On the 16th of May 2013 SAPVIA’s Grid Access Subcommittee met with representatives of Eskom’s transmission grid planning team in an information sharing and relationship building workshop. Vladimir Chadliev (Director Global Grid Integration: First Solar) presented on Grid Integration & Plant Control Systems for Utility Scale PV Power Plants, and Nish Rathanlall (Eskom Investment Planning [...]
Read moreSAPVIA’s second management committee meeting for 2013 takes place in Cape Town on Tuesday the 16th of April. The agenda of the meeting is available below for SAPVIA members to download. SAPVIA 13th Management Committee Meeting Agenda SAPVIA 13th Management Committee Meeting Minutes
Read moreMike Levington (Vice Chairperson, SAPVIA) and Karen Jodas (Managing Director, Savannah Environmental and SAPVIA member) attended the first meeting of the Expert Reference Group (ERG) for the DEA’s Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) process on 27 March 2013 at the CSIR Campus in Pretoria. Background: The SEA process is a result of an instruction from Cabinet [...]
Read moreOn the 27th of March 2013 the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) briefed the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy (PPCE) on the outcomes of ESKOM’s Multi-Year Price Determination 3 (MYPD 3) application. The presentation from the briefing can be viewed below: NERSA final presentation on MYPD3 determination
Read moreBackground: The Solar Energy Technology Roadmap (SETRM) is an initiative of the Department of Energy (DoE) and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) supported by CSIR and SANEDI. This initiative will be supported by both local and international organisations such as the GIZ and the International Energy Agency (IEA) that the PSC deems relevant. [...]
Read moreOverview of DEA National wind and solar PV SEA’s: As part of the rollout of renewable energy in the country, the Department of Energy (DoE) has entered into a bidding process for the procurement of 3725 MW of renewable energy from independent power producers by 2016. In order to submit a bid, a proponent is [...]
Read moreSAPVIA’s first management committee meeting for 2013 took place on Tuesday the 5th of February. The agenda and minutes of the meeting are available for SAPVIA members to download.
Read moreSponsored by: SAPVIA held it’s 6th Networking Event on 20 February 2013 at the Michelangelo Hotel in Sandton, Johannesburg. The first presentation of the afternoon was given by Ronald Marais - Eskom Strategic Planning Manager. Ronald provided the audience with information on Eskom’s geospatial integration strategy for Independent Power Producers and his presentation can be downloaded here. Theo Fischer - EScience Associates [...]
Read moreSAPVIA’s last management committee meeting for the year is taking place on Tuesday the 4th of December. The agenda for the meeting is available for SAPVIA members to download.
Read moreOn the 22nd of November 2012, SAPVIA’s Rooftop PV sub-committee hosted a strategy workshop led by an independent facilitator to in order to map out an action plan for the sub-committee for the year ahead.
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