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Local Sustainable Energy News from Other Sources

SESSA's online editor regularly scans South African news sites for articles and commentary relating to sustainable energy. The following is a list of recent links categorised by month.

June 2010
  1. Wind turbine maker Vestas sees SA as key emerging market (Engineering News, June 15)
  2. SA wind data website to be operational in September (Engineering News, June 15)
  3. LED lighting offsets part of World Cup carbon emissions (Engineering News, June 15)
  4. New buildings must follow energy laws (BusinessDay, June 15)
  5. African CDM projects expected to multiply over next two years (Engineering News, June 14)
  6. Energy efficiency regulations for new buildings published (Engineering News, June 14)
  7. SolaireDirect expects solar parks to take off in South Africa (Engineering News, June 10)
  8. New energy-efficiency rating tool unveiled for SA buildings (Engineering News, June 09)
  9. Exxaro to build clean energy power plants (Engineering News, June 08)
  10. Investing in cleaner fuel ‘difficult’ in SA (BusinessDay, June 04)
  11. Solar TV follows World Cup fever into rural South Africa (Engineering News, June 04)
  12. Need to diversify guides energy plan (BusinessDay, June 03)
  13. SA ‘must boost clean energy investment’ (BusinessDay, June 01)
May 2010
  1. GridCars' electric vehicle project hopes for transport revolution (Engineering News, May 28)
  2. Eastern Cape wind turbine connected to grid (Engineering News, May 21)
  3. Joule electric car developer signs MOUs, determines likely pricing (Engineering News, May 19)
  4. Planning Commission important for green economy - Zuma (Engineering News, May 19)
  5. Zuma sees jobs in a green economy (BusinessDay, May 19)
  6. New approach to green economy needed, says Patel (Mail & Guardian, May 19)
  7. Green energy sector could create 300 000 jobs – Patel (Engineering News, May 18)
  8. SA should take advantage of multibillion rand green economy potential (Engineering News, May 18)
  9. Tough fight looms over green power cake (Business Day, May 18)
  10. Wind Industry Wants 25 Percent of Energy to Be Renewable (allAfrica.com, May 17)
  11. Affordability remains a challenge for solar water heating (Engineering News, May 14)
  12. Utility remains optimistic about solar water heater roll-out (Engineering News, May 14)
  13. Solar car race on the cards for September (Engineering News, May 14)
  14. SA shows strong growth in green building, energy efficiency – Legrand (Engineering News, May 13)
  15. Work starts on wind farm (Business Day, May 13)
  16. First solar geysers by June from new E Cape plant (Engineering News, May 12)
  17. JHB roads agency to roll out solar power to 50 more intersections (Engineering News, May 12)
  18. Coega becomes a wind-driven power station (Moneyweb, May 11)
  19. Eastern Cape wind farm to supply power to World Cup stadium (Engineering News, May 11)
  20. Business pledges to add 5000MW to grid (Business Day, May 3)
April 2010

  1. Business seeks outcomes-based engagement on SA energy crisis (Engineering News, May 30)
  2. Energy leaders to gather in May for two-day summit (Engineering News, April 30)
  3. Wind-energy developer teams up with E Cape traditional leaders (Engineering News, April 26)
  4. SA moves towards clean energy future (Business Day, April 26)
  5. SA could learn lessons from Israel’s 
solar successes (Engineering News, April 23)
  6. Algal biofuels seen as having potential, but much research still needed (Engineering News, April 23)
  7. Greater carbon reduction urgency needed, expert says (Engineering News, April 20)
  8. President Zuma to kick-start big solar-geyser drive (Engineering News, April 20)
  9. Incentive for property developers who save energy (BuaNews, April 20)
  10. R5,3bn energy efficiency incentive confirmed (Engineering News, April 20)
