Business Day LIVE 20 May 2013 ESKOM “came as close to the edge as you can get” last Monday evening when the available power supply exceeded demand by a margin of only 0.17%, according to the company’s own routine system status bulletin. The recommended reserve margin for a power system is between 10% and 15%. [...]
Read moreRenewable Energy World.COM 03 May 2013 The gap between PV supply and demand narrowed slightly in 2012, but overcapacity will continue to weigh on the industry for the next several years, even with optimistic outlooks, according to new industry analyst reports. Total PV capacity (run-rate) in 2012 was roughly 36 GW, a slight increase from [...]
Read moreEngineering News ONLINE 6 May 2013 Photovoltaic (PV) project development and construction company Soventix South Africa has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth more than R5-million to build a roof-mounted PV plant for printed circuit board manufacturer Bosco’s Edenvale factory. The plant would have an initial capacity of 304 kWp, which could [...]
Read moreMoneyweb 06 May 2013 JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s national grid came within a hair’s breadth of overloading last week, suggesting the region’s top economy is going to battle to keep the lights on with the approach of the southern hemisphere winter. State-run power utility Eskom said on Monday that demand last Thursday peaked at 32,081 [...]
Read moreRenewable Energy World.COM 30 April 2013 NEW YORK CITY – The U.S. power grid is vulnerable to terrorist attacks, and the growing use of rooftop solar panels will provide protection against lengthy blackouts, the chairman of the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said. “It wouldn’t take that much to take the bulk of the power system [...]
Read moreBusiness Day LIVE 28 April 2013 ALREADY battered by wildcat strikes and a turf battle between the National Union of Mineworkers and its upstart rival, the Association for Mineworkers and Construction Union, the mining industry faces another uphill battle with electrical shortages. As the winter demand peaks, Eskom is expected to do unplanned maintenance work [...]
Read moreMail & Guardian 26 April 2013 A major policy clash over the biggest spending plan in SA’s history has erupted between the national planning commission and the energy department. The trillion-rand plan to build a fleet of new nuclear power stations is not only costlier than expected, but may be entirely unnecessary, according to the [...]
Read moreEngineering News 24 April 2013 The Metal Industries Benefit Funds Administrators (Mibfa) has confirmed that it will commit up to R1-billion for the provision of debt finance for projects participating in South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). The funds will be administered by black-owned asset manager Mergence Investment Managers, which has [...]
Read moreRenewable Energy World.COM 23 April 2013 The PV industry is the subject of an increasingly confusing discussion about its future. Statements that solar PV is competitive today and will expand exponentially are countered by detractors pointing out grid limitations and studies suggesting cost shifting. What is missing from this discussion is a clear and systematic [...]
Read moreBusiness Day LIVE 24 April 2013 FURTHER electricity price hikes could be triggered if the government forges ahead with plans to build at least six nuclear power stations, says National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) CEO Phindile Nzimande. Answering questions before Parliament’s portfolio committee on energy on Tuesday, Ms Nzimande said the regulator was [...]
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