The Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) was launched 11 years ago, with a focus on facilitating social housing development for household income of less than R7 500 (in 2002).

The growith of utility-scale wind power will be driven, in part, by the continually improving efficiency of wind turbines and the simultaneous decrease in investment costs per installed megawatt (MW). 

SolarWorld Africa, by way of its distribution partner Solek Renewable Energy Engineers, has supplied a solar electricity system to the Mitchells Plain District Hospital in the Western Cape. SolarWorld has supplied 64kWp of modules mounted on aluminium, non-penetrating sub-frames for the system at the newly built hospital. 

Chris Bredenhann, PricewaterhouseCoopers' Africa oil and gas advisory leader, says: “The challenges facing oil and gas companies operating in Africa are diverse and numerous."