  11. South Africa to face power crunch (Business Report, April 19)
  12. 'Smart meters' save electricity (Business Day, April 19)
  13. Two new wind projects on the cards for Eastern Cape (Engineering News, April 14)
  14. Germany gives SA R732 million for energy projects (Business Report, April 9)
  15. Germany gives South Africa €70 million for energy (Business Day, April 9)
  16. Germany gives SA €70m for energy (Engineering News, April 9)
  17. Southern and East Africa renewable projects get €10m boost (Engineering News, April 9)
  18. Green building council to launch retail rating tool this month (Engineering News, April 8)
  19. Business sets ambitious goal to cut power consumption (Business Day, April 7)
  20. Renewables, imports to feature strongly in new SA energy plan (Engineering News, April 6)
  21. SA becomes a high-carbon zone to attract investment (Mail & Guardian, April 2)
  22. SA outlines consultation process for 20-year energy plan (Engineering News, April 1)
March 2010
  1. Renewable energy feed-in tariff 'beneficial' - association (Business Report, March 30)
  2. SA saves 420MW during Earth Hour (News24, March 30)
  3. Sandton hotel installs solar-water heating system (Enginering News, March 15)
  4. SA seeks to make virtue of necessity with green-industries plan (Engineering News, March 12)
  5. IMF working on $100bn ‘green fund’ – Strauss-Kahn (Engineering News, March 9)
  6. SADC Strives for Energy Self-Sufficiency (allAfrica.com, March 08)
  7. Renewable energy rules slammed by smaller developers (Business Report, March 8)
  8. Govt to reveal energy projects (Fin24.com, March 3)
  9. Nersa works on Cofit regime (Business Report, March 3)
  10. SA to have selected first renewable IPP projects by Q3 - Nersa (Engineering News, March 02)
  11. Solar heaters: don't get burnt (Fin24, March 01)
  12. Denmark-backed programme celebrates 12-years of sustainable energy in SA (Engineering News, March 1)
  13. South Africa to sign co-gen deals for 1 143 MW in March (Business Report, March 1)
February 2010
  1. Young Sessa initiative launched (Engineering News, February 26)
  2. Exxaro to form clean-energy company (Engineering News, February 25)
  3. Advisers sought for big Free State solar geyser project (Engineering News, February 17)
  4. Exxaro targets 2 000 MW from renewable sources by 2030 (Engineering News, February 10)
  5. Developing nations should shift towards clean growth – Unctad (Engineering News, February 8)
  6. Co-generation could delay need for Kusile, says WWF (Business Day, February 8)
  7. Gold miner to cut another 50 MW (Engineering News, February 8)
  8. Local energy system at significant risk (Business Report, February 2)
  9. How to get a green job (Fin24, February 2)
January 2010
  1. SA's renewable sector could create over 145 000 jobs by 2020 (Engineering News, January 28)
  2. Lack of integrated energy policy must be addressed (Business Report, January 27)
  3. SAHRC: Energy 'very important' for human rights (Business Report, January 22)
  4. Big interventions needed to offset World Cup carbon emissions (Engineering News, January 22)
  5. SA gets additional finance for clean technology projects (Engineering News, January 22)
  6. City Promotes Solar Water Heaters (Cape Business News, January 21)
  7. UK firm enters SA renewable energy market (Engineering News, January 20)
  8. Eskom’s new-look rebate hinges on tariff approval (Engineering News, January 20)
  9. South African Wind Acquisition from RES (Renewable Energy World, January 19)
  10. SA joins global renewable energy body (Engineering News, January 18)
  11. Eskom hopes to accelerate SWH roll-out as it doubles rebates (Engineering News, January 13)
  12. Exxaro’s 100-MW wind farm study progresses (Engineering News, January 12)
December 2009
  1. Clean energy could be third-largest industrial sector by 2020 – report (Engineering News, December 11)
  2. Renewable energy could be an engine of growth for Africa (Engineering News, December 10)
