BTE Renewables has announced the appointment of Rosalind Kainyah MBE to its executive board. With 30 years of international, senior management, executive and board level exposure, Kainyah’s extensive experience in Sustainability, Corporate and Environmental Law, Government Relations, and Political Risk Management, add gravitas to this appointment.READ MORE
Thornhill, Eastern Cape
Learners at Thornhill Combined Primary School, are heading back to the classroom this week and are excited to try out their newly equipped computer lab. This is the first time the school has had a suitable, fully-equipped computer centre for its 540 learners, which will no doubt encourage learning and provide access to a space where these young people can develop essential skills.READ MORE
Sue Lynn Juries – Jaars runs a small cleaning business and is one of nine SMMEs that participated in a programme that aimed to support local women-owned fledgling companies. The programme which kicked-off in September 2021, ran for three-months during which period, it emphasised the benefits of Digital Enablement to support Hopefield SMMEs to actively utilise technology to grow their business.
Cape Town, South Africa, 7 February 2022
According to the South African Renewable Energy Master Plan: Emerging Actions Discussion Document, “to implement IRP2019 would require over 14 million solar panels and 3,600 wind turbines alone. This represents a significant opportunity in employment and GDP contribution through annual production across the value chain – a potential of up to R182 billion annually and 39,000 people employed, to deliver 2600 MW of new capacity online each year in 2030.”READ MORE
February 2022, West Coast, Cape Town
EIMS Africa and their portfolio company, Umoya Energy Wind Farm, and SANParks are celebrating a pioneering Biodiversity Offset Agreement that was formalised almost a decade ago. This Public Private Partnership was the first of its kind, comprising an agreement with Umoya Energy Wind Farm and SANParks, which augments the West Coast National Park (WCNP), as part of a broader biodiversity expansion programme. A recently published report released Q4/2021, funded by the Global Environment Fund (GEF), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) South Africa Country Office, showcases the agreement and its successes.READ MORE
Genadendal, January 2022
Living Grace Primary Agricultural Co-Operative is a step closer to achieving its vision of helping re-establishing Genadendal as a self-sufficient and self-reliant community, as was the case in earlier times. With development funding received from Globeleq South Africa, this small co-op has been able to attain a tractor, agri supplies, and office equipment to support its production efforts and local youth training programme.
Springbok, January 2022
As a beneficiary of an agri-programme, aimed to support and benefit SMME’s in the Nama Khoi area, lucerne grower and fodder supplier, Arenda Saal, Director of Saclova, was pleased to receive an eight-tonne truck that will certainly help push-up output of this micro enterprise.READ MORE
Cape Town, South Africa, 15 December 2021
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), such as Nordex Energy South Africa (NESA), will play a key role in stimulating local jobs and skills. The company sees the latest Bid Window (BW5), as an important link in driving the local value chain, which will directly stimulate the domestic job market.READ MORE
Recently, the Renosterberg Municipality expressed their gratitude to the Longyuan Mulilo De Aar Wind Projects for their contributions and funding towards the Philipstown Water Supply Upgrade Project.
Somerset East, Eastern Cape
Supporting micro businesses in the Eastern Cape, is a strategic step to increase access to the local economy, reduce local unemployment and ignite sustainable development. This is the impetus behind BTE Renewable’s Golden Valley Wind Energy Facility’s SMME stimulus training programme. READ MORE
