by Jackie | Sep 26, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
Scotland produced 106% of its electricity needs -over a 24 hour period – via wind farms. Scotland joins a select group of countries that have had peak moments (or days/months/forever) when their electricity needs comes from non-polluting renewable energy. Iceland runs...
by Jackie | Aug 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has said that the utility was forced to buy solar and wind-generated electricity from independent power producers (IPPs) that it did not need, the Sunday Times reported. He said the push to add renewable energy sources to the grid was based on...
by Jackie | Aug 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
Johannesburg – Eskom postponed the signing of a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project, intended to happen on Thursday July 28 2016. The agreement would have seen Eskom buy 100 MW from the project for an estimated R50bn for...
by Jackie | Mar 30, 2016 | Energy |
Large-scale grid storage is seen by some as the holy grail for large-scale renewable energy grid integration. A new technology has the potential to meet that need. With traditional coal-fired power stations coming to the end of their working lives, the challenge to...
