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FUNDING FOR INTERNET CAFÉ TO BENEFIT THORNHILL COMMUNITY

FUNDING FOR INTERNET CAFÉ TO BENEFIT THORNHILL COMMUNITY

September 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Community members of Thornhill, in Kouga Local Municipal area, now have easy access to internet connectivity, as well as business and printing services, without having to travel a long distance. This relaunched internet café, now being run out of a business container and funded as part of Jeffreys Bay
Support of Community Farming

Support of Community Farming

September 2021. Globeleq South Africa, which owns a portfolio of eight renewable energy power plants, has a keen focus on funding the development of community agricultural projects with the view of helping communities become more sustainable and self-sufficient. “Most of our assets, are based in rural or peri-urban areas and like Klipheuwel Wind Farm, De
Improving quality of Early Childhood Development

Improving quality of Early Childhood Development

September 2021, Boshof Solar Power. Research demonstrates that Early Childhood Development (ECD) is at the heart of improving our country’s level of education and the best way to do this, is to improve the training and qualifications of ECD practitioners.  In support of this, Boshof Solar Power’s first ever cohort of Practitioners, in the Boshof
STIMULATING THE ENGINEERING SKILLS PIPELINE

STIMULATING THE ENGINEERING SKILLS PIPELINE

September 2021, Droogfontein Solar Power. Since the inception of the Globeleq Scholarship Fund, twenty-nine engineering students have benefited from support, funded by Droogfontein Solar Power, in the Northern Cape. Launched to help develop young engineering students for the nascent renewable energy industry and actively support the transformation of the industry, the fund is assisting engineering
BOSHOF EDUCARE CENTRE RECEIVES EXTRA SUPPORT

BOSHOF EDUCARE CENTRE RECEIVES EXTRA SUPPORT

August 2021, Boshof Solar Power. A heart-warming donation has been handed over to Leretlhabetse Educare Centre, an Early Childhood Development (ECD) centre that cares for around 70 children, as young as 9 months old. Situated in Boshof, Free State, the Educare Centre has received educational equipment and other essential childcare goods, to help the facility
IMPROVING EARLY LEARNING IN EMTHANJENI COMMUNITIES

IMPROVING EARLY LEARNING IN EMTHANJENI COMMUNITIES

August 2021, De Aar Solar Power. Working to address one of the Northern Cape Province’s biggest challenges to education outcomes, De Aar Solar Power began implementing a comprehensive and far-reaching Early Childhood Development (ECD) programme in 2014, designed to bridge the gaps in the rural communities of Philipstown, Britstown, Hanover and De Aar. Taking a
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME GIVES IVY XEKWA A VISION FOR HER FUTURE

INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME GIVES IVY XEKWA A VISION FOR HER FUTURE

Since its launch six years ago, 74 young students have passed through Globeleq South Africa’s internship programme. This initiative not only provides much-needed work opportunities in the renewables market but helps to build confidence and helps our country’s talented young people build a career. The programme is designed to grow capacity for a nascent renewable
STUDYING WITH A LOVE FOR AGRICULTURE

STUDYING WITH A LOVE FOR AGRICULTURE

August 2021, Soutpan Solar Power. Keneilwe Seane (25) from Dilaeneng in Bochum, Limpopo, has an udeniable passion for agriculture, and now has a chance to fulfil her dream, by persuing a degree with a focus on Agriculture and Agricultural Management Practices. This mother of one, is currently in her first year of studying towards a
GLOBELQ AND ABSA REFINANCE SOUTH AFRICAN RENEWABLE PLANTS

GLOBELQ AND ABSA REFINANCE SOUTH AFRICAN RENEWABLE PLANTS

LONDON/CAPE TOWN: AUGUST 2021. Globeleq, the leading independent power company in Africa, and Absa Bank, a leading financier in the renewable energy programme in South Africa, have completed the senior debt refinancing of three of Globeleq’s renewable power plants. The purpose of the refinancing is to enhance the projects’ capital structures, allowing for the release
RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPING SKILLS PIPELINE

RENEWABLE ENERGY SECTOR DEVELOPING SKILLS PIPELINE

August 2021. Globeleq South Africa’s internship programme, which launched six years ago, has already provided career opportunities to seventy-four young students who have passed through the programme. With the aim of developing young technical staff for a nascent renewable energy industry, over R18million has been spent to-date, and a successful pipeline of qualified talent has