Insight Solutions for the Eskom Energy Crisis Eskom Energy Crisis & Failing Coal Plants The Eskom energy crisis continues with regular rolling…Chris AhlfeldtMarch 25, 2019
News Article More Renewable Energy can Help Solve Rolling Power Outages in South Africa Without much warning last week, South Africa returned to a state of rolling outages after…Chris AhlfeldtFebruary 21, 2019
InsightRenewable Energy Draft Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) highlights large role of wind, gas, and solar PV by 2030 The Draft IRP published this week provides welcomed insight into South African government’s plans for…Chris AhlfeldtAugust 31, 2018
News ArticleSolar Energy Electricity Subsidy Reform in the Middle East In a recent collaborative research project, we try to answer the question whether a viable…Chris AhlfeldtJune 15, 2018
News ArticleRenewable Energy Next Steps for Moving South Africa’s Renewable Industry Forward In a recent Q&A with Recharge News, Chris Ahlfeldt provided his thoughts on the future…Chris AhlfeldtMay 8, 2018
Insight Customer Demand Solutions & Inclusive Finance Can Help Solve Cape Town’s Drought Pay-As-You-Save model offers inclusive financing for efficiency upgrades to all municipality customers including tenants The…Chris AhlfeldtDecember 7, 2017
InsightRenewable Energy South African Government Recommits to Signing Delayed PPAs, but New Conditions Raise Concerns While the South African government’s new deadline for the 2.3 GW of delayed renewable energy…Chris AhlfeldtSeptember 6, 2017
InsightSolar Energy Has the World Bank Group Cracked the Code to Unlocking Large-Scale Solar in Emerging Markets? The World Bank Group (WBG) deployed its Scaling Solar program in four African countries to date…Chris AhlfeldtAugust 17, 2017
Renewable Energy Lessons Learned from South Africa for Saudi Arabia’s Renewable Energy Localization Saudi Arabia is in the early stages of its utility-scale renewable energy procurement with an…Chris AhlfeldtJune 9, 2017
Insight Financing Off-Grid Power Projects While investors and development agencies have shown a lot of interest in off-grid electrification projects…Chris AhlfeldtFebruary 2, 2017