If you have fun plans for this weekend, you’ll have to have your fun in the dark. Eskom has just…
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Now here’s something you don’t see every day. Tesla’s Powerwall 3 is headed for SA’s shores nearly two years after…
The world is fast transitioning towards renewable energy systems. However, in many African countries, this transition is not solving historical inequalities…
Every day, millions of engines and factories burn fossil fuels, releasing carbon dioxide – a greenhouse gas that traps heat…
When we see “tested under laboratory conditions”, we often assume real-world conditions will lead to faster degradation of a product.…
UPDATE (31/01/2025): Only a few hours after Eskom issued this warning, it was confirmed that the energy company will bring back…
The pursuit of nuclear fusion as a clean, sustainable energy source represents one of the most challenging scientific and engineering goals of…
Bioenergy – the renewable energy derived from plant and animal waste products – is largely ignored in South Africa. Solar energy, wind power,…
Modern computers are a triumph of technology. A single computer chip contains billions of nanometre-scaled transistors that operate extremely reliably…
The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s petrochemical…