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A scene from the floods that killed more than 450 people in KwaZulu-Natal in April 2022 shows the damage. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Study: Linking climate change to health doubles support for public action

New research shows that health-based climate messaging significantly increases public support for government action, especially in South Africa where concern over children and…

Powered up: Chisamba solar plant supplies 100MW to the national grid. Photo: Supplied by Zesco

Zambia rethinks its energy future

The government plans to add 1 000MW of solar power to the national grid by 2027, with projects spread across the country

Bright future: Wind energy projects in Mpumalanga have the advantage of using existing infrastructure from coal plants. Photo: GKR Falcon / Flickr

Mpumalanga is going with the wind

Wind farms are picking up speed in the province at the heart of South Africa’s energy transition

Wind of change: Turbines next to an informal settlement in Gouda, Western Cape. Photo: Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images

New report sings the praises of renewable energy

Green energy is not without its negative impacts but it is still better than that generated by fossil fuels

Turbines on the Roggeveld Wind Farm.

Give me power

Red Rocket on a mission to answer businesses’ call for more energy

The Tsitsikamma Community Wind Farm on the Garden Route.

Wind energy playing crucial role in Africa’s energy supply

A new report by the Global Wind Energy Council’s Africa Wind Power initiative examines the status of wind energy in Africa

Former Eskom chief executive Andre de Ruyter. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg)

Eskom’s De Ruyter calls for phasing out of coal in favour of renewables

The government should support independent power producers to come online faster

Deliberate and unintentional poisoning with pesticides and animal drugs, collision with power lines and habitat change are driving down the numbers of several species of vultures. (Photo by Patrice Correia / Biosphoto / Biosphoto via AFP)

Creecy’s plan to save South Africa’s imperilled vulture population

Deliberate and unintentional poisoning with pesticides and animal drugs, collision with power lines and habitat change are driving down the numbers of several species

Pay your electricity bill or have your power switched off. File photo

Practical steps to stop load-shedding and secure electricity security

SA is in a state of emergency regarding power supply and must act accordingly with quick and decisive interventions

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe. (Photo by Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Mantashe unveils 25 renewable energy bidders

The bidders will add 2 583 megawatts to the grid within 36 months

Petrochemical giant Sasol and Anglo American are among the companies gearing up to restructure their businesses for hydrogen and fuel cell technology development.(Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

SA hydrogen energy development poised to unlock investment

The Minerals Council which represents about 90% of the industry, said the country’s hydrogen opportunities were a game changer

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Review: ‘Planet of the Humans’ is a mess. You should watch it

The new documentary on the future of our planet, executive produced by Michael Moore, fails on a number of fronts. But believers in green growth could still learn from it.

Leap of faith: Making the change to a low-carbon economy is inevitable, but it requires an intentional stand from the government. (Photo: Courtesy of Old Mutual Investment Group)

A monumental challenge

South Africa can transition from coal to renewable energy – if it lays careful plans

Rhino Oil & Gas Exploration South Africa, a subsidiary of
Rhino Resources, which operates out of the British Virgin Islands and has a head office in Texas, is looking to explore 6?060 farms in three provinces for gas. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP)

Gas prospectors to explore three provinces

In the new Integrated Resource Plan, wind and solar will provide 25 000MW of capacity by 2030

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Why South Africa’s power utility should boost its output of in-house renewables

South Africa’s power utility would do well to consider swapping out expensive new coal-powered capability for renewables

Rampaging Lions: Lionel Mapoe leads the charge as the Golden Lions turned on the style to trample the Cheetahs at Ellis Park last weekend. Photo: Gallo Images

Big boost in jobs in renewable energy sector worldwide with 10-million now employed

But in SA, despite an initial good start, the government has eroded the sector that could provide cheap electricity and thousands of jobs

Winds of change: Windmills now come in all sorts of new forms and shapes to be more efficient.

Spin-offs from old wind farms are driving a revolution

Amazing new innovations are taking place parallel to the billowing growth in an energy sector that is now providing 20% of all electricity.

The green economy can pave a way to a thriving South African society by unlocking economic value, fighting climate change and improving human wellbeing. It is a win-win-win.

Green bonds take root in China

The growth of ethical investors feeds into the vast expansion of the country’s renewable energy.

A scene from the movie ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ depicts an old-fashioned polygraph test.

Wind of change on the cards

Denmark’s surplus production of wind generated energy shows that a world powered 100% by renewable energy is no fantasy, say energy trade specialists.

Since the presidential climate commission was established just over a year ago, President Cyril Ramaphosa said, “it has done much work to support a just transition to a sustainable, inclusive, resilient and low-carbon economy”.

Renewable energy investors struggle in former homelands

Difficulties in obtaining leases on communal land in the Eastern Cape are discouraging investors in renewable energy.