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Media Statement from Davin Chown on the IPP Renegotiations
SAPVIA Chairperson Davin Chown provides a media statement on the recently proposed IPP renegotiations. To stimulate and grow the SA economy, these five elements are critical: predictability, consisten...Read More
Legal report on the Municipal Legal framework applicable for small scale embedded
Legal Report provides context into the type of conditions or procedures relating to the connection and operation of SSEG systems to provide municipalities with reasonable legal security that these sys...Read More
Gordhan’s IPP renegotiation proposal triggers ‘breach of contract’ warnings
Engineering News ONLINE 15 February 2019 A report indicating that the South African government may seek to renegotiate power purchase agreements (PPAs) concluded with independent power producers (IPPs...Read More
SAPVIA: Statement on the recent announcemt by Minister Pravin Gordhan on government decision to “renegotiate” old renewable energy IPP Contracts
Polity 15 February 2019 To stimulate and grow the SA economy, these five elements are critical: predictability, consistency, lower risk and policy certainty. A simple and blanket tariff renegotiation ...Read More
ANC drops Zuma’s nuclear plans – and embraces renewable energy instead
The ANC’s election manifesto for 2019 has gone big on renewable energy – with zero mention of the country’s previous nuclear plans. Nuclear energy emerged as a major topic over the last few years of t...Read More
SAREC STATEMENT ON THE ROLE OF RENEWABLES IN REGENERATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN ECONOMY AND THE JUST ENERGY TRANSITION
As 2018 draws to a close, the South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC) wishes to reaffirm its commitment to building the renewable energy sector in South Africa and that its member associations ...Read More
23rd “Trends in Photovoltaic Applications 2017” Report
IEA PVPS Task 1 published its 23rd “Trends in Photovoltaic Applications” report on December 3rd 2018. This unique report provides official and accurate data about the photovoltaic (PV) market, industr...Read More
Standard Association of Zimbabwe becomes energy independent
IBC SOLAR supplies and commissions PV system with battery storage for self-consumption Harare / Zimbabwe, November 22, 2018 – IBC SOLAR South Africa, subsidiary of the German system provider for photo...Read More
SAPVIA’s PV GreenCard Programme is praised at the Electrical Safety Indaba
November 8, 2018 – Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane: The Electrical Safety Indaba Workshop is a platform created and hosted by the Department of Labour (DoL) with the aim of providing stakeholde...Read More
THE SAPVIA IRP STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FORUM PROVED TO BE A SUCCESS
On the 5th October 2018, members of SAPVIA and various interest groups gathered at the Axiz Auditorium in Midrand for the SAPVIA IRP Stakeholder engagement workshop. The idea behind the workshop was t...Read More
WARM RECEPTION OF SAPVIA’S IRP SUBMISSION BEFORE THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
On the 17th October 2018, SAPVIA made a successful and well-received appearance before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Energy (PPCE) to present preliminary comments on the 2018 Draft Integrat...Read More
Encouraging Empowerment Progress on South African Public-sector Solar PV Projects
– A Case Study of successful Local Content achievement, B-BBEE & Youth participation on Zero Point Energy’s recently completed public-sector 70kWp Solar Photovoltaic (PV) projects Date: 10 June 20...Read More