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Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The RustMo1 Solar Project, the first renewable energy project developed under South Africa’s large renewables tender program — the Renewable…

Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! The South African C&I solar sector is red hot right now. South Africa’s national power utility company Eskom reckons that there is now about 4,412…

South Africa’s energy generation shortfall issues have been well documented here on CleanTechnica and in other forums. This has led to unprecedented electricity rationing in the country, infamously known as electricity load-shedding. South…

Construction of the Johannesburg and London stock exchange-listed new platinum mine of Tharisa’s in Zimbabwe has started at the Karo Platinum site, which will include a 30 MW solar PV array. Tharisa is a platinum group metals (PGMs) and…

Construction of the 50 MW Khanyisa solar PV plant at Gold Fields’ South Deep Mine in South Africa has just been completed. Khanyisa means Light Up in Setswana. The name was chosen by the people of South Deep. South Deep is in the process of…

Batteries Published on July 27th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai July 27th, 2020 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai Driving electric in many African countries is a whole lot cheaper than driving ICE. Ghana, like many other…

Clean Power Published on July 9th, 2020 | by Jesper Berggreen July 9th, 2020 by Jesper Berggreen You often hear about the rapid technological developments in African countries like Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and others.…

Cars Published on July 4th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai July 4th, 2020 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai The transition to electromobility is well underway. In fact, it is happening much faster than most people think. EV…

Clean Power Published on June 20th, 2020 | by Guest Contributor June 20th, 2020 by Guest Contributor By Ms. Talatu Tarfa & Ms. Ifeoma Malom, Clean Technology Hub Nigeria The COVID-19 pandemic has upturned our 21st century…

Cars Published on June 15th, 2020 | by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai June 15th, 2020 by Remeredzai Joseph Kuhudzai We recently looked at how distributed solar systems are enabling electromobility in rural Zimbabwe. Electric motorcycles…