Mozambique offered a portfolio of small renewable energy projects to foreign investors this week which it hopes will attract $500 million in investment and give everyone in the southern African country electricity by 2030. Reuters reported on...
Sep 1, 2017
The Southern African Energy Efficiency Confederation (SAEEC) is hosting the 12th Southern African Energy Efficiency Confederation Conference (2017 SAEEC), serving the energy management, environmental, facilities building upgrades, energy...
Government plans to move ahead with its nuclear build programme. Energy minister Mmamoloko Kubayi said it was through the programme that South Africa will maintain energy security. In a statement on Wednesday, Kubayi said government was committed...
There has been highly publicised, widespread concern about how South Africa’s downgraded status by international agencies will affect the local construction sector. Fears of non-payment, rising credit costs and a number of projects being put on...
South Africa reaffirmed its commitment and contribution towards global climate change goals at the recent Clean Energy Ministerial Conference in China. The conference provided a global platform to discuss energy objectives and share international...
New disruptive technologies are changing the ways energy generation and distribution is being understood and funded in Africa, says Rentia van Tonder, head of power at Standard Bank. She said these changes have profound implications far beyond the...
Energy constraints have been a major setback for the South African economy, and energy experts maintain that diversifying the energy mix will contribute to greater energy stability. Many African countries, including South Africa, are currently...
Innovation and localised solutions will help fast track Africa’s much needed developments, KPMG experts say. With the opening of African Utility Week in Cape Town on Wednesday, KPMG experts shared their views on what they believe are the greatest...
Government will not appeal the Western Cape High Court’s decision on proceeding with nuclear energy in South Africa. “I have decided that I will not be appealing the decision of the Western Cape High Court on this matter,” energy minister Mmamoloko...
