Accelerating South Africa’s automotive industry to Net Zero: The embedded generation imperative

As the world races to net-zero emissions by 2050, the global automotive industry is at a crossroads, facing the unprecedented challenge of rethinking strategies, cultures and products as it navigates the complex landscape of decarbonisation. Industry stalwarts such as...

Atlantis Foundries’ CEO outlines Factors behind Innovative PPA

“At the end of the day, we decided that we’re good at manufacturing castings, not creating electricity – that’s not our function. We’d rather buy it than manage it.” Pieter du Plessis, CEO, Atlantis Foundries South Africa’s automotive industry faces serious...

Servitisation can Unlock Capital and Build Food Production Resilience in ‘Interesting Times’

Almost 60 years ago, on 6 June 1966, a young Robert F. Kennedy told an audience at the University of Cape Town, “There is a Chinese curse which says, ‘May he live in interesting times.’ Like it or not, we live in interesting times. They are times of danger and...

Daimler’s Atlantis Foundries signs Western Cape’s largest embedded solar Power Purchase Agreement with Energy Partners

Atlantis Foundries (Pty) Ltd (AF), one of Africa’s largest foundry operations, has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Energy Partners (EP), an integrated energy solutions company.   According to the terms of the agreement, EP will engineer,...

Energy Partners Invests R360 Million in Clover SA Energy Servitisation Solution

South African dairy giant, Clover S.A., has unleashed the benefits of servitisation at its Queensburgh mega-factory, by means of a R360 million investment by energy solutions company, Energy Partners (EP).   As part of this industry-leading partnership, EP...

How to Simplify your Operations with a Single Contract

South Africa, and countries around the world are experiencing rapid increases in technical skills shortages. In many areas, this issue has deteriorated to the point where several industries (especially those in the engineering disciplines) have started to bring...

Is Going Off Grid SA’s biggest Energy Myth?

Eskom’s load shedding schedule for the next six months indicates that businesses across the country can expect a significant amount of downtime over the coming months, with two months of planned load shedding between April and August. This continuous disruption to...

Why Nersa’s Electricity Price Hike for Solar Users is Doomed from the Start

A new electricity pricing methodology, proposed by the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) on 30 September 2021 has led to a significant backlash from the public as well as various energy industry stakeholders – and for good reason. The concern stems...

With Partnerships, Sustainable Energy becomes Possible

“There are opportunities, natural resources, funding and we’ve got the capability to do it – that is something that excites me!” states Kurt Miller Chief Investment Officer. With partnerships, sustainable energy becomes possible, and this video, produced by Regency Global for Sanlam Investments, proves it. Thanks to Lee Oosthuizen for providing valuable input, and we are proud of our partnership with Dr. Oetker.

Going Green with a Multi-pronged Approach

Reducing carbon footprint, cutting down on energy spend and building sustainable businesses have become priority goals for businesses across the globe, but arguably nowhere more so than in South Africa. Rising energy costs, loadshedding and the pressure to be...