As the world searches desperately for ways to boost food production by at least 70% by 2050 to feed an increasingly hungry planet, many are looking to Africa as the place where a large part of this potential can be realised, mainly for its huge...
Africa is set to experience an energy boom with the recent announcement by the South African government of the lifting of the moratorium on shale gas exploration and the recent discovery of oil in Namibia, Ghana and others. Nowhere is this more...
All environmentally conscious people are pleased when they see an increasing shift in consumers to make a much greener choice when buying. Due to this wave, pressure is being placed on corporates to follow suit and become more environmentally...
3W Power/AEG Power Solutions, based in the Netherlands, has inaugurated is new solar inverter manufacturing facility in the country. The plant will manufacture AEG’s new Protect PV630 photovoltaic inverters. Situated in Milnerton, the facility,...
David Hodgkinson, a lawyer, leads an international project team which is drafting a treaty to address the problem of climate change displacement. He is the co-author of Global Climate Change: Australian Law and Policy. His anaylsis, seen below, was...
The developers of wind farms and solar energy installations will have to hold on to their hats for a short while longer. National Treasury has extended the deadline for financial close on the first round of the independent power producer...
Click on the below link for the weekly state of reservoirs report as on 24th September 2012. https://infrastructurenews.co.za/3s-composition/uploads/2012/09/weekly.pdf
Some 1 500 people living in Tahtay Adiyabo, in the north of Ethiopia, now have access to clean drinking water thanks to four wells built in the district, located along the border with Eritrea, by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)...
A study of almost 200 major international water-related projects over the past 20 years has identified a suite of existing and emerging challenges and how science can offer remedies. The Global Environment Facility (GEF), the largest public funder...
