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ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS

Windaba Connect set to make talk tangible with targeted focus on gender diversity and economic development

Impact and action are firmly on the agenda at the forthcoming Windaba Conference and Exhibition, with players from across South Africa’s wind sector set to come together to deliver accelerated growth.

Windaba Connect is a new initiative powered by Zerny Experiential in partnership with the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) with the express purpose of driving action and impact to transform the renewable energy sector. (more…)

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SHIFTING THE PARADIGM: WIND INDUSTRY LOOKS TO DELIVER MAXIMUM BENEFITS

11th Annual Windaba Conference seeks to spearhead South Africa’s energy transition

The South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) is calling on players in the wind sector to work together to deliver more for South Africa through the just energy transition.

Under the rallying call of ’Wind Power Spearheading the Energy Transition for Accelerated Growth’, SAWEA is set to showcase progress to date and chart a way forward where wind energy delivers maximum impact for South Africa. (more…)

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OFFSHORE WIND POTENTIAL MAY BE SA’S ANSWER TO DECARBONISATION

CTICC, 8 October 2021

South Africa was one of many nations that signed an intended nationally determined contribution to commit to reducing carbon emissions, COP21. This pledge requires the country to decrease carbon emissions by over 40% by 2025, and according to the Department of Environmental Affairs renewable energy is the most logical and feasible means of achieving this. With this ambitious/mammoth undertaking, a number of energy experts, academics and research studies view off-shore wind as the answer. (more…)

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CONFERENCE OPENS TO ADDRESS WIND POWER’S ROLE IN SA ECONOMY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

October 2021, CTICC

Chair of the South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), Mercia Grimbeek welcomed local and international wind energy industry members and sector stakeholders to the 10th annual international Wind Industry conference – Windaba 2021, marking a decade of wind power in South Africa. (more…)

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EXPERTS DISCUSS ROLE OF HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS IN SA ENERGY MIX – WINDABA CONFERENCE

CTICC, 7 October 2021

As South Africa continues on its journey to a greener economy, energy experts, who gathered at this year’s Windaba conference, predict that our future energy mix is likely to include dispatchable power, in the form of hybrid systems  This follows the DMRE’s launch of its technology agnostic Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMI4P) last year, resulting in the renewable energy sector stepping in to develop hybrid energy systems, characterised by a mix of Wind, Solar PV, battery energy storage systems (BESS) and dispatchable generation (DG). (more…)

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