by Manie de Waal | Jan 16, 2020 | Power
By engaging in power purchase agreements (PPA), businesses can afford to spend more on perks for their employees – such as staff bonuses. This is according to Henri van Eetveldt, Senior Solar and Storage Consultant at Energy Partners Solar – a division...
by Manie de Waal | Jan 16, 2020 | Power
Solar power generation continues to gain traction in South Africa, and an increasing number of businesses in the country are showing interest in acquiring solar photovoltaic (PV) systems for private power generation. Over the past year, it has also become evident...
by Manie de Waal | Dec 12, 2019 | Power
With commercial solar energy becoming increasingly affordable as the cost of photovoltaic (PV) systems continues to decline, agricultural operations in South Africa may have a lot to offer the national grid in the future. This, however, is...
by Manie de Waal | Nov 22, 2019 | Power
While the current regulations on private power generation (embedded energy generation) have aided many agriculture operations to cut their energy costs significantly, the imposed threshold on small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) is excluding many larger...
by Manie de Waal | Nov 12, 2019 | Power
Electricity tariffs for municipalities in South Africa increased by an average of 13.07% on the 1st of July, continuing the trend of above-inflation annual price increases of grid-based power. Considering this, as well as the future increases that...