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Solar power

Tempted to get off the power grid? Here's why it may not be a good idea

By Eyewitness News

In a 2020 interview with Refilwe Moloto on CapeTalk, owner of Sun Ship Technologies, Ralph Berold, explained that while it was easier to get off the grid with...

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    Electrifying growth of renewables despite pandemic

    Moreover, wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) panels are on course to become the top source of electricity in a few years, first surpassing natural gas and then coal.

    555 days ago
  • Eskom technicians remove illegal electricity connections in Diepsloot on 29 September 2020. Picture: Abigail Javier/EWN

    Some Diepsloot residents turn to solar power as Eskom cuts illegal connections

    The majority of Diepsloot residents use illegally connected power, for which they illegally pay about R1,800 to connect to their houses and street lights.

    596 days ago
  • Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe addresses a media briefing in Pretoria on level 3 lockdown regulations on 29 May 2020. Picture: @GCISMedia/Twitter

    Mantashe confirms govt to buy 6,800MW of solar, wind power

    Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe said that electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) must be purchased by Eskom and programmes will target connection to the grid as soon as reasonably possible.

    601 days ago
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    Cape Town ready to start creating its own power supply grid

    The city is conducting a study into overcoming energy poverty through ventures such as solar home systems, free basic electricity and improved access to gas.

    821 days ago
  • Solar power generic. Picture: Free Images

    SA's CONCO wins eSwatini solar power project

    The kingdom, formerly known as Swaziland, imports 80% of its electricity from South Africa’s troubled utility Eskom but is looking to boost its energy independence.

    1056 days ago
  • FILE: A solar panel array. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    CT property owners face deadline to register solar power systems with city

    In July 2018, the city announced that a R6,425.90 service fee would be charged to residents who failed to register their systems.

    1088 days ago
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    LISTEN: How to get off the Eskom grid

    The Money Show’s Bruce Whitfield interviews Grahame Cruickshanks of the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA).

    1155 days ago
  • The Kathu solar power plant in the Northern Cape. Picture: Supplied

    As Eskom struggles to keep lights on, NC solar power plant comes online

    As the country deals with a fresh round of load shedding, a Northern Cape solar plant has come online to power nearly 180,000 homes.

    1189 days ago
  • Cochin International Airport . Picture: facebook.com

    This is the world's first fully solar-powered airport

    Cochin International became the world’s first solar-powered airport in 2015 when it transformed a patch of land previously reserved for cargo handling into a solar plant.

    1303 days ago
  • The team behind CPUT's Solar Flyer solar-powered car. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    [WATCH] CPUT unveils Solar Flyer solar-powered car

    The car was designed as part of the Sasol Solar Car Challenge 2018 which sees teams from across the world design and build solar-powered vehicles to race from Pretoria to Cape Town.

    1344 days ago
  • Former energy minister Jeff Radebe. Picture: GCIS

    Solar power sector awaits clarity on govt's energy plan

    The country's solar energy sector says the delays in updating the integrated energy plan is retarding development of the industry and denying South Africans cheaper electricity options.

    1464 days ago
  • A screengrab of the solar farm.

    [WATCH] Solar farm on a coal mine

    A solar energy farm the size of 160 football fields is part of China's push to develop clean energy.

    1765 days ago
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    China just switched on the world's largest floating solar power plant

    It wasn’t too long ago that China had a reputation as a coal-guzzling, smog-blanketed polluter.

    1812 days ago
  • A solar-powered car participates in the 2016 Sasol Solar Challenge. Picture: Solarchallenge.org.za

    Dutch team wins solar-powered car race

    Eleven solar powered cars competed the biennial race from Pretoria to Cape Town.

    2054 days ago
  • ELIDZ's energy manager Chris Ettmayr. Picture: Xolani Koyana/ EWN.

    ELIDZ reveals renewable energy projects for Buffalo City

    The East London Industrial Development Zone plans to generate and sell electricity sustainably.

    2150 days ago
  • The Jasper and Lesidi solar energy plants in the Northern Cape. Picture: Xolani Koyana/EWN.

    Northern Cape solar project uplifts local community

    The Jasper & Lesidi solar energy plants have spent an estimated R24m on community upliftment.

    2151 days ago
  • File picture: Siyabonga Sesant/EWN.

    Renewable energy initiative powering nearly 200k homes in SA

    US-based company SolarReserve runs 3 solar plant projects in the Northern Cape and in the Free State.

    2152 days ago
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