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BUSINESS BECOMES MORE SUSTAINABLE
January 2023, Soutpan Solar Power. Training, funding and mentoring for youth-owned community businesses is key to help create sustainable entities and stimulate local employment. One such company, BCL Chemicals from the Inveraan area in the Limpopo Province, has received a new vehicle to help the business to be able to expand and reach more customers
RICH AND DIVERSE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
November 2022, De Aar Solar Power. Working as a team, the De Aar Solar Power plant, together with its sister renewable energy projects, Aries Solar Power and Konkoonsies Solar Power, have demonstrated the richness and diversity of the Northern Cape biosphere. A 4-month long competition kicked off on World Environment Day, 5 June, where employees
TRAINING PROVIDES JOB OPPORTUNITIES
October 2022, Aries Solar Power and Konkoonsies Solar Power. Thirty-nine youth across the Kenhardt and Pofadder communities have received certified training to assist with accessing the local job market. Having recognised that employment opportunities will open up with the impending construction of a new PV solar plant in this part of the Northern Cape, the
LOCAL GOVERMENT LEARNS MORE ABOUT RENEWABLES
October 2022, Klipheuwel Wind Farm. A delegation of City of Cape Town (COCT) councillors, led by the City’s Portfolio Committee Chairperson for Energy, Councillor Zimkhitha Sulelo, visited Klipheuwel Wind Farm, in the Western Cape’s Overberg region. This educational trip was intended to help the City’s Energy Portolio Committee members better understand renewable energy technologies. “As
STEM ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME
October 2022, Boshof Solar Power. In collaboration with the Maths and Science Leadership Academy (MSLA), Boshof Solar Power has initiated the second and final phase of a STEM training programme for primary school educators and Early Childhood Development (ECD) practitioners, in the Boshof area. Aimed at encouraging the incorporation of Maths and Science fundamentals into
NATURE RESERVES FUTURE ASSURED
October 2022, Greater Kromme Stewardship. Two nature reserves brought into existence by an association of environmentally-conscious wind farms now have their future assured. The final documents have been signed off by the MEC for Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism in the Eastern Cape and the reserves will remain in perpetuity to protect the unique
WIND POWER IN HARMONY WITH BIODIVERSITY
September 2022, SAWEA. Speaking to Wentzel Coetzer, Biodiversity Stewardship Facilitator for the Greater Kromme Stewardship (GKS) and Maggie Langlands, from the Kromme Enviro-Trust, it is clear that the synergy between wind power production and the preservation of local biodiversity is paramount. 1. What is biodiversity and why is it so important? Biodiversity is the variety
IMPACTFUL RENEWABLE ENERGY SCHOLARSHIP
October 2022. The Globeleq Scholarship Fund (GSF), the renewable energy industry’s flagship scholarship programme, which accounts for a sizeable percentage of the industry’s funded scholarships and reaches across the country, has announced the opening of its upcoming 2023 academic year applications. The Fund is open nationally for any national diplomas or BTech degrees in mechatronic
GRADE 3 LEARNERS BECOME AN ‘AUTHOR FOR A DAY’
September 2022, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. In celebration of International Literacy Day, 8 September, school reading assistants across 10 schools in the Kouga area, participated in and facilitated a literacy competition. The initiative forms part of a larger programme that supports the development of young learners, so that they are nurtured and enabled to become
POULTRY FARMER RECEIVES SUPPORT
September 2022, Soutpan Solar Power. A solar-powered borehole pump and newly constructed poultry housing, is helping youth-owned Masa Sunrise Farming, increase its supply of fresh eggs to its surrounding communities. Based in Taaiboschgroet, Ga-Mamadi, which is located within the Blouberg municipal area, this burgeoning chicken farm received business support and funding from Soutpan Solar Power’s
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