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 | Energy experts on Friday, 11 September, exchanged views on how South Africa can explore various avenues of generating energy to supply its citizens with sufficient and affordable power... read more>> |
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 | Meeting the demands for Africa's critical energy infrastructure was in the spotlight at the annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum which was recently held at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg... read more>> |
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 | Allan Seccombe Anglo American Platinum (Amplats) agreed to sell its Rustenburg mining and concentrator operations to Sibanye Gold for R1.5bn in an upfront payment and at least R3bn later... read more>> |
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 | Pretoria based designer and manufacturer of industrial fans, MechCaL, has extended its African footprint by penetrating the Zambian mining industry... read more>> |
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 | Government has called on everyone in the sector to play their part in building a sustainable mining industry and growing the South African economy... read more>> |
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 | Roger Metcalfe It is quite remarkable how science has invented a technology to convert sunlight directly into electricity. It's called solar electric, photovoltaic or PV power, and scientists are taking a leaf out of nature's own book to refine this fast-growing technology... read more>> |
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 | Taufeeq Dhansay South Africa, the leading carbon emitter in Africa, has geothermal resources that can be used to generate electricity and reduce its carbon emissions... read more>> |
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 | Charlotte Mathews Trade barriers, such as local content requirements and anti-dumping measures, are raising the costs of renewable energy and making it harder for governments to meet their commitments to reduce carbon emissions, a trade expert said on Wednesday, 9 September... read more>> |
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 | The Sishen solar plant and the recently completed Gouda wind plant are collectively contributing approximately 212MW of power capacity to South Africa's national grid... read more>> |
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 | Simon Black The commercial property space in South Africa has seen rapid growth in the past few years, and is showing no signs of slowing down... read more>> |
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 | Although there are many ways to keep the power on while load shedding takes place, this does not provide an answer to a problem that faces both business and domestic consumers of electricity... read more>> |
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 | The East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC) emphasised that strong public sector involvement is required in order to drive emerging market needs, as well as satisfy the risk appetite of the various sets of investors... read more>> |
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 | Douglas Kruger Last year, I found myself on a squeaky leather couch in a TV studio along with a representative from Yellowwood marketing agency. We got to chatting about the respective reasons for our interviews... read more>> |
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