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Feb 21

More Renewable Energy can Help Solve Rolling Power Outages in South Africa

By Chris Ahlfeldt News Article

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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Aug 31

Draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) highlights large role of wind, gas, and solar PV by 2030

By Chris Ahlfeldt Insight, Renewable Energy

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…

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Jun 15

Electricity Subsidy Reform in the Middle East

By Chris Ahlfeldt News Article, Solar Energy

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…

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May 08

Next Steps for Moving South Africa’s Renewable Industry Forward

By Chris Ahlfeldt News Article, Renewable Energy

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…

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Dec 07

Customer Demand Solutions & Inclusive Finance Can Help Solve Cape Town’s Drought

By Chris Ahlfeldt Insight

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…

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Sep 13

Impacts of South Africa’s Renewable Energy PPA Price Caps

By External Author News Article

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…

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Sep 06

South African Government Recommits to Signing Delayed PPAs, but New Conditions Raise Concerns

By Chris Ahlfeldt Insight, Renewable Energy

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…

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Aug 17

Has the World Bank Group Cracked the Code to Unlocking Large-Scale Solar in Emerging Markets?

By Chris Ahlfeldt Insight, Solar Energy

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…

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Jun 09

Lessons Learned from South Africa for Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Localization

By Chris Ahlfeldt Renewable Energy

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…

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Feb 02

Financing Off-Grid Power Projects

By Chris Ahlfeldt Insight

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….

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