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Food, Water & Energy Security

Climate action can feel slow – but the fastest energy leap in history has begun

Peter Newman and Ray Wills 29 Sep 2025

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Education

Building a skilled South Africa: Why grades aren't enough

Dumisani Tshabalala 22 Jul 2025

Source: © 123rf Dom Wills, executive director at SOLA Group is hopeful that we will soon see a day where 24-hour solar PV is not only cost-effective, but also able to scale fast enough to reach the zero carbon dawn in time

Energy

Modularity: Driving the future of electricity

Dom Wills 29 Apr 2025

Environmental approvals get digital boost with new screening tool

Environment & Natural Resources

Environmental approvals get digital boost with new screening tool

22 Apr 2025

Source: Hotel Verde. Hotel Verde, Africa’s greenest hotel, exemplifies sustainable infrastructure and green job creation in South Africa’s tourism and construction sectors.

Economy

Green infrastructure and jobs: South Africa’s plan for a brighter economic future

Teboho Makhabane 11 Apr 2025

Source: © 123rf The Budget Speech provides the financial framework for the private sector to get involved in investing in renewable energy projects in South Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Budget2025: Implications for renewable energy solutions private producers

17 Mar 2025

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

Energy

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

Issued by Sappi 13 Feb 2025

Industry specialists to share expertise at Electra Mining Africa seminars

Mining

Industry specialists to share expertise at Electra Mining Africa seminars

Issued by Electra Mining Africa 30 Aug 2024

The Waterfront will draw its power from Etana's wind farms.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

V&A Waterfront adds new wind power deal to sustainability mix

19 Jun 2024

Sappi signs milestone 175GWh per annum renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement with Enpower Trading

Environment & Natural Resources

Sappi signs milestone 175GWh per annum renewable energy Power Purchase Agreement with Enpower Trading

Issued by Sappi 8 May 2024

Main transmission station (MTS) for Koruson 1 and Koruson 2 under construction

Infrastructure & Utilities

EDF is building 1.2GW of renewables across SA

25 Apr 2024

Lance Dickerson, cofounder and MD of Revov

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

The fundamental flaw in SA’s renewable power investment

Lance Dickerson 24 Apr 2024

Eni announces the introduction of gas into the Tango floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility moored in Congolese waters. Source: Eni

Coal, Oil & Gas

SA’s largest onshore LNG project shows forward momentum in gas sector for 2024

NJ Ayuk 3 Jan 2024

Dr Andrew Dickson, an engineering executive at CBI-electric: low voltage. Source: Supplied

Nuclear Power

A balanced energy mix will fix crisis, not just renewables

18 Dec 2023

Source: Pok Rie/Reuters

IoT

Embedding technology into the grid could secure energy future

Tobie van Schalkwyk 27 Oct 2023

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Energy

SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out

Hartmut Winkler 9 Jun 2023

SA's power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms, battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SA's power blackouts: solutions lie in solar farms, battery storage at scale, and an end to state monopoly

David Richard Walwyn 6 Jun 2023

Maximising land use for food and green energy could better support industry, society

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Maximising land use for food and green energy could better support industry, society

Karen King 20 Apr 2023

Power cuts: trend to get off the grid is gathering pace, but total independence is still a way off

Energy

Power cuts: trend to get off the grid is gathering pace, but total independence is still a way off

Hartmut Winkler 25 Jan 2023

South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out

Energy

South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out

Hartmut Winkler 17 Nov 2022

Solar plants: glint and glare modelling likely to be in growing demand

Science & Engineering

Solar plants: glint and glare modelling likely to be in growing demand

26 Aug 2022

South Africa could produce a lot more renewable energy: here's what it needs

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

South Africa could produce a lot more renewable energy: here's what it needs

Hartmut Winkler 13 Jul 2022

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

Energy

Southern Africa in prime position to become major green hydrogen exporter

11 Jul 2022

South Africa's power grid is under pressure: the how and the why

Energy

South Africa's power grid is under pressure: the how and the why

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Arnold Rix 3 Nov 2021

Why Southern Africa's interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why Southern Africa's interior is an ideal place to generate solar energy

Hartmut Winkler 10 Jun 2021

NJ Ayuk, executive chairman, African Energy Chamber

Coal, Oil & Gas

Greenpeace and Western anti-Africa energy groups take the wrong approach

NJ Ayuk 19 Apr 2021

Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate - here's why

Climate Change

Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate - here's why

Zhengyao Lu and Benjamin Smith 12 Feb 2021

Lesser known property sub-sectors offer hope for battle-scarred investors

Markets & Investment

Lesser known property sub-sectors offer hope for battle-scarred investors

Gary Palmer 8 Feb 2021

Growing solar in Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Growing solar in Africa

26 Jan 2021

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Sustainable Development

Post-Covid-19: Delivering sustainable energy across Africa

Siyabonga Mbanjwa 30 Jun 2020

The first two of 24 new solar and wind farms under construction were completed in February but there’s still a long way to go to boost electricity supply. GettyImages

Energy

Power shortages will remain a big challenge in a post-Covid-19 South Africa

Hartmut Winkler 24 Apr 2020

Wind energy company powering skills development work

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Wind energy company powering skills development work

Issued by SAICA 20 Jan 2020

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

As IPP construction draws to a close, it's important to keep the bigger picture in mind

Janine Espin, 18 Nov 2019

Increasing focus on environmental taxes in South Africa

Environment & Natural Resources

Increasing focus on environmental taxes in South Africa

Jerome Brink 22 May 2019

Farming innovations changing the South African agricultural landscape

Agriculture

Farming innovations changing the South African agricultural landscape

Bruce Hakutizwi 8 Aug 2018

#AUW2018: The case against renewables for economic growth

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#AUW2018: The case against renewables for economic growth

Nicci Botha 21 May 2018

With cheap solar and wind power, is it time to rethink 'energy efficiency'?

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

With cheap solar and wind power, is it time to rethink 'energy efficiency'?

Nicholas Good and Eduardo Martínez Ceseña 22 Jan 2018

Riccardo Temmers, CDC acting executive manager,
Centre of Excellence

Energy

Lack of stakeholder consultation dominates Energy Indaba

Riccardo Temmers 15 Dec 2017

The dark side of solar energy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

The dark side of solar energy

Tanya Farber 8 Dec 2017

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

All roads to sustainable energy lead to the sun

Werner van Zyl 19 May 2017

Renewable costs at an all time low

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewable costs at an all time low

7 Apr 2017

De Aar solar farm Source: Phelan Energy Group

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Sunny side up - how renewables can save the world

2 Jun 2016

Growthpoint's solar farm at its Airport Industria building

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Turning Growthpoint green

30 Mar 2016

IPPP should rather focus on solar energy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

IPPP should rather focus on solar energy

8 Mar 2016

Electricity production in SA moving away from coal, says institute

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Electricity production in SA moving away from coal, says institute

Charlotte Mathews 16 Sep 2015

Smart retail spaces make smart business sense

Services

Smart retail spaces make smart business sense

Paul Divall 16 Jul 2015

Solutions for banks to reduce their power consumption

Financial Services

Solutions for banks to reduce their power consumption

15 Jul 2015

Trina Solar gets contract for extension at Wymeswold Solar Farm

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Trina Solar gets contract for extension at Wymeswold Solar Farm

18 May 2015