South Africa must balance the need to cut emissions with increasing electricity access and developing its natural resources, according to the nation’s energy minister. “We can’t be only about... 

Global engineering, procurement and operation company USP&E is providing various battery energy storage systems (BESSs) for South Africa to address rolling blackouts amid local energy constraints... 

Windaba to showcase wind energy’s contribution to delivering a sustainable energy supply to South Africa An unprecedented energy crisis requires expedited and unprecedented action. That’s the... 

By Chris Kruger, MD at Nashua Kopano Plans from Electricity Minister, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, to get the private sector involved in funding new power generation capacity could be exactly what South... 

Electrical equipment and services supplier Actom will take over a low-voltage product manufacturing facility in Kenya from existing technology partner Schneider Electric as part of Actom’s... 

SARENS, a family-owned business founded in 1955 and headquartered in Belgium, has undergone a significant transformation in recent years that has allowed it to decentralise its way of working,... 

Global energy demand rose 1% last year and record renewables growth did nothing to shift the dominance of fossil fuels, which still accounted for 82% of supply, the industry's Statistical Review of... 

Natural gas can provide Africa with a means of dramatically increasing the amount of energy available on the continent with significantly lower levels of greenhouse-gas emissions and pollution than... 

Clean Authority of Tokyo plans to rebuild the Kita plant. The new plant will include two stoker incinerators. 

Gold and copper mining and exploration company Harmony Gold is on track to meet its production and cost guidance for the financial year ending June 30, as well as surpassing its guidance on... 

In Africa more than 600 million people lack access to electricity. At the current pace of electrification millions of Africans are still expected to be without electricity in 2030 unless the pace... 

In this article, Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) head of policy Lebogang Mulaisi writes that the Presidential Climate Commission's electricity recommendation signals a potential... 

With noteworthy gas projects underway in Africa, the International Gas Round table hosted by the African Energy Chamber and Gazprom, serves as a perfect platform to propel industry forward. The... 

Rare earths developer Arafura Rare Earths has received a letter of interest from Canadian credit export agency Export Development Canada (EDC) for the provision of a potential $300-million in... 

Ghana is gunning for nuclear energy to account for 30% of its energy mix by 2070, with renewable energy set to account for about 20%. “We see three key energy sources play a leading role in the... 

Ghana’s Bui Power Authority (BPA), with the collaboration of the grid operator, is planning on constructing a new 50 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) farm, in Dagbon, in the north of the country. This is... 

The recent launch of Machine Tools Africa was attended by industry leaders interested in the latest show updates and new features that will be incorporated in the in 2024 trade exhibition. An event... 

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce on Monday reported that its new small gas turbine, intended to form part of a turbogenerator system that will be used to power... 

“Bad ideas matter. They have their own coherence and own power”. These words are attributable to Timothy Snyder, a US historian who specialises in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the... 

By Shamilah Grimwood-Norley, Head of Banking and Finance, Bowmans The diversification of Africa’s power generation mix including renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuel power generation... 

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has imposed an 18% restriction on the Greater Bloemfontein Water Supply System following confirmation by a yearly operating analysis that restrictions... 

Metropolitan water utility Joburg Water has announced plans to expand the capacity of the Driefontein Wastewater Treatment plant, in Krugersdorp, from 55 Megalitres to 80 Megalitres, as well as to... 

Vietnam's state coal miner Vinacomin will boost production by 15% this year to supply the power sector, state media reported on Wednesday, as the country battles electricity shortages amid high... 

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business hosted a Sub-Saharan Africa Aeroderivative Users Conference in Tanzania with the theme, “Building capacity and supporting energy security with Aeroderivative gas... 

Special economic zone (SEZ) Freeport Saldanha and development agency the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Cooperation or GIZ) recently hosted... 

The Northern Territory government has issued ‘not to deal’ commitments to five proponents over specific parcels of land at the Middle Arm Sustainable Development Precinct, as part of the... 

Northern Natural Gas Company is proposing the construction of certain interstate natural gas facilities in Freeborn, in Washington; the Scott, Sherburne and Stearns counties, in Minnesota; and... 

A lithium mine in the Jujuy province of northern Argentina. 

For several years, certain forward-looking commentators argued that by making only a minor amendment to Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act South Africa could unleash much-needed... 

By Viren Sookhun, Managing Director at Oxyon People Solutions The Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in Saldanha Bay, Richards Bay, and East London have massive potential to be turned into energy... 

By Jan Fourie, Executive Vice President for Scatec in Sub-Saharan Africa South Africa's energy market is currently witnessing a remarkable transformation as it shifts towards renewable energy to... 

nvestors look set to pile into the copper market on an unprecedented scale in the next few years as usage surges in electric vehicles and renewable energy, according to Citigroup Inc. The key... 

The Western Australian government has awarded ASX-listed Strike Energy’s gas acceleration strategy Lead Agency Service. The company earlier this year unveiled the strategy to bring up to four gas... 

The world’s biggest climate-finance alliance has launched a public consultation on its guidance for financial institutions and others working to accelerate the managed phaseout of coal power in... 

Martin Creamer unpacks changes at Anglo, the JSE’s new goal, Sibanye’s wind project 

The plant will support the energy transition in Greece and entails the construction of a 840 MW natural gas-fired power plant. 

The project aims to decarbonise fossil fuel-based power generation by developing a wind energy and battery storage facility 

Traders are seeking buyers for piles of unused coal before it becomes worthless after the fuel was hoarded to save Europe’s economy from running out of power last year. As concern over energy... 

Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe is convinced that mining companies can supplement State-owned Eskom’s supply of electricity, and that this would be critical for narrowing the... 

By Mark Freeman. Offer Manager Digital Buildings, Anglophone Africa and Nishandra Baijnath, Systems Architect, Power Systems, Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric As the country struggles to... 

The construction phase of the new Gugulethu Colliery is in full swing. “We’ve started working on the box cut with the anticipation that first coal will be extracted sometime around July/August this... 

Owing to the increasing amount of mining activity expected in Botswana – particularly amid increasing demand for minerals such as coal and battery metals – specialist mining services provider...