Even if the country remained committed to long-term coal-fired energy in a world rapidly transforming to green energy, it would have difficulty finding investors to build the infrastructure...
Nicci Botha 17 May 2019
Energy Minister Jeff Radebe's vague promise that South Africa's long-overdue energy blueprint, the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), will be "concluded imminently" did, however, clearly indicate that coal would still play a prominent role in the country's energy mix...
Nicci Botha 15 May 2019
Madagascar has a new energy policy with the ambitious plan of providing universal access and energy security to its citizens by 2030. But this plan is not without its challenges...
Nicci Botha 13 Dec 2018
Years of civil war has seen Sudan's lucrative oil industry shrink to virtually nothing...
Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2018
South Africa has possibly the most transparent renewable energy independent producer programmes in the world...
Nicci Botha 9 Nov 2018
South Africa's much mooted seventh refinery is on the way...
Nicci Botha 7 Nov 2018
The two great disruptions happening in the world economy are the rise of China and renewable energy (RE)...
Nicci Botha 10 Sep 2018
Nomzamo Landingwe Macoso is broad-based black economic empowerment (BBBEE) strategist at Nordex Acciona Wind Power...
Nicci Botha 16 Aug 2018
Delivering green energy to Africa while working in a dynamic team, and making real positive changes in rural communities are the things that make Katherine Persson, general manager: Windlab, tick...
Nicci Botha 14 Aug 2018
One cannot write about Maltese lifestyle without weighing in about the Maltese obsession with cars. So, this column is long overdue...
Marcus ‘The Maltese Falcon’ Brewster 10 Aug 2018
Tebogo Movundlela has been involved in the renewable energy sector since 2013. She was intimately involved in the construction of the West Coast 1 - 94MW windfarm...
Nicci Botha 10 Aug 2018
Veronique Isaacs is passionate about developing people. She is determined that every community project surrounding renewable power plants is purposefully designed...
Nicci Botha 8 Aug 2018
In March this year the National Union of Metal Workers went to court to prevent the energy minister from signing the much-delayed renewable energy purchase agreements on the basis that there would be huge job losses...
Nicci Botha 20 Jul 2018
Relying on renewable energy sources if South Africa wants to achieve sustainable economic development is a bad idea, according independent economic consultant, Rob Jeffrey...
Nicci Botha 21 May 2018
With the Seedstars World Summit taking place on Thursday, 12 April 2018, the organisers have announced the final 65 finalists that will get the chance to pitch their ideas on the global stage. 20 out of the 65 finalists are from Africa...
Ilse van den Berg 11 Apr 2018
The much-anticipated signing of South Africa's renewables power purchase agreements (PPAs) has once again been delayed. This time by an application for an interdict to prevent the contracts being concluded...
Nicci Botha 14 Mar 2018
Design Indaba showcased the work of Leroy Mawasaru, a Kenyan teenager who is changing the world and showing how Afrofuturism can unfold for the continent...
Louise Marsland 26 Feb 2018
Energy is one of the sectors of our economy most closely watched by local and international investors...
Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jan 2018
At SAWEA's annual wind industry conference held in mid-November 2017, the outcome of a major national research study was launched...
Brenda Martin 10 Jan 2018
Yes, they do - cats and windows do kill more birds than wind turbines, but that's no reason to disregard the fact that wind turbines also kill birds...
Sindy Peters 23 Nov 2017
There are many considerations to take into account when developing a wind farm, one of which is the impact on visual, aesthetic, and scenic resources in and around a potential location...
Sindy Peters 21 Nov 2017
Today saw the start of WindAc Africa 2017 - the annual "academic hour for wind power" hosted by the South African Wind Energy Association...
Sindy Peters 14 Nov 2017
The future of large public utilities, such as Eskom, is uncertain...
Sindy Peters 20 Oct 2017
The energy industry breathed a huge sigh of relief recently when energy minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced that power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy from bid windows 3.5 and 4 will be signed by the end of October 2017...
Siyabonga Mbanjwa 17 Oct 2017
Invented by social entrepreneur James van der Walt, the SolarTurtle recently scooped a win at the Inventors Garage at the 2017 SABC Education SA Innovation Summit, walking away with R10k.
Sindy Peters 16 Oct 2017
Five South African startups have been named finalists in this year's edition of the Accenture Innovation Awards, which rewards forward-thinking businesses that are disrupting industries...
Tom Jackson 10 Oct 2017
The business case for transforming waste to address critical energy shortages is mounting...
Webb Meko 8 Aug 2017
Tasneem Essop has launched an initiative...
Sindy Peters 28 Jul 2017
Through The Sun Exchange, anyone can go solar and start building wealth powered by sunlight. It allows for collaborative solar finance using blockchain...
Ilse van den Berg 11 Jul 2017
Thabang Mabapa's Selokong Sa Dimelana project grows castor seed crops for the commercial production of castor seed oil as an alternative biofuel. We wanted to find out a bit more about this inspiring young entrepreneur...
Cari Coetzee 22 Jun 2017
