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Africa Energy Indaba centres around powerless Africa

Delegates from around the globe are meeting at the Africa Energy Indaba to discuss the continent’s energy growth plans. More than 600 million Africans remain without electricity.​ Experts from the most powerful nuclear energy companies in the...
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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...
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Nigeria’s $80 billion answer to blackouts

Russia’s state-run nuclear group, Rosatom Corp, has signed a deal with Nigerian authorities to build power plants in the country. Up to four nuclear facilities costing $20 billion each would be designed and constructed by the Russian...
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Nuclear energy a reality for SA

The Portfolio Committee on Energy held a meeting earlier this week where it made the future of nuclear energy in South Africa  quite clear. Briefing his counterparts from  the Norwegian Standing Committee on Energy and Environmental Affairs,...
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Nuclear agreement given the green light

President Jacob Zuma has authorised Energy Minister, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, to sign an agreement securing the safe use of nuclear energy with France. “President Jacob Zuma has granted authority to the Minister of Energy, Tina Joemat-Pettersson, to...

Does the world need nuclear energy?

The energy crisis has even die-hard environmentalists reconsidering it. Stewart Brand and Mark Z Jacobson square off over the pros and cons – a discussion that will make you think and might even change your mind. Since the counterculture 60s,...