Last month saw the announcement of 25 preferred bidders for renewable energy projects in South Africa, in the fifth bidding round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). \u201cThis is a welcome development for the country, for both the renewable energy supply chain as well as our general climate change targets. There has been much deliberation on this topic lately, and it is encouraging to see plans being put into action,\u201d comments Svilen Voychev \u2013 Managing Director of Valsa Trading.<\/p>\n
REIPPPPP is a competitive tender process that was designed to facilitate private sector investment into grid-connected renewable energy (RE) generation in South Africa, with the first round of bidding taking place in 2014. \u201cBetween rounds one to four, our country achieved more investment via IPPs in four years than in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa over the past two decades. A total of 6328 MW of capacity was awarded, a third of which was solar PV. Now, we once again have the chance to alter SA\u2019s energy landscape and contribute to clean energy generation \u2013 as well as job creation and economic stimulation which is sure to come from these 25 projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Voychev cautions that these projects must be approached with careful planning and consideration. \u201cLess than half the awarded entities are South African, and so they may not be familiar with local conditions and what this means for the equipment which must be procured. In the past 12 years of doing business in the PV market, I have learned that there is no substitute for local expertise and locally made equipment. Therefore, I believe the supply chain must gear up to not just supply products and services, but to act as consultants to ensure these projects are executed professionally and sustainably,\u201d says Voychev.<\/p>\n
At the same time, Voychev cautions that the preferred bidders must be wary of the supply chain disruptions which are hampering the global industry. \u201cValsa has wide-ranging operations and we have seen in recent months that the supply chain today is very different from that of 2019 when the last round of REIPPPP bidding ended. I advise project managers to look holistically at the industry when making decisions over raw materials, labour, sub-contractors and more.\u201d<\/p>\n
This will set projects up for success, and contribute greatly to sustainable supply chain development. SMEs like Valsa Trading stand to benefit from the boom in projects. \u201cThis won\u2019t happen overnight, as careful planning and preparation is key, but in the coming months we look forward to embracing these opportunities and offering the best possible solutions which suit the needs of these projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Valsa designs, manufactures, and supplies mounting system solutions for all types of roofs, carports, ground, pole, facade, floating and tensile cable applications. A comprehensive range of PV solar products is also available from the company, which services PV solar installers, resellers, and EPC companies. \u201cWe are ready to gear up our capacity and leverage our extensive partner network to help bring these planned projects to life. With many sectors remaining somewhat dormant at the moment, we are encouraged by the prospect for economic development brought on by these 25 new projects,\u201d concludes Voychev.<\/p>\n
About Valsa Trading<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Valsa Trading is a PV Solar system manufacturer and distributor, supplying PV Solar Mounting System Solutions to resellers, installers and clients installing solar systems for businesses and homes across South Africa.<\/p>\n Media Contact: <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Stacey Turnball<\/p>\n Account Manager: SWM Communications<\/p>\n Mobile | 072 427 1680\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email | Stacey@swmcommunications.co.za<\/p>\n Valsa Contact:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Jolene du Plessis<\/p>\n Marketing Supervisor: Valsa Trading<\/p>\n Mobile | 081\u00a0469 8646<\/p>\n Email |\u00a0 marketing@valsa.co.za<\/p>\n Office | +27 794 1306<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last month saw the announcement of 25 preferred bidders for renewable energy projects in South Africa, in the fifth bidding round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). \u201cThis is a welcome development for the country, for both the renewable energy supply chain as well as our general climate change targets. There has been much deliberation on this topic lately, and it is encouraging to see plans being put into action,\u201d comments Svilen Voychev \u2013 Managing Director of Valsa Trading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,83],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","category-valsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17211"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17212,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17211\/revisions\/17212"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swmcommunications.co.za\/press-office\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}