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SA: Statement by Greenpeace, non-governmental environmental organization, on Eskom’s new mega coal plants (17/10/2012)

According to Melita Steele, climate and energy campaigner for Greenpeace Africa: “Eskom uses just over a staggering 10 000 litres of water a second, the same amount a single person would use...

SA: Statement by Alan Winde, MEC for Economic Development and Tourism, on employment opportunities in the Western Cape (06/08/2012)

STATEMENT

Employment opportunities in the Western Cape’s Green Economy are projected to grow 500 per cent by 2020. The sector employed 3 000 people in 2010, is projected to employ 12 000 by 2015, 16 000 by...

40% growth in global renewable energy generation forecast

RENEWABLE ENERGY

The International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Thursday that global renewable power generation would increase by over 40% over the next five years, driven by growth in China. In its first-ever...

China’s environmental footprint in Africa

CONSULTANCY AFRICA INTELLIGENCE

Africa is a prime location for mining natural resources, usually destined for the European and American markets.(2) Since the turn of the 19th century, China and Africa have expanded both their...

SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the world climate business summit on green business generation, Durban (03/12/2011)

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We appreciate this opportunity to meet with the business sector during this 17th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP17)...

SA: Statement by Edna Molewa, Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, on the governments commitment to a transition towards a lower carbon economy (01/12/2011)

Statements

The South African government is committed to building the climate resilience of the country, its economy and its people and to managing the transition to a climate-resilient, equitable and...

World Bank’s African renewables funding rises to $3.6bn

RENEWABLE ENERGY

South Africa and the World Bank signed a $250-million loan agreement on Monday for the two utility-scale Eskom renewable-energy projects, which the bank said would accelerate the development of...

Busa: Statement by Business Unity South Africa, on the climate change white paper (19/10/2011)

Statements

BUSA welcomes the release of the White Paper as a trigger for the development of a comprehensive action plan to develop and implement nationally appropriate mitigation actions and mechanisms...

SA should implement clean energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Deputy Energy Minister Barbara Thomson has called on South Africa to urgently implement practices that reduced energy usage and carbon emissions, while creating much needed jobs.

African Ministers to compile list of priority energy projects

ENERGY

African Energy Ministers are meeting in Johannesburg this week to draw up a list of priority sustainable energy projects, which would be taken to a bankable phase to access funding after global...

DTI-led initiative to leverage global finance for renewable energy

RENEWABLE ENERGY

With the aim of supplementing the money available for the renewable energy feed-in tariff (Refit), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has been leading work on the South African Renewables...

Updated Ipap adds impetus to big local-content push

INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT

The South African government is pursuing legislative and regulatory processes that will seek to ensure that the R800-billion-plus infrastructure investment programme, as well as other public...

SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the South African Institute of Tribology international conference, Pretoria (05/04/2011)

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Date: 05/04/2011
Source: The Department of Science and Technology
Title: SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the South African Institute of...

Enlarged Bric bloc to prioritise energy security, says India

POWER & BRICS

Fast-growing India has developed an intensive focus on dealing with its energy security challenge, which has emerged as a constraint on the Asian giant’s industrial competitiveness, India’s...

Renewable energy technology lags supercritical technology, but Eskom has to keep the lights on

WERKSMANS ATTORNEYS

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa ("the NERSA") is a statutory entity established in terms of Section 3 of the National Energy Regulator Act 40 of 2004 whose functions include, but are...

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