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OPTIMISING SOLAR RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THOUSANDS

OPTIMISING SOLAR RESOURCES TO BENEFIT THOUSANDS

July 2021, Aries Solar Power. In its seventh year of operations, Aries Solar Power, close to Kenhardt, is one of almost 30 solar plants in the Northern Cape, the country’s most prolific renewable energy province. Site manager, Darwyn Samuels, ensures that this solar plant optimises its solar generating capacity using 45 000 solar (PV) panels.
CHILDHOOD CENTRES RECEIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

CHILDHOOD CENTRES RECEIVE WATER INFRASTRUCTURE

July 2021, Soutpan Solar. Water infrastructure has been implemented at Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres, in rural villages in the Blouberg Municipal District of the Limpopo Province, to ensure that young children and staff have access to clean and tested water as part of a socio-economic development programme. Borehole installation and water sample testing has
HARNESSING THE KALAHARI SUN

HARNESSING THE KALAHARI SUN

July 2021, Konkoonsies Solar Power. Under the watchful eye of John Kordom, Site Manager at Konkoonsies Solar Power, this renewable energy solar plant, close to Pofadder, harnesses the abundant Kalahari sun to supply enough clean electrical energy, to meet the needs of almost 5 000 households each year. Kordom has been working at this solar
LOCAL SCHOOLS CREATIVELY CELEBRATE GLOBAL WIND DAY 2021

LOCAL SCHOOLS CREATIVELY CELEBRATE GLOBAL WIND DAY 2021

June 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. Since 2014, local schools in the Kouga area have been celebrating Global Wind Day, which takes place each year on 15th June, and coincided with Youth Day this year. This area of South Africa is home to some of the largest and most prominent wind farms, playing a big
PROGRAMME TO HELP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BOOST LITERACY SKILLS

PROGRAMME TO HELP PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS BOOST LITERACY SKILLS

June 2021, Jeffreys Bay Wind Farm. A parent literacy programme to support children’s learning in their homes has been launched in partnership with fourteen schools, across Humansdorp, Hankey, Patensie and Jeffreys Bay, in response to unprecedented learning loss directly caused by ongoing rotational attendance and school closures, over the last eighteen months. Studies showed that
SMALL BUSINESSSES BENEFIT LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

SMALL BUSINESSSES BENEFIT LOCAL COMMUNITY MEMBERS

June 2021, De Aar Solar Power. Charmaine Baartman (34), owner of Mamfene’s Takeaway, in Britstown in the Northern Cape, is growing her micro enterprise into a sustainable small business with the help of development funding, so that she can begin employing more local community members and take on new challenges and bigger dreams, which includes
LENAH MABUSELA: YOUTH MONTH

LENAH MABUSELA: YOUTH MONTH

June 2021. In the lead up to Youth Day 2021, Lenah Mabusela, one of Globeleq South Africa’s power engineers, speaks about the importance of this commemorative day as well as diversity in the renewable energy sector. As a power engineer, working across eight power plants, Lenah and the team that she works with, harness their
SOUTPAN SOLAR DEVELOPS SUPPLIERS AND GENERAL WORKERS

SOUTPAN SOLAR DEVELOPS SUPPLIERS AND GENERAL WORKERS

June 2021. Soutpan Solar Power, located close to Vivo, in the Blouberg Local Municipal area, has launched a supplier development programme that includes upskilling employees with a view to stimulating future local employment. The current programme beneficiaries include E-Security, a private security company that is employed by the solar plant, as well as six general
YOUTH BUSINESSES GET SUPPORT

YOUTH BUSINESSES GET SUPPORT

June 2021, Droogfontein Solar Power. A youth-owned company that produces school uniforms for local schools in the Northern Cape, is one of a number of SMME’s that are receiving funding and business support as part of an Economic Development collaboration programme that focuses on supporting youth start-ups, to help them become more sustainable, so that
STUDENTS FROM PELLA RECEIVE ASSISTANCE

STUDENTS FROM PELLA RECEIVE ASSISTANCE

June 2021, Konkoonsies Solar Power. Rosalie Engelsman, from the small rural town of Pella in the Northern Cape’s Namakwaland, is one of the many local beneficiaries currently studying with the assistance of Konkoonsies Solar Power’s bursary programme. “My plan is to return to Pella and hopefully get a job in a finance department within a