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Claire Bradbury, sustainability lead for Accenture, Africa says AI is expanding rapidly, and without urgent intervention, its environmental footprint could outpace the very benefits it promises. She offers four solutions (Image supplied)

4th Industrial Revolution

4 solutions for companies to overcome the hidden costs of AI

Claire Bradbury 13 Aug 2025

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Energy

Eskom's plants exceed 70% efficiency, ensuring stable winter supply

4 Aug 2025

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Energy

G20 countries could produce enough renewable energy for the whole world – what needs to happen

Sven Teske and Saori Miyake 30 Jun 2025

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Energy

Africa’s role in the global energy system on the rise

27 Jun 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

Dan Marokane, group chief executive, Eskom and Ben Magara, CEO of Exxaro Resources. the two organisations have signed a MoU to reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and ensure a just transition to a low-carbon economy

Sustainability

Exxaro, Eskom MoU to reduce carbon emissions, improve air quality and ensure a just energy transition

15 Apr 2025

Source: © Mining Review Africa Eskom announced on 23 March 2025 that the final 800 MW unit at its Kusile coalfired power station had achieved first synchronisation with the national grid

Energy

SA power system constrained in March, EAF largely unchanged

7 Apr 2025

Eskom's Kriel power station

Energy

Eskom’s energy availability outlook brings hope for mining operations

Lindsey Schutters 17 Jan 2025

Jon Kornik is CEO of Plentify

Trends

#BizTrends2025: How geysers can pave the way for a solar energy boom

Jon Kornik 13 Jan 2025

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Retail & Hospitality Property

Transforming Bellville with revitalisation of New Boston Centre

11 Jun 2024

Ministerial Energy Action Plan briefing on the update of generation performance and implementation of the Energy Action Plan. Eskom, Megawatt Park.

Energy

Eskom shows signs of improvement, but challenges remain

Lindsey Schutters 20 May 2024

Dave Masureik, CEO of New Southern Energy

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Flawed IRP2023 needs private leadership

Dave Masureik 8 Apr 2024

Vikash Rampathi, segment marketing lead at Schneider Electric

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

3 steps SA must take to secure green hydrogen future

Vikash Rampathi 25 Jan 2024

Gwede Mantashe is a strong advocate for developing the SA gas economy.

Coal, Oil & Gas

DMRE's Gas Act amendment points to major industry overhaul

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jan 2024

Avhapfani Tshifularo, executive director of Sapia

Energy

Load shedding crisis impacts SA petroleum industry

20 Nov 2023

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Fuel & Energy

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Laura Lander, Grazia Todeschini 8 Nov 2023

SU and Pham have retrofitted a taxi to become an EV. Source: Supplied

AutoTech

Stellenbosch University electric taxi project ramps up

15 Aug 2023

Egypt's natural gas production declines and power cuts bite

Energy

Egypt's natural gas production declines and power cuts bite

Sarah El Safty 8 Aug 2023

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years - IEA

Energy

EU electricity demand set to drop to lowest level in 20 years - IEA

19 Jul 2023

Fishermen catching near windfarms. Source: Tran le Tuan/Pexels

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

The world needs hundreds of thousands more offshore wind turbines - where will they all go?

Hugo Putuhena, Fraser Sturt and Susan Gourvenec 7 Jul 2023

How digitalisation powers transformation of the grid

Energy

How digitalisation powers transformation of the grid

Malvin Naicker 10 May 2023

Eskom aims to recoup up to 1,500MW from electricity demand reduction

Energy

Eskom aims to recoup up to 1,500MW from electricity demand reduction

24 Apr 2023

What role do EVs have in SA's energy transition?

Fuel & Energy

What role do EVs have in SA's energy transition?

Titus Mathe 24 Mar 2023

#BizTrends2023: Power generation landscape continues to evolve

Trends

#BizTrends2023: Power generation landscape continues to evolve

Stuart Michie 11 Jan 2023

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Energy

Search for new Eskom CEO begins

Anait Miridzhanian and Kopano Gumbi 15 Dec 2022

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Energy

Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter has resigned

Anait Miridzhanian and James Macharia Chege 14 Dec 2022

Eskom delays Koeberg Power Station maintenance outage

Energy

Eskom delays Koeberg Power Station maintenance outage

9 Dec 2022

Heineken makes major investment in solar power at Sedibeng brewery

ESG

Heineken makes major investment in solar power at Sedibeng brewery

27 Oct 2022

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Energy

Cabinet appoints new Eskom board after record load shedding

Alexander Winning and Kopano Gumbi 3 Oct 2022

Eskom board in for overhaul amid record power outages

Energy

Eskom board in for overhaul amid record power outages

27 Sep 2022

Source © Zaubee Food Lover's Market has successfully implemented solar at its new state-of-the-art Montana store in Pretoria

ESG

Food Lover's Market increases renewable energy investment

11 Aug 2022

Senegal faces key technology decisions in its search for the optimal gas-to-power strategy

Coal, Oil & Gas

Senegal faces key technology decisions in its search for the optimal gas-to-power strategy

Joonatan Huhdanmäki 5 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

What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going

Energy

What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going

David Richard Walwyn 9 Jun 2022

SA's economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

Energy

SA's economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

Roula Inglesi-Lotz 13 Apr 2022

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Energy

Why Nigeria's electricity grid collapses and how to shore it up

Nnaemeka Vincent Emodi and Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke 30 Mar 2022

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Energy

Key aspects of the Electricity Regulation Act Amendment Bill 2022

Jason van der Poel, Aviva Hoekstra, Daniella Ghillino, Zanele Mahlalela 25 Mar 2022

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

An energy revolution is possible - but only if leaders get imaginative about how to fund it

Michael Grubb 20 Jan 2022

#BizTrends2022: Working towards a just energy transition

Trends

#BizTrends2022: Working towards a just energy transition

Lethabo Manamela 5 Jan 2022

Building owners have less than a year to secure EPCs

Energy

Building owners have less than a year to secure EPCs

10 Dec 2021

Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand - new research

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar panels on half the world's roofs could meet its entire electricity demand - new research

Siddharth Joshi, James Glynn and Shivika Mittal 12 Oct 2021

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Mining

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 - what does it mean for net zero?

Michael Tamvakis 17 Aug 2021

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

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

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

Hartmut Winkler 10 Aug 2021

Ghana produces excess electricity but its management is inefficient. Wikimedia Commons

Energy

Ghana's electricity supply mix has improved, but reliability and cost is still a challenge

Theophilus Acheampong & Bridget O Menyeh 11 Jun 2021

Wind and solar power need to be adopted more quickly to avoid fossil gas traps

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Wind and solar power need to be adopted more quickly to avoid fossil gas traps

5 May 2021

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

More coal-fired power or 100% renewables? For the next few decades, both paths are wrong

22 Apr 2021

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Offshore wind energy could help solve SA's energy woes

15 Mar 2021

Tygue Theron, head of business development, Energy Partners Intelligence

Trends

#BizTrends2021: Sustainable energy evolution opens opportunities for SA businesses

Tygue Theron 14 Jan 2021

Grid-scale battery storage - a reality or not?

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Grid-scale battery storage - a reality or not?

Menno Sulsters 4 Dec 2020

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Energy

Africa's power demand to keep rising between 4-5% per year

3 Dec 2020