Energy News

World PR Day

Africa declaration to PR professionalisation launches

Natalia Rosa on why AI is making strategic communications more valuable than ever

Robin Fredericks

Trust is PR’s greatest currency in the age of the prosumer

BROUGHT TO YOU BY:

More #WPRDAY2026

Subscribe & Follow

Advertise your job vacancies

Jobs

Senior Sales Executive Johannesburg

More jobs Submit a job Open account

In Brief

African Mining Week gains the expertise of Standard Bank’s Deerosh Maharaj

More... Submit an InBrief

Wouter Jordaan, partner and principal environmental scientist at SRK Consulting – and also a director of SRK Consulting Congo

Decarbonisation is key to DRC mining as carbon tax loomsSRK Consulting

Air Products showcases Pinetown facility to stakeholders and celebrates service delivery in the KZN

Air Products showcases Pinetown facility to stakeholders and celebrates service delivery in the KZNAir Products South Africa

Air Products showcases Pinetown facility to stakeholders and celebrates service delivery in the KZN

Air Products showcases Pinetown facility to stakeholders and celebrates service delivery in the KZN

16 Jul 2026

Image supplied.

Plentify and Deye lay foundation for Africa’s largest residential virtual power plant

14 Jul 2026

More news

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Senegal starts clock on $550m US grant to boost power supply

Bate Felix 9 Sep 2021

Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

Preferred bidder for 2,600MW renewable energy to be announced next month

9 Sep 2021

Central Energy Fund, Sasol sign gas MoU

Central Energy Fund, Sasol sign gas MoU

8 Sep 2021

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Renewable energy projects in rural Ghana have some built-in limitations

Dr Basil Amuzu-Sefordzi 8 Sep 2021

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

Eskom launches programme to boost use of green power

7 Sep 2021

UCT, Sasol collaborate on producing green jet fuel

UCT, Sasol collaborate on producing green jet fuel

7 Sep 2021

Repurposing coal stations - a circular economy energy solution

Repurposing coal stations - a circular economy energy solution

Wayne Glossop and Tord Johnsson 3 Sep 2021

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

SA faces tough road to net-zero emissions, but there is hope - Sanedi

2 Sep 2021

Eskom outlines plan to arrest spiral in outstanding municipal debt

Eskom outlines plan to arrest spiral in outstanding municipal debt

2 Sep 2021

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

Enel Green Power's Nontokozo Nkosi joins Sawea board

1 Sep 2021

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says

Alexander Winning 1 Sep 2021

Growing opportunities for women, youth in energy sector

Growing opportunities for women, youth in energy sector

31 Aug 2021

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

These 3 energy storage technologies can help solve the challenge of moving to 100% renewable electricity

Kerry Rippy 30 Aug 2021

Source:

Energy majors taking steps to renewables transition

Sue Noffke 30 Aug 2021

Electricity pylons are seen in front of the cooling towers at the Lethabo Thermal Power Station,an Eskom coal-burning power station near Sasolburg in the northern Free State province, 2 March 2016. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

South Africa aims to bring pilot carbon capture project online in 2023

23 Aug 2021

Lethabo Power Station, a coal-fired power station owned by state power utility Eskom, is seen near a maize field near Sasolburg, South Africa, 31 January, 2020. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Eskom plans sharp reduction of coal-fired power by 2031

18 Aug 2021

Source: Sergey Sukhanov –

Questions still circuiting the exemption for large-scale private power generation

Jason van der Poel, Alexandra Felekis and Mzukisi Kota 18 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

100MW self-generation amendments gazetted

13 Aug 2021

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Turbines on a wind farm outside Caledon near Cape Town, South Africa. Photo by Nardus Engelbrecht/Gallo Images/Getty Images

South Africa's power generation plans are out of date: an urgent rethink is needed

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Damage to Medupi Unit 4 generator. Source: Twitter

Employees suspended over Medupi blast

10 Aug 2021

Source: Getty/Gallo

Eskom working on replacing failing infrastructure

28 Jul 2021

Source: ©Alexey Kokoulin

Developing countries need to chart their own course to net zero emissions

26 Jul 2021

A general view of part of the South African Petroleum Refinery (Sapref) is seen in Durban, file. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko/File Photo

Sapref refinery to begin restart on 21 July

21 Jul 2021

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Ethiopia says second filling of giant dam on Blue Nile complete

Dawit Endeshaw 20 Jul 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Source: LinkedIn/Sapref

Country's largest refinery declares force majeure amid KZN unrest

14 Jul 2021

Source: Africa Energy Corp

Clearing the waters: The Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill

Peter Leon, Paul Morton, Ernst Muller & Lauren Paxton 12 Jul 2021

A thirst for transformation and sustainability within the energy sector

A thirst for transformation and sustainability within the energy sector

Kelly Sin Hidge, SAICA 12 Jul 2021

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

UN Security Council backs AU bid to broker Ethiopia dam deal

Michelle Nichols 9 Jul 2021

Let's do Biz