green energy

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA-developed solar-powered blinds could launch in 2024

    SA-developed solar-powered blinds could launch in 2024 29-year-old electrical maintenance technician Lisa von Benecke hopes to launch her solar-powered blinds in South Africa this year. Von Benecke recently told Rapport she got the idea for the blinds while frustrated with load-shedding and...
  3. Vorastra

    Electric vehicles release more toxic emissions, are worse for the environment than gas-powered cars: study

    https://nypost.com/2024/03/05/business/evs-release-more-toxic-emissions-are-worse-for-the-environment-study/
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Energy minister Mantashe missing from Ramaphosa's major green energy meeting

    Energy minister Mantashe missing from Ramaphosa's major green energy meeting South African energy minister Gwede Mantashe refused to attend a top-level meeting held by President Cyril Ramaphosa with European leaders for the signing of a green energy memorandum of understanding, the...
  5. Vorastra

    Seize property to build wind and solar farms, says JP Morgan chief

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/04/04/seize-property-build-wind-solar-farms-jp-morgan/ Archive link for those who can't read the article. https://archive.ph/QejnI
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    Rich countries have an obligation to pay for SA's green hydrogen development

    Rich countries have an obligation to pay for SA's green hydrogen development Rich nations have an obligation to fund South Africa’s development of green hydrogen as part of a global effort to decarbonise, according to the presidency’s infrastructure chief. The most industrialised nation on the...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Gordhan slams De Ruyter as green globetrotter

    Gordhan slams De Ruyter as green globetrotter The South African minister who oversees state power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. accused its former chief executive officer Andre de Ruyter of spending too much time promoting a transition to green energy and paying inadequate attention to fixing...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Plan for South Africa's $8.5-billion clean energy funding revealed

    Plan for South Africa's $8.5-billion clean energy funding revealed South Africa’s government will invest the bulk of an $8.5-billion (R152.18-billion) climate finance deal being offered by wealthy nations on bolstering its energy supply. An investment plan published Friday envisages 90% of the...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's $8.5-billion green funding from Western nations in jeopardy

    South Africa's $8.5-billion green funding from Western nations in jeopardy A landmark $8.5-billion (R151.5-billion) deal to help wean South Africa off its dependence on coal is hanging in the balance amid fraught negotiations with rich donor countries over how the funds should be spent. The...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Eskom and trade department duel for R127-billion green energy funding

    Eskom and trade department duel for R127-billion green energy funding One of the biggest announcements from last year’s COP26 climate talks was a pledge by some rich countries to provide $8.5 billion (R127 billion) to help South Africa transition away from coal. Now different interests within...
  11. Jan

    Eskom's coal power will cause "new apartheid" global isolation for South Africa - De Ruyter

    Eskom's De Ruyter — Coal power "new apartheid" danger for South Africa Eskom CEO André de Ruyter said that if South Africa clings to coal power generation, it will face the same kind of isolation and sanctions as during Apartheid, Netwerk24 reported. Speaking at the Hendrik van der Bijl...
  12. J

    The $11-billion plan to save Eskom using green energy

    The $11-billion plan to save Eskom using green energy A plan to establish the world’s largest green-energy financing initiative is being threshed out in South Africa, which needs to reduce its environmental footprint and find innovative ways to fund debt-stricken state power utility Eskom...
  13. Kevin Lancaster

    Falling green energy costs to stop fossil fuel growth

    Falling green energy costs to stop fossil fuel growth Falling costs of renewable energy technologies could lead to a halt in the growth of global demand for environmentally harmful fossil fuels, according to a new report.
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