Koeberg Nuclear Power Station Refurbishment

The 1.86GW Koeberg nuclear power station (KNPS), located near Cape Town, is the only nuclear power plant (NPP) operating in Africa.

2026 Jan 10

Solar projects transforming rural African communities

Off-grid solar systems are game-changers for remote rural areas without access to national power grids.

2025 Dec 12

The BESS Is Up and Running on Race Point Road

The BESS is a pilot project for Eversource, and it has significance beyond the Outer Cape. Energy storage is an important aspect of the global switch to renewable sources

2024 May 12

Globeleq to build Africa''s largest standalone

Globeleq is the largest independent power produce in Africa, providing nearly 1,800 MW of energy in South Africa, Mozambique,

2024 Jul 12

Globeleq to build Africa''s largest standalone battery energy storage

Globeleq is the largest independent power produce in Africa, providing nearly 1,800 MW of energy in South Africa, Mozambique, Kenya, Tanzania, Cote d''Ivoire, Egypt and

2024 Nov 07

Cape Town Energy Storage System Grid Connection Standards

Cape Town''''s energy demand is met by a reliable and cost-effective supply of increasingly carbon neutral energy from multiple energy suppliers, with new energy sources introduced to the

2024 Oct 25

Battery Energy Storage System

Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is one of Distribution''s strategic programmes/technology. It is aimed at diversifying the generation energy

2025 Aug 07

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station

Koeberg Nuclear Power Station is a nuclear power station in South Africa and is the only one built on the African continent. It is located 30 km north of Cape Town, near Melkbosstrand on the

2024 Jun 03

(PDF) Towards a sustainable rural electrification

This study reviews the struggling rural off-grid initiative in South Africa to unpack effective, sustainable rural electrification approaches.

2024 Nov 06

The Steenbras Power Station, also Steenbras Hydro Pump Station, is a 180 MW pumped-storage hydroelectric power station commissioned in 1979 in South Africa. The power station sits between the Steenbras Upper Dam and a small lower reservoir on the mountainside below. It acts as an energy storage system, by storing water in the upper reservoir during off-peak hours and releasing tha

2025 Apr 30

Steenbras Power Station

The power station sits between the Steenbras Upper Dam and a small lower reservoir on the mountainside below. [1] It acts as an energy storage system, by storing water in the upper

2024 Nov 10

Cape Town''s Renewed Energy Initiative: Bridging the Gap for Off-grid

The sustainability-focused iShack operates off-grid solar units across nine informal settlements in Cape Town, striving to make solar electricity available to those who are

2024 Jan 20

Cape Town fights for energy independence

Advances in renewable energy are giving more cities the chance to build their own power supply, but national governments are pushing back.

2025 Jun 15

Cape Town''s Renewed Energy Initiative: Bridging the Gap for Off

The sustainability-focused iShack operates off-grid solar units across nine informal settlements in Cape Town, striving to make solar electricity available to those who are

2024 Sep 04

Cape Town Energy Storage Solutions: How Containerized Power

These modular systems combine solar energy storage with smart grid technology, offering businesses and municipalities a reliable alternative to unstable grid power. "Containerized

2024 Jun 21

In search of off-grid power to combat Africa''s low energy access

Traditional large-scale power plants and long-distance transmission and distribution networks have proved ineffectual in reaching rural communities. The search is now on for a

2025 Jul 18

Rural power plant off-grid energy storage power station

For reducing the operation cost of shared energy storage stations and ensure the operation stability of power grid, this paper proposes an operation strategy of shared energy storage

2025 Aug 27

Solar projects transforming rural African communities

Off-grid solar systems are game-changers for remote rural areas without access to national power grids. These standalone systems, often comprising solar panels, batteries, and

2024 May 07

Cape Town Breaks Ground on First Utility-Scale Solar PV Project

The City of Cape Town has launched construction of a 7-10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Atlantis, in the Western Cape Province. To be developed at a cost of

2025 Jul 08

Part One: Solar Plant Outside Cape Town is One

The city of Cape Town (COCT) plans to go off-grid by no longer being on Eskom''s electrical grid. One solar plant at a time, the

2024 Feb 12

Cape Independence

The proposed solution integrates the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station, scaled-up solar and wind generation, battery and pumped hydro storage, and gas-fired backup within a localized smart

2024 Nov 08

Cape verde commercial off-grid energy storage power station

The list includes providers of long-duration battery and solar thermal energy storage solutions for power plant and grid operators, along with companies that provide energy storage as a service

2024 May 15

Towards a sustainable rural electrification scheme in South Africa

A comparative cost analysis of the grid and off-grid rural electrification is necessary to appreciate the financial impact of the continuous practice of grid electrification.

2024 Nov 24

THE 2050 ENERGY STRATEGY FOR THE CITY OF CAPE

Our strategy is grounded in three key commitments: to end load-shedding, to alleviate energy poverty, and to optimise energy use across Cape Town.

2024 Mar 20

Small hydropower for rural electrification in South Africa

In West Africa the UN Development Programme (UNDP) is implementing a GEF project that will promote decentralised off-grid rural electrification in 10 countries with micro hydropower

2024 Apr 07

Cape town energy storage technology

City of Cape Town, which is in the process of procuring up to 200 MW of renewable energy from independent power producers (IPPs), expects to initiate a utility-scale battery energy storage

2024 Oct 17

South Africa

Nuclear Nuclear power accounts for just over 6 percent of South Africa''s electricity output. Eskom operates the country''s only nuclear plant, at Koeberg, near Cape Town, where

2026 Jan 29

WHAT''S GOING ON WITH POLARIUM IN CAPE TOWN

Swedish energy storage specialist Polarium has opened a lithium-ion battery assembly plant in Montague Park, Cape Town. The facility is the group''s third in the world, with the other two

2024 Aug 19

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