Nontsasa Gaga, one of the very few females training as a Wind Turbine Service Technician (WTST) in South Africa, is having her stipend sponsored by AltGen while she spends time on site for the internship as part of the course. AltGen is extremely proud to be actively reshaping the narrative of a male dominated part […]
AltGen Consulting is extremely proud to announce that we have been awarded an opportunity enabling us to further build on work we have done within the Wind Industry. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has tasked AltGen to look into the status of Wind Energy Training, Education, Skills and Capacity Development in South Africa. This […]
Recently two of the AltGen team, JP & Tim, were treated to a tour of NuWater’s facility in Muizenberg, Cape Town. James Morisse, African New Business Development Executive, graciously walked them through NuWater’s operations which started with a look at the R&D lab before moving over to the assembly warehouse. It became abundantly clear throughout […]
I quote from one of the presenters: “energy is the ultimate commodity. An electron does not care where it goes”. Indeed, it goes to the point of least resistance, always. And my takeaway from AEF 2017 is that there has been a quiet revolution, and we, the people, are taking ownership of our energy as […]
This year AltGen strapped on their boots and grabbed their hard hats as we set-out to celebrate ‘Global Wind Day’ across the African continent. With most of our staff visiting various wind farms and experiencing the magic for themselves, our consulting team attended the graduation ceremony of 18 students who successfully completed the internationally recognized […]
AltGen’s commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) of the United Nations (UN) and the UN Global Compact If you are familiar with AltGen, some of you may be familiar with some of our current projects [detailed below] and as such we thought it would be appropriate that since today is International Workers Day, the […]
AltGen participated in the first Africa Renewable Energy Leaders’ Summit (ARELS) in Nairobi, Kenya which took place on the 4th and 5th of April 2017 – with over 200 experts & representatives present at the summit from government, private sector, international development agencies and NGO’s. Stakeholders from both the floor and the podium engaged in […]
The first Call for Proposals has been issued for the Green mini-grid program in Kenya. The first set of applications will be reviewed starting 1 May, and applications must be in by 30 April to be considered in this round. To register go here: GMG Online Platform The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) is the […]
AltGen Consulting is excited to announce that we have won the bid for a research based project with the Deutsche Gesellschraft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). As a part of the South African – German Energy Programme, AltGen Consulting will be carrying out a review of the HIV/AIDS related activities implemented as a part of the […]
AltGen Kenya is proud to announce that the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project has been successfully completed with the Vestas team installing 365 turbines in 365 days. The project is a “first” in so many ways, including the “largest wind farm in Africa”. AltGen Kenya is very proud to have been an integral part of […]