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Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond Awards

Africa’s sustainability changemakers unite: YES ESG and Beyond AwardsESG Africa Conference

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Sustainable resource extraction is a non-negotiable

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AfDB awards SA $1m grant to boost green jobs

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Engie completes Africa's biggest wind farmAmerica Hernandez

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$474.6m funding for SA's energy and infrastructure overhaul

New fuel price increases take effect today, 2 July

New fuel price increases take effect today, 2 July

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Promethium’s Olivia Tuchten named PD Forum co-vice chair

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FirstRand to end funding for new coal mines, power plants

FirstRand to end funding for new coal mines, power plants

Emma Rumney 16 Sep 2021

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

How IPPs can be effectively leveraged in the African power generation landscape

Shamilah Grimwood-Norley 15 Sep 2021

Sanedi receives international award for efforts in clean energy sector

Sanedi receives international award for efforts in clean energy sector

15 Sep 2021

Sawea, EWSETA sign MoU in support of internship programme

Sawea, EWSETA sign MoU in support of internship programme

15 Sep 2021

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Algeria aims for $2.6bn increase in energy investment next year

Hamid Ould Ahmed 14 Sep 2021

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

Kenya making significant progress with renewable energy

14 Sep 2021

Two units at Kendal Power Station to return to power soon

Two units at Kendal Power Station to return to power soon

14 Sep 2021

Energy amendments set to expand markets for IPPs, says Scatec

Energy amendments set to expand markets for IPPs, says Scatec

13 Sep 2021

Absa Oude Bloemhof Building awarded EPC, C-rating

Absa Oude Bloemhof Building awarded EPC, C-rating

13 Sep 2021

Vodacom installs new solar-powered sites in South Africa

Vodacom installs new solar-powered sites in South Africa

13 Sep 2021

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

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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

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

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

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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

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