Cape Town, South Africa, August 2023 As the demand for new power generation grows, so does the demand for qualified and skilled talent in the country’s renewable energy sector, and like its international counterparts, it needs a rising pool of qualified candidates to draw from. South Africa’s shortfall has been exacerbated by the sector’s seven […]
Ahead of the imminent release of the Nordex Group’s 2022 Sustainability Report, it has been announced that the company is now participating as one of the eighteen partners, in a sustainability project, funded by the European Union, to drive the recycling of high-value rotor blade materials from wind turbine blades. Currently, 85% – 95% of […]
Nordex Energy South Africa’s executive team recently completed the Global Wind Organisation’s Basic Safety Training (BST) course to further develop its learning culture for enhanced safety and operational performance. This type of training may be commonplace in the wind sector, but definitely not for executives who rarely have the opportunity to enter a wind turbine […]
The Nordex Education Trust, which has been operating for almost a decade, continues to award bursaries to students, across the green energy landscape, with a particular focus on engineering or related disciplines. Most recently, this Trust has appointed two trustees to further strengthen its resolve to drive education within the beneficiary communities where Nordex Energy […]
A delegation from the Eastern Cape Provincial Government, recently visited a wind turbine manufacturing facility in Germany to explore potential investment, especially focused on component manufacturing and assembling within this area of the country. The province is expected to house thousands of megawatts of renewable energy projects in the foreseeable future, which will attract sizable […]
South Africa’s accelerated energy transition and its push for sector industrialisation, will be led by increased local manufacturing, with a projected target of well over 55% for government procurement by the end of this decade. To achieve this, government’s support through policy, smooth procurement and investment will be the key enabler. Noting this, the Industrial […]
Cape Town, South Africa. An optimistic wind power procurement environment that is underpinned by three government bid windows for renewable energy in close succession, as well as the imminent release of the 513MW energy storage Request for Proposals (RFP’s) will require Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM’s) to prepare to meet burgeoning market needs. Added to this […]
Cape Town, South Africa. Nordex Energy South Africa’s (NESA) core local construction operations team headed to Spain last week, to commence training at Nordex’s Tajonar and Barasoain facilities close to Pamplona. Comprising site managers, specialist technicians and other key skills, the cohort of ten is being trained on Nordex’s updated wind turbine technology, in preparation […]
We are so proud to have been able to join the launch celebrations at the 147MW Roggeveld Wind Farm in the Western Cape along with government dignitaries and the wind farm team. Comprising 47 Nordex WTGs, the wind farm created 858 jobs during construction, with 379 jobs being taken up by young people. For the […]
Cape Town, South Africa, February 2022. Much of the anticipated R40bn of investment each year, that is expected to flow in from the wind power industry for the next 10 years, will come from the economic benefits of stimulating the local value chain. Supporting this, for the first time, the latest Renewable Energy Independent Power […]