  3. Manuel: Energy crisis needs to be taken more seriously (Mail & Guardian, December 08)
  4. State 'will not raise 2013 renewable energy target' (Business Day, December 08)
  5. SA's bold climate pledge rules out third new coal-fired plant (Business Report, December 08)
  6. German-backed SWH training facility launched in Soweto (Engineering News, December 07)
  7. Fresh air of optimism in Tsitsikamma (Business Day, December 03)
  8. Decision on solar plant will depend on funds, says Peters (Business Day, December 1)
  9. Energy Minister to brief SA on much-anticipated power-generation road map (Engineering News, December 1)
November 2009
  1. 40-MW wind-power project planned for Tsitsikamma (Engineering News, November 30)
  2. Renewable-energy champion would do SA power of good (Business Day, November 30)
  3. R25m Western Cape CDM project officially launched (Engineering News, November 25)
  4. SA clean energy projects receive $500m global backing (Engineering News, November 25)
  5. Power from solar project before 2012 (Business Day, November 23)
  6. Framework in place for big solar-water heater vision, but funding needs firming (Engineering News, November 20)
  7. SA thin-film solar plant may be operating within ‘two-and-a-half years' (Engineering News, November 20)
  8. Waste-to-energy generation will alleviate pressure on SA’s landfills – F&S (Engineering News, November 18)
  9. Eskom’s base-load expansion to focus on coal for now (Engineering News, November 18)
  10. Call to raise power price to stimulate competition to Eskom (Business Day, November 18)
  11. Refit not sufficient to stimulate SA renewable sector (Engineering News, November 17)
  12. UN Carbon Markets Powering Green Energy Growth in Africa (United Nations Environment Programme, November 17)
  13. SA urged to increase its renewable energy goal (Business Day, November 17)
  14. SA green building industry benefits from first certified project (Engineering News, November 13)
  15. Eskom pushes PPC to renewable energy (Moneyweb, November 12)
  16. Africa lags behind in carbon market (Engineering News, November 10)
  17. SA will not raise renewable goals - Minister (Engineering News, November 10)
  18. LPG regulations to be promulgated in ‘next few weeks’ – Peters (Engineering News, November 10)
  19. Big plans for green power (Mail & Guardian, November 6)
  20. Solar water heater rollout target ‘easily attainable’ – Peters (Engineering News, November 5)
  21. Solar water heating for homes (News24, November 5)
  22. Solar water heating framework complete (Business Day, November 5)
  23. Mainstream committed to wind farm project (Business Report, November 5)
  24. Map Of Wind Resources In South Africa Created (ScienceDaily, November 4)
  25. SA needs longer-term renewable energy targets to unlock sector's potential (Engineering News, November 3)
October 2009
  1. Newly launched initiative to strengthen solar research capabilities (Engineering News, October 27)
  2. SA engineering firm developing new heliostat gearbox (Engineering News, October 27)
  3. Nersa to approve renewable energy tariff guidelines this week (Business Day, October 27)
  4. Gold in the Sky (Renewable Energy World, October 26)
  5. SA urged to speed up hydrogen and fuel cell technology research (Engineering News, October 23)
  6. High costs hamper SA waste-to-power plans (Engineering News, October 23)
  7. GBCSA launches pilot rating tool for retail developments (Engineering News, October 22)
  8. Nedbank HQ certified as SA’s first Green Star building (Engineering News, October 22)
  9. World's priciest energy (Fin24, October 18)
  10. Eskom solar facility could be built at a great discount (Business Report, October 15)
  11. Resolution pushes 100% renewable (ITWeb, October 15)
  12. Grahamstown may get 36 MW wind farm (Engineering News, October 15)
  13. Cementing a greener future (Mail & Guardian, October 14)
