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SA’s crucial shift to high-voltage battery energy storage systems
Lance Dickerson 21 Feb 2024
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DMRE's Gas Act amendment points to major industry overhaul
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Insurers restrict coal coverage in response to climate concerns
Clara Denina and Sarah McFarlane 1 Sep 2023
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Senegal seals €2.5bn green energy deal with richer nations
Elizabeth Pineau and John Irish 23 Jun 2023
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SA expects to add 5,500MW of renewable energy to the grid by 2026
Promit Mukherjee 13 Jun 2023
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SA's power crisis will continue until 2025 - and blackouts will take 5 years to phase out
Hartmut Winkler 9 Jun 2023
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Just energy transition will need collaborative leadership to bring power to the people
Brian Eagar 25 Apr 2023
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SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios
Hartmut Winkler 19 Apr 2023
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Significant intervention needed to ease SA's electricity crisis - CSIR
Sindy Peters 24 Feb 2023
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Alana Kruger 19 Jan 2023
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6 reasons 2023 could be a very good year for climate action
Wesley Morgan 18 Jan 2023
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India's Jindal wins bid to build Botswana's 300MW coal power plant
Brian Benza 22 Nov 2022
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COP27 will be remembered as a failure - here's what went wrong
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South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out
Hartmut Winkler 17 Nov 2022
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A robust renewable energy policy would give energy transformation in SA a boost
Ryno Jordaan 14 Nov 2022
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Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022
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Ramaphosa's latest intervention to expedite the shift to renewable energy is good news
Lee Smith 14 Sep 2022
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South Africa could produce a lot more renewable energy: here's what it needs
Hartmut Winkler 13 Jul 2022
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What it will take for South Africa's ailing power utility to keep going
David Richard Walwyn 9 Jun 2022
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#StartupStory: LC Dynamics - a company that builds solar PV window blinds
Imran Salie 26 May 2022
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South Africa's energy transition package: still in green and brown camouflage
Franziska Müller 24 Nov 2021
![SA government taken to court over plan for new coal-fired plant](https://biz-file.com/c/2111/635924-120x120.jpg?3)
SA government taken to court over plan for new coal-fired plant
Alexander Winning 18 Nov 2021
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Climate finance for a transition away from coal: a chance to change history in South Africa
Emily Tyler 16 Nov 2021
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![South Africa should not rush move away from coal, Mantashe says](https://biz-file.com/c/2110/630735-120x120.jpg?3)
South Africa should not rush move away from coal, Mantashe says
Helen Reid and Alexander Winning 7 Oct 2021
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South Africa faces isolation if it sticks with coal, Eskom CEO says
Alexander Winning 1 Sep 2021
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The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 - what does it mean for net zero?
Michael Tamvakis 17 Aug 2021
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Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite Covid lockdowns
Michael Taylor 18 Feb 2021
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