News Snippets

Solar car race on the cards for September - Engineering News - "South Africa’s second solar challenge will take place from September 26 to October 6."..."AEF chairperson Winstone Jordaan says the race will start in Pretoria, using the N1 freeway to reach Cape Town, switching to the N2 to travel to Durban, then moving on to more interesting back roads to again reach the Jacaranda city."

New SA energy plan running behind schedule – DDG - Engineering News

Eskom at ‘severe' regulatory risk from climate change – study - Engineering News - "...the overall thrust of the study, which has been released just days before government hosts ‘South Africa's Green Economy Summit', which will take place in Johannesburg from May 18 to May 20, is a highlighting of the fact that climate change has "moved from an issue of environmental concern to an issue of commercial significance"."

Basil Read invests R2,5m in solar power for head office - Engineering News - "Civil engineering and construction group Basil Read on Thursday unveiled a 240-panel solar photovoltaic installation, which provides about 25% of the power requirement at the company's head office in Boksburg."

SA shows strong growth in green building, energy efficiency – Legrand - Engineering News - "French electrical automation company Legrand said on Thursday that even though South Africa was still a relatively "newcomer" to the green building industry, the market had shown significant growth over the past three years."

Africa losing billions in clean energy deals - Engineering News - "Africa stood to loose billions of dollars because a lack of economic incentives and inadequate regulatory regimes made the continent unattractive for wind power companies, a top industry official said on Thursday."