  14. Renewable energy could power the world (Business Report, October 13)
  15. Ageing power infrastructure an opportunity for renewable energy – ISES (Engineering News, October 13)
  16. Solar energy powers SA hospital air-conditioning system (Engineering News, October 13)
  17. SA's thin-film solar tech at commercial stage (Mail & Guardian, October 13)
  18. Eskom plans solar plant at Upington (Business Day, October 13)
  19. Tech symphony to power future (ITWeb, October 13)
  20. Eskom seeks equity partner for solar plant (Business Report, October 13)
  21. Renewable revolution can't wait (ITWeb, October 12)
  22. Eskom designs 100 MW solar plant, to cost up to R7 billion (Business Report, October 12)
  23. Renewable energy uptake needs adequate policy – Scheer (Engineering News, October 12)
  24. Park project set to boost appetite for solar power (Business Day, October 12)
  25. SA Wants to Use More Solar Energy (AllAfrica.com, October 9)
  26. Sunny SA ignores solar potential (IT Web, October 9)
  27. Energy Minister to unveil SWH framework next month (Engineering News, October 8)
  28. Eskom Can Put SA Solar Power On the Map (AllAfrica.com,  October 7)
  29. Eskom eyes solar power, gas from coal (Engineering News, October 7)
  30. How some energy-savvy South Africans have already taken the grid-free leap (Engineering News, October 2)
  31. French agency makes €120m available for small SA renewable projects (Engineering News, October 1)
September 2009
  1. Eskom needs 60% tariff hike, says Nersa (Business Day, September 29)
  2. State ‘committed to green energy targets’ (Business Day, September 28)
  3. Biogas projects could add 200 MW to SA power mix – CAE Energy (Engineering News, September 18)
  4. SA needs co-generation to avoid power crisis (Mail & Guardian, September 18)
  5. IFC to invest $500m a year on renewable projects by 2011 (Engineering News, September 16)
  6. Liquid gas price may drop by 30% (IOL, September 16)
  7. New undersea turbine for tidal power (Engineering News, September 15)
  8. BMW cuts electricity bill by R18m a year (Engineering News, September 11)
  9. SA extends timeframe for renewable energy policy review to February (Engineering News, September 10)
  10. One of SA’s largest SWH projects rolled out at platinum mine (Engineering News, September 9)
  11. Renewable energy runs out of pep (Business Day, September 7)
  12. Energy independents slate Nersa on Eskom (Business Day, September 4)
  13. Scope for SA mini hydro power real, limited (Engineering News, September 3)
  14. South Africa: Electricity Restructure is Set to Start With New Law (AllAfrica.com, September 3)
  15. SA saving energy (IOL, September 3)
  16. Renewable energy industry players make Refit submissions to Nersa (Engineering News, September 3)
  17. ICT could play key role in greener building (Engineering News, September 2)
  18. SA’s renewable energy policy to be reviewed (Engineering News, September 1)
  19. Eskom says solar water heater programme gains traction (Engineering News, September 1)
August 2009
  1. CEF looking for consultants to advance wood-waste power project (Engineering News, August 28)
  2. Joule launch has conditional buy-in from government (Engineering News, August 28)
  3. Eskom defers smaller, mainly renewable, projects (Engineering News, August 28)
  4. Eskom saves R3bn with cut in energy use (IOL, August 28)
  5. Electricity discount to aluminium producers 'unsustainable' - Eskom (Engineering News, August 27)
  6. Eskom's solar heater plan slowly gains momentum (Business Report, August 26)
  7. Renewable energy firm wants small solar PV systems included in Refit (Engineering News, August 24)
  8. Eskom 'postpones projects worth R7bn' (Mail & Guardian, August 24)
  9. Firms Keen to Salvage Eskom Solar Project (allAfrica.com, August 20)
  10. KZN schools go solar (News24, August 20)
  11. 180 bids received for Port Elizabeth solar water heater project (Engineering News, August 19)
