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Johannesburg-based alternative investment fund manager Jaltech has agreed to provide USD 28.1m to Wetility to help it fund solar and battery systems projects across South Africa. The structured capital partnership, which includes a mix of senior and equity financing, will enable the deployment of more than 16 MW of new solar capacity.
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Open energy markets could be the answer to the energy deficit in Africa. However, South Africa’s experience in its transition towards an open market offers several learnings for others. These include taking a gradual approach to unbundling; the importance of strengthening grid access policies; and the need to boost infrastructure development.
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OAE’s flagship product, EnergyPro, is a cloud-based software platform that enables energy wheeling – the process of delivering electricity from decentralised renewable producers to distributed consumers via existing transmission infrastructure.
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More South African homeowners aspire to live off-grid, with many seeking to replace municipal and state-provided services-particularly electricity and water-in pursuit of greater sustainability and self-sufficiency. This is according to Absa’s Homeowners Sentiment Index (HSI) for the first quarter of this year.
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Due to the extent of the damaging power outages, solar power was adopted quickly in South Africa. As a team of researchers specialising in mapping, geography, and renewable energy transitions, we noticed that satellite imagery showed that some parts of South Africa were still brightly lit at night, even during power cuts.
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The South African government wants to increase the price of renewable energy products imported into the country to promote local manufacturing. Industry players have raised concerns over possible consequences.
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South Africa has come up with a Just Energy Transition Implementation Plan that sets out what is needed and how much it will cost to achieve a low carbon economy. The plan also sets out what is needed to build South Africa’s ability to cope with global warming. It also proposes ways to create quality jobs, set up a stable energy supply.
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The programme, creatively named by the Yellow Door Energy team, focuses on equipping young South Africans with practical skills in solar photovoltaic (PV) technology, while simultaneously enhancing energy resilience in under-resourced communities.
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In recent months, Eskom has intensified its small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) registration efforts. In addition to requiring a professional registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (Ecsa) sign off on the system, Eskom demands that users install smart meters and convert to a time-of-use tariff.
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The country’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out. To this end, the South African cabinet recently approved the country’s first renewable energy masterplan, which sets out what’s needed to establish new renewable energy industries.
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