For centuries, useful metals have been developed by starting with one core element and adding small amounts of other elements.…
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South Africa is moving away from coal-fired electricity, which currently supplies 74% of the country’s power, to wind and solar energy. But…
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) make up 98% of all businesses in South Africa. There are between 2.4 million and 3.5 million in the…
South Africa would seem like the perfect place for widespread uptake of solar energy. The country is sunny, with high…
Globally, nearly 7,000 coal mines, more than 2,400 coal-fired power plants and hundreds of coal rail networks, trucks and port…
The strategic significance of the reference to energy reform in South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address cannot be overstated. Many…
South Africa’s electricity system is changing. After years of blackouts until 2024, the state-owned energy company Eskom is being unbundled into smaller…
South Africa has committed to phasing out human-caused carbon pollution by 2050. To get there, it needs to push as…
Threats against households to register their solar installations by Eskom and some municipalities are “impractical, irrational and unfair”, says the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA).…
A South African solar manufacturer, ARTsolar, is taking the government and several renewable energy developers to court. The case focuses on local…