Capital Projects – lease or purchase There are many ways to skin a cat, more ways to generate value and near infinite manners to assess investments’ value creation potential. Business needs to be boiled-down to the basics to get a holistic view of how value is determined and thus how it can be created. The fundamental purpose of business is the supply of value adding goods and services in exchange[…]

With the instability and uncertainty recently observed in the South African electrical grid, the phrase “off-grid” is being bandied and thrown around and has become a bit of a buzzword for those taking note of the energy state of affairs. In this context, the term going “off-grid” refers to a residential property cutting entirely its ties with their electrical supplier, opting to generate their own required energy through renewable sources[…]

From 16 – 19 October, approximately 120 delegates including representatives from twenty-five universities across South Africa attended the multi-day HEFMA 2017 conference, hosted by the University of Pretoria at its Hatfield main campus. The Higher Education Facilities Management Association is a body that strives “To empower Facilities Managers, develop, maintain and sustain high-quality facilities and infrastructure for Higher Education Institutions.” Through the work and projects that NrG is currently executing[…]

Next Renewable Generation (NrG) hosted the next Business Breakfast on Friday, 15 September 2017. The 2nd event in the series, intended to provide clarity and information on navigating Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), boasted Alastair Campbell, Managing Director of Vantage’s GreenX fund, as a keynote speaker, and the NrG team as hosts. The information session shed light on the topic of the Financial Aspects of private PPA’s and how they unlock[…]

Next Renewable Generation planned and successfully hosted a business breakfast on Friday, 31 March 2017. The event, which is the first in a series planned to run throughout the year, was designed to assist clients and various key industry stakeholders on understanding and navigating private Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs). NRG kicked off the first session by focusing on the legal aspects that form an integral part of a successful PPA[…]

A high level literature review on how businesses can value sustainability investments examined the trends leading to increased importance of sustainability, the benefits of sustainability investments and the barriers to pursuing such investments.  The prominence of sustainability was found to be driven by society demanding good corporate citizenship from businesses, sustainability increasingly being linked to good business performance and the increase in sustainability reporting.  A number of financial and non-financial[…]