Most jobs are for the installation period only, and are therefore temporary
The improved load-shedding situation over the past month have been aided by solar photovoltaic energy and lower demand
Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa says Eskom is in the process of stabilising the national grid so that it will have the capacity to accept new renewable projects
SA is in a state of emergency regarding power supply and must act accordingly with quick and decisive interventions
Some argue that nuclear power will get us to our clean energy goals faster, but other experts say it is unsafe, unaffordable and unnecessary
Radebe and his department were briefing the portfolio committee on energy on the latest IRP, released at the end of August
But in SA, despite an initial good start, the government has eroded the sector that could provide cheap electricity and thousands of jobs
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The IEA shows green power can work, but the state is still using its outdated pro-nuclear plan.
The president-elect’s policies will rebound on the whole world but there is a way to hit back.
Smart storage means the future is here. Gone are the bulky batteries of old. In are clever grids that allow homes to create and store their own power
Amazing new innovations are taking place parallel to the billowing growth in an energy sector that is now providing 20% of all electricity.
This Earth Day, with the signing of the Paris Agreement, is truly a cause for hope, writes the United States ambassador to South Africa.
Renewable power is proving a success, with wind energy surpassing the 1GW milestone in SA. Costs are falling and it is quicker to construct and safer.
Difficulties in obtaining leases on communal land in the Eastern Cape are discouraging investors in renewable energy.
An energy storage plant in Ireland could solve the problem of storing large amounts of solar and wind-generated energy for later use.
The world’s developing economies installed 60% of new wind energy capacity in 2014.
Strong government backing for renewable energy has given a much-needed boost to wind farms.
Siemens’s SA unit has won the contract to supply 46 wind turbines to power utility Eskom’s 100 megawatt Sere wind farm, says the German company.
China making huge strides in using green energy but coal consumption continues to increase.
