: the country’s fragile, overburdened national electricity grid. Can our electricity system support this…
Solar energy is booming across the U.S. and, for the first time, Florida is catching up to industry powerhouses Texas and California. Despite removing climate change from its official state policy in 2024, Florida added more utility-scale solar than California last year, with over 3 gigawatts of new capacity coming online. “This is not a…
Households and businesses are now required to register all rooftop solar power installations. But electricity users have been swimming in a sea of confusion about the new rules, when they come into force and what penalties are involved. The new requirements form part of Eskom’s small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) programme. TechCentral asked the utility for…
