Without much warning last week, South Africa returned to a state of rolling outages after the utility announced faults at a number of its coal plants. Chris Ahlfeldt recently offered…
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The Draft IRP published this week provides welcomed insight into South African government’s plans for new utility-scale energy projects to be built by 2030. While the draft clarifies the larger…
In a recent collaborative research project, we try to answer the question whether a viable long-term market exists for solar PV without subsidy reform in the Middle East. Ambitious targets…
In a recent Q&A with Recharge News, Chris Ahlfeldt provided his thoughts on the future of South Africa’s utility-scale renewable energy sector now that the PPAs from Rounds 3.5 and…
Pay-As-You-Save model offers inclusive financing for efficiency upgrades to all municipality customers including tenants The City of Cape Town is facing a severe water crisis with dams at record low…
South Africa’s renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) delays and price renegotiations, damage credibility for future government procurement. This is according to energy specialist, Chris Ahlfeldt, who believes that the…
While the South African government’s new deadline for the 2.3 GW of delayed renewable energy PPAs raised hopes for some, the conditions placed on the projects raises concerns for IPPs…
The World Bank Group (WBG) deployed its Scaling Solar program in four African countries to date with 12 new countries in Africa and Asia to be announced soon. GTM Research and Blue…
Saudi Arabia is in the early stages of its utility-scale renewable energy procurement with an ambitious goal of 9.5 GW of new renewable power by 2023. In preparation, the Saudi…
While investors and development agencies have shown a lot of interest in off-grid electrification projects lately, the practical limits of traditional project finance require innovative approaches to support these projects….