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Mercedes-Benz SA says pilot solar project a success; plans expansion

By: Irma Venter 29th June 2022 Mercedes-Benz South Africa (MBSA) has declared its pilot solar energy project a success. MBSA piloted the project in order to evaluate the solar yield for the East London manufacturing plant, in the Eastern Cape. →

Opinion: Existing regulatory framework provides good backbone for development of South Africa’s green hydrogen sector

29th June 2022 In this article, Bowmans South Africa’s head of public law and regulatory, Claire Tucker, looks at regulation and incentives for the hydrogen economy. She concludes that, while incentives for developing the sector have not yet been finalised, the existing regulatory framework for these industrial... →

South African food inflation rose sharply in May

By: Rebecca Campbell 29th June 2022 Food inflation in South Africa rose sharply in May, in both year-on-year (y-o-y) and month-on-month (m-o-m) terms, the Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy (BFAP) has reported in its latest Food Inflation Brief. In y-o-y terms, food and non-alcoholic beverage prices last month were up 7.6%. In... →

Pro-China agents posed as activists to protest US, Canada mines

By: Bloomberg 29th June 2022 Pro-Chinese agents posed as concerned local residents on social media to try and spark protests over the opening of rare earth mines in the US and Canada, cybersecurity researchers said in a new report. The fake Twitter and Facebook accounts were created to give China, the largest producer of... →

South Africa in a position to export energy – Anglo American Platinum

By: Martin Creamer 28th June 2022 South Africa is one of only four countries that has more renewable energy available to it than what it needs for itself, which places the country in a very strong position to be able to export energy, with hydrogen in the form of ammonia, hydrogen gas or liquid hydrogen among the best ways of... →

It’s ‘adapt or die’ for SA carmakers

28th June 2022 The future of the SA carmaking industry depends on how fast we can change our auto policy to embrace the change to New Energy Vehicles, writes Mikel Mabasa, CEO of naamsa | The Automotive Business Council. →

G7 agrees to study Russian energy price caps

By: Reuters 28th June 2022 G7 leaders have agreed to study placing global price caps on imports of Russian energy to curb Moscow's ability to fund its invasion of Ukraine and to contribute up to $5-billion to address global food insecurity, officials said on Tuesday. The war in Ukraine and its dramatic economic fallout,... →

Unlocking the opportunities for electric vehicle manufacturing in South Africa

28th June 2022 Electric vehicles are the future of transportation, with many countries already putting a time limit on the future of fossil fuel driven cars. In South Africa, this is both a challenge and an enormous opportunity. The import duties on these vehicles are prohibitively high, which means there isn’t... →

Renewables plans poised to slash Scope 2 emissions at Grootegeluk coal mine by up to 90%

By: Martin Creamer 27th June 2022 Going forward, combined renewables plans already in place are poised to slash Scope 2 emissions at Exxaro Resources’s Grootegeluk coal mine in Limpopo by up to 90%. The renewable strategy being executed by coal miner Exxaro’s wholly owned green energy arm – Cennergi – is the key driver of the... →

Queensland announces A$15m funding to fast-track Gladstone hydrogen hub

By: Darren Parker 27th June 2022 Queensland has announced a A$15-million commitment to support the development of a publicly owned, large-scale hydrogen export facility in Gladstone. Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles, who recently returned from Japan where he was promoting investment opportunities in Queensland’s renewable... →