More than 10 000 households at Ha-Matsila and neighbouring villages, outside Louis Trichardt, in Limpopo, are set to benefit from a solar project which will power their boreholes. Power to operate the boreholes was previously supplied by Eskom.

EDFI ElectriFI, REPP, and 1PWR have reached financial close on Africa’s second largest project-financed mini-grid transaction. The equity-and-debt investment into the project vehicle will fund the construction of a portfolio of 11 mini-grids in Lesotho with a total capacity of 1.8MW.

WiSolar is offering property developers the option of a prepaid, decentralized solar electricity system for buildings under construction.

South Africa has large coal reserves that make the ongoing reliance on coal a tempting proposition. Nevertheless, renewable energy in South Africa is on the rise with long-term plans in place.

The Saldanha Bay Municipality has announced a tender for the design, installation and commissioning of a 3-phase, 10KW rooftop solar PV system at the electro-technical building in Vredenburg.