Renewable Energy | Infrastructure news - Part 21

Renewable Energy

A green foundation for green energy

Loeriesfontein Wind Farm has announced that its wind turbine foundations are utilising one of the world’s lowest quantities of Portland cement in the concrete formulation. The foundations are designed using an 89% replacement of cement, resulting...
nuclear-energy

R200 million set aside nuclear

At least R200 million has been set aside for the preparatory work of including nuclear energy in the country’s energy mix, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said. Speaking to reporters ahead of his tabling of the 2015 Medium Term Policy Budget Policy...