SolarReserve, a global energy developer with 246MW of solar capacity already on-line in South Africa, has worked with Netcare Limited to roll out commercial sized solar PV rooftop installations at fifteen of its facili...  more

The U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded a grant to SolarReserve South Africa (Proprietary) Limited to advance their "Urban Solar Farms" initiative in South Africa; a pioneering study into large metropol...  more

Accenture, the University of Notre Dame Initiative for Global Development (NDIGD) and The Rural Development Company have launched the first solar-powered microgrids in the northern KwaZulu-Natal district of uMkhanyakud...  more

Enel Green Power SpA is introducing a version of Tesla Motors Inc.’s home-power kit to help South African retail customers solve the rising electricity prices and grid outages.   With South African power tariffs s...  more

Trade Ministers from South Africa and Saudi Arabia jointly inaugurated the Bokpoort Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project, which has been developed by a consortium led by ACWA Power in the Northern Cape Province of So...  more

JA Solar has been awarded as the sole supplier for its Orange Solar Project which is to build an 86MW utility-scale solar farm starting 2017. The ORANGE project is a part of the so-called 4.5th round of the Renewable Energy Indepe...  more

Skytron® Energy has been chosen to provide monitoring, control, and supervision services to solar power plants on the African continent. The Mulilo Sonnedix Prieska PV plant, located just outside of Prieska, will be completed ...  more

The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has announced a partnership with SolarReserve and ACWA Power to develop the 100MW Redstone Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) project in Northern Cape, South Africa. The agreement is...  more

SunEdison has been awarded an additional five solar PV projects in South Africa, totaling 371MWdc. With the previously won 86MW, the company now has a total of 457MW, six solar power projects in South Africa. South Africa’s ...  more

Enel Green Power (EGP) has begun construction of Pulida solar power plant, an 82.5MW project that locates in the Free State Province in South Africa. It is expected to generate more than 150GWh of clean electricity per year. The e...  more