As South Africa’s solar industry gains momentum, industry body the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has announced Bravo Scan as a partner for its Photovoltaic Green Card (PVGC) programme. The partnership aims to usher in a new era of quality and safety in solar installations, as concerns over the quality of solar PV installations...

A call for Applications SAPVIA, together with EWSETA, has a grant opportunity for 20 individuals to pursue a Solar PV Installation course. The aim of the programme is to create a pull of competent and qualified professionals who can meet industry demands. Graduates of the course will be prepared to enter the job market with the practical...

We hosted our first PVGreenCard webinar on Monday 6 May 2019. The focus was on the use of the PV GreenCard system. Please find attached presentation which formed the basis of the discussion. For those who were unable to join, the recording of the webinar  can be found by navigating to https://youtu.be/yUWlhBCMwWg This was the...

The City of Cape Town recently updated its Rooftop PV guidelines for safe and legal installations (in Cape Town).  What is worth noting, is the inclusion of SAPVIA’s PV GreenCard programme in these guidelines! To view the updated document, please navigate to: http://savingelectricity.org.za/pdf/Energy-PV-Brochure.pdf

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Preliminary Findings of the South Africa Power System Capacity Expansion and Operational Model Study (2.38 MB) Download A new independent study published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory(NREL), in the US, concludes that significant production cost savings could be achieved if South Africa added between 60 GW and 100 GW of additional variable renewable energy (VRE) by 2035. The NREL study is...

Electricity generation project developer, owner and operator Globeleq has increased its shareholding in the Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm, as well as in the De Aar Solar and Droogfontein Solar projects in South Africa by acquiring Mainstream Renewable Power’s minority shareholdings in the three projects. Globeleq will fund the acquisition through a mix of internal funds and available credit facilities. “This is a natural progression for Globeleq...