A public-private partnership (PPP) between the Central Energy Fund and the National Empowerment Fund, and private investors, such as petrochemicals giant Sasol and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), has been set up to commercialise superthin solar technology in South Africa, as well as in Germany.

UJ department of physics professor Vivian Alberts said on Monday that Thin Film Solar Technology (TFST) had procured land in the Western Cape to build a facility that will produce thin-film solar modules.

Late last year, the European Investment Bank announced that it had agreed to invest €40-million in the South African plant, which will be located in Paarl.
Source: Engineeringnews

South African petrochemicals group Sasol has announced a R3-million, five-year sponsorship of solar thermal energy research at Stellenbosch University’s Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering.

The money will be used to appoint a senior researcher to lead the research effort, and to purchase new equipment for the University’s Solar Roof Laboratory.

The funding is in addition to a R4-million investment by the university on expanding the research facilities and appointing support staff in the solar thermal energy research group, Sasol said in a statement last week.
Source: Southafrica.info

Developing greener energy strategies is vital in South Africa as the cost of electricity and the environmental hazards linked to traditional power sources continue to rise.
Source: Mail & Guardian

The Solar World Congress has called on governments to urgently implement the most effective and efficient policies for the rapid transition to a renewable energy world.

The International Solar Energy Society (ISES) Solar World Congress unveiled its 2009 resolution at the closing ceremony of the four-day conference in Johannesburg, yesterday.

“The global target of 100% renewable energy is both attainable and necessary by the middle of the next century. This is motivated on the grounds of ecological, economic and social sustainability,” states the resolution.

Source: IT Web

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