South African Mark Moodley believes that installing a domestic solar power system has helped keep his 81-year-old mother alive. She spent three weeks in intensive care last year, and now back at home ...

It's one of several factors helping the continent gain traction with electrification.An abundance of sunlight, economies craving reliable power supplies, and a technology becoming massively cheap: ...

Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some ...

Powerchina has switched on a 100 MW solar tower in South Africa. The concentrated solar power (CSP) project will supply 480 GWh of clean energy to the country’s power grid each year. The system’s ...

As winter approaches, memories of the past haunt South Africans in more ways than one. The country has experienced years of rolling blackouts, known locally as load shedding. During the worst periods ...

JA Solar has signed two module supply agreements with JUWI Renewable Energies for landmark solar power projects in South Africa totalling 220MWac. Developed for major industrial users including ...

India links new rural power lines to solar projects, providing cleaner energy for farms, while South Africa has ways for communities to benefit from green energy profits.

Eskom launched the framework to simplify access for corporates on low-voltage Eskom connections and municipalities. One of the first virtual wheeling electrons was with Vodacom. The mobile operator’s ...

Companies that secure supply through structured market deals today are likely to benefit from greater price stability in the ...

Africa has an operational solar capacity of 20GW, plus a further 10GW pipeline. Image: Astronergy. John van Zuylen, CEO of the Africa Solar Industry Association (AFSIA) told PV Tech Premium this week ...

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