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17 Oct 2012
 
 
SA: Statement by Greenpeace, non-governmental environmental organization, on Eskom’s new mega coal plants (17/10/2012)
STATEMENT
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...
 
 
06 Aug 2012
 
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...
 
 
05 Jul 2012
 
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...
 
 
11 Jun 2012
 
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...
 
 
03 Dec 2011
 
SA: Zuma: Address by the President of South Africa, at the world climate business summit on green business generation, Durban (03/12/2011)
Topics
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)...
 
 
01 Dec 2011
 
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...

 
 
14 Nov 2011
 
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...
 
 
19 Oct 2011
 
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...

 
 
28 Sep 2011
 
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.
 
 
15 Sep 2011
 
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...
 
 
11 Apr 2011
 
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...
 
 
06 Apr 2011
 
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...
 
 
05 Apr 2011
 
SA: Pandor: Address by the Minister of Science and Technology, at the South African Institute of Tribology international conference, Pretoria (05/04/2011)
Topics

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...

 
 
21 Jan 2011
 
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...
 
 
10 Dec 2010
 
 
 
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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