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Wind industry is a bright spot for job creation

Energy & Mining

Wind industry is a bright spot for job creation

16 Jul 2024

Emma Montocchio, Head of Impact Investments at Decusatio

ESG & Sustainability

Impact investing vs sustainable investing: What are the key differences?

Emma Montocchio 4 Jul 2024

Sawea hosted media on a tour of Aurora wind farm outside Cape Town.

Energy & Mining

Sawea uses Global Wind Day to urge country towards faster shift to low-carbon future

18 Jun 2024

280MW wind project secured for Rio Tinto and Sibanye-Stillwater

Energy & Mining

280MW wind project secured for Rio Tinto and Sibanye-Stillwater

11 Jun 2024

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

Construction & Engineering

EDF is building 1.2GW of renewables across SA

25 Apr 2024

HE Haitham Al Ghais, Secretary General of OPEC

Construction & Engineering

We face a transport and construction apocalypse if oil vanishes

Haitham Al Ghais 25 Mar 2024

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Energy & Mining

Eastern and Western Cape to gain 3,470MW grid capacity for wind power

Lindsey Schutters 29 Jan 2024

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

Energy & Mining

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

NJ Ayuk 3 Jan 2024

Energy & Mining

Engie expands South African footprint through strategic acquisition

28 Dec 2023

UAE leads early investment in African renewables

Energy & Mining

UAE leads early investment in African renewables

19 Dec 2023

Spun concrete electrification poles offer greater longevity and reduce vandalism

Construction & Engineering

Spun concrete electrification poles offer greater longevity and reduce vandalism

Issued by Rocla 18 Dec 2023

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Automotive

Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Laura Lander, Grazia Todeschini 8 Nov 2023

Source: World Bank

Energy & Mining

Djibouti inaugurates first wind farm, pioneering renewable energy ambitions

11 Sep 2023

#WomensMonth: Linda Mabhena-Olagunju on transformation in the renewable energy sector

Energy & Mining

#WomensMonth: Linda Mabhena-Olagunju on transformation in the renewable energy sector

Sindy Peters 1 Aug 2023

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

Energy & Mining

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

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

Energy & Mining

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

Hartmut Winkler 9 Jun 2023

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

Energy & Mining

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

Karen King 20 Apr 2023

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Energy & Mining

SA's power outages could reach critical levels this winter - likely scenarios

Hartmut Winkler 19 Apr 2023

Regulations, policies key in driving SA's alternative energy sector

Energy & Mining

Regulations, policies key in driving SA's alternative energy sector

29 Mar 2023

Why sustainable tech is - and should be - here to stay

ICT

Why sustainable tech is - and should be - here to stay

Issued by ASUS 23 Mar 2023

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Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

How greater investment in wind power can help tackle SA's energy crisis

Energy & Mining

How greater investment in wind power can help tackle SA's energy crisis

Janek Winand 8 Mar 2023

Optimising on-site efficiencies the path to success for African mining

Energy & Mining

Optimising on-site efficiencies the path to success for African mining

3 Feb 2023

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Construction & Engineering

Building on new risks: construction in the age of greening

Robert Ter Morshuizen 5 Dec 2022

#COP27: UAE, Egypt agree to build one of the world's biggest wind farms

Energy & Mining

#COP27: UAE, Egypt agree to build one of the world's biggest wind farms

Maha El Dahan and Alaa Swilam 8 Nov 2022

#LunchtimeMarketing: Real-world products through virtual representation

Marketing & Media

#LunchtimeMarketing: Real-world products through virtual representation

14 Oct 2022

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

ESG & Sustainability

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

How using renewable energy can help clean up the construction industry

Construction & Engineering

How using renewable energy can help clean up the construction industry

7 Sep 2022

80% of rich nations' $8.5bn pledge to SA's energy transition in the form of loans

Energy & Mining

80% of rich nations' $8.5bn pledge to SA's energy transition in the form of loans

Francesco Guarascio 2 Sep 2022

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

Energy & Mining

Kenyan electricity producer KenGen adds 86MW to grid from geothermal plant

27 Jul 2022

Could renewable energy projects offer the boost SA's construction industry needs?

Construction & Engineering

Could renewable energy projects offer the boost SA's construction industry needs?

15 Jun 2022

#BestofBiz 2021: Energy & Mining

Energy & Mining

#BestofBiz 2021: Energy & Mining

13 Dec 2021

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

Energy & Mining

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

MJ (Thinus) Booysen and Arnold Rix 3 Nov 2021

Global Wind Energy Council launches Africa WindPower

Energy & Mining

Global Wind Energy Council launches Africa WindPower

6 Oct 2021

Northern Cape-based wind farms provide support, funding to youth-owned agribusiness

Agriculture

Northern Cape-based wind farms provide support, funding to youth-owned agribusiness

13 Jul 2021

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Energy & Mining

Climate change and the mining sector financial sustainability: Risks, responsibilities, and opportunities

Riaan Koppeschaar 6 May 2021

Ntombifuthi Ntuli, CEO, Sawea

Energy & Mining

A case for net zero carbon economy

Ntombifuthi Ntuli 28 Apr 2021

International Zinc Association looks to re-galvanise local zinc industry

Construction & Engineering

International Zinc Association looks to re-galvanise local zinc industry

19 Apr 2021

Ethiopian protestors march down 42nd Street in New York during a “It’s my Dam” protest on March 11, 2021. Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP via Getty Images

Energy & Mining

Solar and wind power could break the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam deadlock

Sebastian Sterl 19 Apr 2021

For now, only those who can afford it will be able to escape the power cuts. Shutterstock/ Arnold Petersen

Energy & Mining

Why South Africa's electricity blackouts are set to continue for the next five years

31 Mar 2021

Energy & Mining

Offshore wind energy could help solve SA's energy woes

15 Mar 2021

13 enterprises in Loeriesfontein receive funding to drive transformation

Entrepreneurship

13 enterprises in Loeriesfontein receive funding to drive transformation

3 Mar 2021

Koeberg nuclear power station

Energy & Mining

What is it about nuclear energy that its opponents don't want you to know?

Des Muller 15 Feb 2021

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

ESG & Sustainability

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

Zhengyao Lu and Benjamin Smith 12 Feb 2021

Verreaux’s Black Eagle flying high. Author supplied/Megan Murgatroyd

Energy & Mining

Finding space for both wind farms and eagles in South Africa

Megan Murgatroyd & Arjun Amar 7 Jan 2021

Nxuba wind farm successfully reaches commercial operation

Energy & Mining

Nxuba wind farm successfully reaches commercial operation

29 Dec 2020

Huge 'battery warehouses' could be the energy stores of the future

Energy & Mining

Huge 'battery warehouses' could be the energy stores of the future

Andrew Cruden 28 Dec 2020

Kangnas Wind Farm

Energy & Mining

Kangnas Wind Farm starts commercial operation

17 Nov 2020

Seydou Kane, managing director for South Africa, Eaton

Energy & Mining

Out of the coal age and into the stor-age

Seydou Kane 11 Nov 2020