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South Africa’s G20 presidency is over – what did it achieve for climate and clean energy in Africa?Britta Rennkamp

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Cooking with gas: Ramaphosa full of praise for Sasol's new facility

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Exxaro energises its portfolio with a R1.8bn renewable deal

5 Dec 2025

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ESG down but not out: SA's businesses need to step up after Trump’s exit from JET

Mila Vicquery 17 Mar 2025

Source: © Africa Energy Msenge Emoyeni project is one of the innovative greenfield projects in renewable energy that saw ACED awarded the IJGlobal Sponsor of the Year (Africa) Award

ACED awarded IJGlobal Sponsor Award for innovative greenfield projects in renewable energy

14 Mar 2025

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Advertisers will now be able to measure carbon impact with Google's new tool

13 Mar 2025

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US withdraws from Just Energy Transition partnership with SA

10 Mar 2025

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Local community trust debt fund advances social upliftment in renewable energy sector

Infra Impact Investment Managers 7 Mar 2025

Sappi and Enpower Trading reach Financial Close on PPA for power deal from SunCentral

Sappi and Enpower Trading reach Financial Close on PPA for power deal from SunCentral

Sappi 13 Feb 2025

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

#MiningIndaba: Global Tailings Management Institute launched to make mines safer for all

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2025

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SA's solar boom poses new environmental threat: What to do with your old Li-ion batteries

5 Feb 2025

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#MiningIndaba: White paper explores whether Mining Charter is ESG change agent or stumbling block

4 Feb 2025

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Sustainable aviation and AI to take centre stage at ATM 2025

17 Jan 2025

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Deadline looms for unconventional gas regulations inputs

8 Jan 2025

Sasol Secunda Facility Benfield units Phase 1 and 2. The sole purpose of the Benfield is to remove CO2 from the Feedgas from Synthol. The Benfield circulation Regen column releases the CO2 and steam into the atmosphere. Each Benfield has a Feedgas flow rate of 400 000Nm3/hr, of which 12% is CO2. So about 48,000Nm3/h CO2 into the atmosphere per column per hour, seven days a week, 365 days per year. There are 4 Benfield Regen columns on the Sasol Secunda facility. Source:

Sasol battles production declines and changing chemicals landscape

Lindsey Schutters 3 Jan 2025

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Astute African manufacturers will move to clean power to align with global investor and importer expectations

Forbes Padayachee, Yellow Door Energy 22 Nov 2024

Fishers in Port Nolloth are opposing TotalEnergies’ bid to explore for gas and oil off the West Coast. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks/GroundUp

Court bid to block TotalEnergies gas project off West Coast

7 Nov 2024

Activists from the Vaal region protested outside the Department of Mineral Resources in Pretoria against Glubay’s proposed mine. Residents are concerned about water, soil and air pollution from the proposed mine. Photos: Ihsaan Haffejee / GroundUp

Opposition to open cast coal mining in Midvaal

Ihsaan Haffejee 29 Oct 2024

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Madagascar’s mining rush has caused no more deforestation than farming – new study

Katie Devenish 8 Oct 2024

Source: © 123rf Standard Bank Group and Meridiam hosted an event, Unlocking public infrastructure investment in South Africa, to unlock investment opportunities in alternate energy infrastructure on the continent

Standard Bank and Meridiam team up to to boost opportunities in Africa’s energy infrastructure

30 Sep 2024

Source: © Sowetan The Innovation Hub and DRDGold’s Ergo Minining have signed a MOU to train 50 unemployed youth to advance entrepreneurship and create jobs in Gauteng townships

DRDGold's Ergo Mining and Innovation Hub partner to combat youth unemployment in Gauteng

27 Sep 2024

A loader is seen at the Klipfontein Colliery near Balmoral, in the Mpumalanga province, South Africa, 11 September 2023. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Focus on coal miners, power grid as South Africa spends just 6th of climate aid

Tim Cocks 27 Sep 2024

Professor Hassina Mouri, a leading figure in medical geology at the University of Johannesburg, has made history as the first female and the first geoscientist from Africa to be elected President of the International Union of Geological Sciences (Image supplied)

UJ’s Prof Hassina Mouri first female geoscientist from Africa to lead global scientific body

26 Sep 2024

Clinton Carter-Brown, head of technical at Enertrag South Africa, emphasises that South Africa stands at a pivotal moment in its energy journey (Image supplied)

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Dr Clinton Carter-Brown 25 Sep 2024

TNPA, IDC call for proposals for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Ngqura

TNPA, IDC call for proposals for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Ngqura

25 Sep 2024

AI can solve the sustainability problem

AI can solve the sustainability problem

Mohammed Amin 20 Sep 2024

Source: © 123rf Today, Monday 16 September, South Africa joins the global community today to commemorate the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer under the theme Advancing Climate Action

Commemorating International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, Advancing Climate Action

16 Sep 2024

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Neosun Energy 13 Aug 2024

Air Products' continued efforts to uplift education in the Chatsworth community

Air Products' continued efforts to uplift education in the Chatsworth community

Air Products South Africa 1 Aug 2024

Source: Supplied. Metalbox, standing 80 metres tall and one of the largest commercial office properties in Fairvest Limited's portfolio, is South Africa's first solar facade skyscraper.

Energy Partners unveils South Africa's first solar facade skyscraper

23 Jul 2024

Local community members and supporters of Sustaining the Wild Coast and Greenpeace celebrated a court victory outside the Eastern Cape High Court in Makhanda in September 2022. Archive photo: Lucas Nowicki / GroundUp

Court asked to stop Shell’s seismic tests once and for all

Tania Broughton 2 Jul 2024

Nick Booth, Corobrik CEO

Corobrik clarifies Rietvlei situation after Greenpeace coal mining accusation

21 Jun 2024

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Liberty Two Degrees' retail assets sustain strong operational performance

12 Jun 2024

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