JOHANNESBURG – Of all renewable energy sources, solar has the biggest potential in South Africa. That is because the host of the COP17 climate change conference in Durban has one of the highest and the most stable solar radiations in the world. “The variable is around 3%. That means that on a good day, solar [...]

Google’s product portfolio has now expanded from search engine power to solar power. The company has invested $168 million in a Mojave Desert facility that will become the world’s largest solar power tower plant. The site is located on 3,600 acres of land in the Mojave Desert in southeastern California. According to gizmag, “the Ivanpah [...]

The world is in desperate need of a clean source of energy and a shift towards Solar seems to be the best solution, says Hari Kiran Chereddi, Managing Director, Sujana Energy Solar is the colour and mood of the moment. Solar has today become an important part of Going Green movements and has moved towards [...]

Yes Solar are looking for ecopreneurs who wish to own their own businesses in the Solar and Renewable Energy fields. It is an exciting market to be in and Yes Solar are initially looking for ecopreneurs in the greater Cape Town areas, stretching from the Northern Suburbs to Somerset West. The business is 95% marketing [...]

EASTERN Cape businesses have been urged to move quickly and grasp opportunities provided by a leading-edge, power-saving project in Nelson Mandela Bay. The message came from Central Energy Fund (CEF) executive Jabu Shabalala and followed an announcement that a R10-million pilot project to install the first of a planned 100000 solar-powered water heaters is only [...]

According to Wikipedia, the Earth receives 174 petawatts (PW) of incoming solar radiation (insolation) at the upper atmosphere.[1] Approximately 30% is reflected back to space while the rest is absorbed by clouds, oceans and land masses. The spectrum of solar light at the Earth’s surface is mostly spread across the visible and near-infrared ranges with [...]

Ecopreneur is looking to back renewable energy companies who are at the start-up phase or who are a sustainable business looking to expand. Key to being successful as a start-up or an expanding established business is the ability to keep cash flow positive, and the ability to master the art of effective marketing. Ecopreneur is [...]

17 years ago, as I became aware of the impact our lifestyles were having on our environment and coupled with a growing sceptism of big corporates, from municipalities to private sector conglomerates, I looked around for more opportunities to go off the grid.  We already had a solar hot water heating system installed in 1987 [...]