Solar power for a health centre, a solar-powered fridge to support the cold chain for farmers, and empowering women through renewable energy: these are the three projects that won the 2020 Micro-Grid Academy Young Talent of the Year Award. The three winners are Norah Magero and Elly Kevin Oriko, both from Kenya, and Eileen Phoebe Lara from Uganda. Their successes were recently announced by Salvatore Bernabei, President of the RES4Africa Foundation.

Muhammed Hassen from Greenside High School in Johannesburg has big dreams of improving the safety standards in South African mines, after scooping a number of awards at the Eskom Expo for Young Scientists.

The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (SACREEE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together on accelerating the deployment of renewable energy solutions, including decentralised technologies, in Southern African countries. The two organisations will also cooperate on policy development, capacity building programmes and regional events aimed at attracting investments to the region.

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) has issued a statement of support for President Ramaphosa’s firm commitment to South Africa’s renewable energy power procurement programme (REI4P) as stated in his State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2021. 

De Wildt Solar, situated within the Madibeng Local Municipality, close to the town of Brits, in South Africa’s North West Province, commenced commercial operation in January 2021.