South Africa’s Round 5 of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Program (REIPPPP) is currently underway as over 100 projects were submitted for 1GW of solar PV and 1.6…
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Article Written by Evan Fleischer (intern for Blue Horizon ECS) with support from Chris Ahlfeldt. Renewable energy is a pressing and pertinent topic the modern world is grappling with in…
Early last year, I taught my first course on Environmental Finance at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB). The course focused on sustainable energy solutions and the financing thereof…
I recently participated in an interview with Ken Fullerton about sustainability and empowering the next generation of clean energy professionals. Thanks again to him and the team at Sense &…
South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown began in March of this year & led to a decrease in demand of ~9GW and economic activity as many businesses closed. Prior to the coronavirus…
I recently participated in an interview with Ken Fullerton from ARTD Consultants in Sydney, Australia about sustainability and the clean energy transition in South Africa. The interview was originally published…
South Africa’s government finally published its national Integrated Resource Plan (IRP 2019) last week, which outlines the electricity plan for the country for the next 10 years. While renewable energy…
The discussions at the Africa Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa (AUW) conference in Cape Town last month highlighted the need for the local energy industry to step-up its rhetoric on the…
In a recent article by PV Magazine, Chris Ahlfeldt argues that potential solar import tariffs on solar PV modules being considered by South African government would have a net negative…
As a follow-on to a previous article we published for impact investors looking to invest in renewable energy projects, we also wanted to provide guidance specifically for developers looking to…