Research platform could solve BRICS energy problems
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG - THE Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) Think Tanks Council (BTTC) has proposed a new platform to help solve renewable energy chal ...
Read More »Rise of smart power in Africa transforms energy sector
JOHANNESBURG - EXPERTS believe Africa has the potential to revolutionise the energy sector through smart power innovation. Within developing economies, including Africa, there are ...
Read More »EXCLUSIVE: US defends “sovereignty” of African states in use of coal and gas
from SCOTT COURIER in Washington, United States WASHINGTON - THE lack of electricity in Africa has become a factor in Washington’s “war on terror” Good news millions who live off ...
Read More »Billions invested in renewable energy to address SA power deficit
from SAVIOUS KWINIKA in Pofadder, Northern Cape POFADDER - GOVERNMENT and the private sector are investing billions of rands as South Africa makes the most of its abundance in ren ...
Read More »Africa Utility Week awards winners announced
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG – SOUTH African Professor, Roland Schulze, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his prominent role in hydrological and applied climate change ...
Read More »Potential ‘Marikana’ feared in renewable energy sector
by ALICESTINE OCTOBER in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – FAILURE to include and inform local communities about multibillion-rand renewable energy projects could result in deadly ...
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Expert forecasts collapse of South Africa’s energy grid
by STAFF REPORTER CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) - WHILE the beleaguered South African power utility, Eskom, projects playing a bigger role in the continent, an energy expert has painted a ...
Read More »Catching them young to end SA paraffin-related deaths
by GIFT NDOLWANE JOHANNESBURG - EVERY year, mostly in winter, poor South Africans who rely on paraffin as their only source of energy continue to be exposed to shack-related fires ...
Read More »Kids mostly killed in deadly SA power theft
by MTHULISI SIBANDA in Thaba Nchu, Free State THABA NCHU, (CAJ News) - AT least three people have been killed and four others injured over the past year as a result of illegal and ...
Read More »Eskom counts the cost of illegal Khutsong power connections
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) - KHUTSONG, the restive township west of Johannesburg, synonymous with widespread unrest over service delivery, has emerged as the epicent ...
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