  12. SESSA hoping to ‘plant the seeds of education’ with new youth initiative (Engineering News, August 19)
  13. SA to host international solar congress in Oct (Engineering News, August 19)
  14. Swimming in fuel (Mail & Guardian, August 19)
  15. Industry players sceptical about SA’s 2013 renewable target (Engineering News, August 18)
  16. SA working on financial instruments to boost renewable projects (Engineering News, August 17)
  17. GE Energy keen to find partners for renewable energy projects (Business Day, August 12)
  18. SA should pursue solar power - Scholes (IOL, August 10)
  19. Eskom wants even more (Fin24, August 10)
  20. How SA could liberate power and fuel from its sugar cane fields (Engineering News, August 7)
  21. Strategy is good but implementation is a problem (Mail & Guardian, August 6)
  22. Renewable energy equipment market could grow tenfold by 2015 (Engineering News, August 4)
  23. Sasol sponsors Stellenbosch solar thermal energy research (Engineering News, August 4)
  24. What’s Eskom doing to keep us in the light? (Mail & Guardian, August 4)
  25. Cape cracks down on careless CFL disposal (IOL, August 3)
July 2009
  1. SA researcher develops vertical axis wind turbine configuration (Engineering News, July 31)
  2. ‘Civil society should be directly involved in determining SA’s energy future’ (Engineering News, July 31)
  3. Solar PV manufacturer welcomes Refit consultation paper (Engineering News, July 27)
  4. Solar water heaters could replace a power station (Business Report, July 21)
  5. Regulator includes more renewable technologies in Refit, outlines purchase agreement (Engineering News, July 20)
  6. IDC to study funding models for clean-energy projects (Engineering News, July 14)
  7. Power price shock awaits (Fin24.com, July 14)
  8. SA reviews energy-efficiency strategy (Engineering News, July 8)
  9. SA completes energy-efficiency retrofit of 4 000 State buildings (Engineering News, July 7)
  10. Eskom 'drags feet on IPPs' (Fin24.com, July 6)
  11. From wind to fuels, IDC mulling big energy-economy role (Engineering News, July 6)
  12. Green building conference to start in Sandton next week (Engineering News, July 3)
  13. SA's CO2 levels 'very high' (News24, July 1)
June 2009
  1. Levy on nonrenewable electricity to become effective July 1 (Engineering News, June 25)
  2. Nuclear power coming back on the boil in SA (Business Day, June 25)
  3. SA targets 400 MW of wind energy within three years (Engineering News, June 23)
  4. Green building council hopes to launch pilot rating tool for shopping centres in Oct (Engineering News, June 23)
  5. East London IDZ eyes renewable energy investments (Engineering News, June 22)
  6. CEF allows more time to bid for Port Elizabeth solar water heater project (Engineering News, June 17)
  7. Motlanthe: Green economy in SA needs to grow (IOL, 16 June)
  8. Fresh air to power South Africa? (BBC, June 15)
  9. Eskom creates a perfect storm (Mail & Guardian, June 15)
  10. R1,8bn ethanol-from-sugar plant planned for KZN (Engineering News, June 12)
  11. 'Poor must be protected from power tariff hikes' (Mail & Guardian, June 11)
  12. Eskom's tariff hike request slammed by all comers (Business Report, June 9)
  13. South Africa: Kuyasa Carbon Credits Cut Electricity Costs (allAfrica.com, June 8)
  14. Power producers ‘can increase Eskom’s capacity’ (Business Day, June 8)
  15. SA energy data base will help attract foreign investment – KPMG (Engineering News, June 4)
  16. Africa: Biofuels And Neo-Colonialism (allAfrica.com, June 4)
  17. Renewable energy punted as quick fix for Eskom (Business Day, June 2)
  18. Renewable feed-in tariff could include large-scale PV projects, study shows (Engineering News, June 2)
  19. South Africa: Government Edging Towards Renewable Sources (allAfrica.com, June 1)
  20. SA’s wind-energy capacity could be 300 MW by 2012 – study (Engineering News, June 1)