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June 29, 2020

POWER OPTIONS COUPLES WIND AND HYDROGEN WITH POTENTIAL TO DRIVE EXPORTS MARKET

The opportunity for South Africa to couple its renewable energy economic stimulus to non-electricity prospects, presents the possibility for a new power export market, which can be laid now. The economic and energy benefits of ‘green’ hydrogen, is one of the many prospects discussed during the recent South African Wind Energy Association’s (SAWEA) webinar, which focused the Role of Wind Power in South Africa’s Economic Recovery, post-COVID-19.

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June 23, 2020

SAWEA DRAWS IN EXPERTS TO DISCUSS INDUSTRY’S ROLE IN POST-COVID-19 ECONOMY

The first of a series of webinar’s, under SAWEA’s Windaba banner, launched in June. The inaugural topic addressed the Role of Wind Power in SA’s Economic Recovery, post-COVID-19, which will require economic stimulus from the SA government.

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June 11, 2020

Investing in renewables to replace ageing coal-fired power stations is a no-brainer

Opinionista: Mark Swilling

If post-Covid-19 economic recovery really is the number one goal, the stimulus that will have the best short- and long-term multiplier effects will be a massive investment programme in renewables.

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May 28, 2020

Nersa beveel uiteindelik aan dat die proses om 2000 MW se elektrisiteit van privaatverskaffers te koop, kan voortgaan

Mercia Grimbeek – voorsitter, Suid-Afrikaanse Windenergievereniging

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March 27, 2020

Covid19 Lockdown Regulations and Amendment

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February 28, 2020

The implications of an announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that municipalities that are financially viable

The mediated conversation on the implications of an announcement by President Cyril Ramaphosa that municipalities that are financially viable and are being governed well will be allowed to procure power from IPPs.
Guests: CEO of the SA Wind Energy Association Ntombifuthi Ntuli
Head of Energy and Electricity at SALGA Nhlanhla Ngidi
Acting Executive Manager for Electricity, responsible for licensing and compliance enforcement

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February 28, 2020

En dus kom beurtkrag terug

Jan Oberholzer – hoofbedryfsbeampte van Eskom & Mercia Grimbeek – Chair, SAWEA

SOURCE: https://www.moneyweb.co.za/moneyweb-radio/en-dus-kom-beurtkrag-terug/

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February 26, 2020

Industry Pioneers Change the West Coast Landscape

Darling Wind Farm, situated along the beautiful West Coast of the Western Cape, is the country’s first wind farm. Roughly 70 kilometers from Cape Town, this 5MW plant, is also the country’s smallest power generator.

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February 12, 2020

Women in Wind Call for Applications 2020 Communications Kit

Women in Wind Global Leadership Program announces call for applications to empower women working in the wind industry

The Women in Wind Global Leadership Program, a joint initiative of the Global Wind Energy Council and the Global Women’s Network for the Energy Transition, is now calling for applications for the second edition of the program.
The Women in Wind Global Leadership Program is designed to accelerate the careers of women working in the wind industry to promote greater gender equality in the sector.
Focus on mentees in emerging wind markets in Latin America, Asia and Africa to contribute to UN Sustainable Development Goals.
The share of women currently working in the global wind energy industry is 21 per cent, which is below the share of women working in both the global renewables sector as well as the oil and gas sector.

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December 13, 2019

Coal is destroying South Africa. Renewables are the future

Eskom is too big to fail. The fate of the power utility and the fate of this country are one and the same. And right now plans to rescue Eskom lie in doubling down on its coal-fired power plants, on a fleet that can — on a day without load-shedding — only provide about 70% of its own capacity.READ MORE

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