by Jackie | Dec 5, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Pollution |
News for those who’ve been following the story of the plans for nuclear power in South Africa. This morning the Department of Energy (DoE) released its new assumptions and scenarios regarding energy planning for the future in updated versions of the Integrated Energy...
by Jackie | Sep 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
South Africa, as with the rest of the world, will one day receive almost all of its energy from renewable sources. All we need to decide is whether we assume the position available to us as leaders, or whether we dig in our heels and join the trend only when it calls...
by Jackie | Sep 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
Perhaps a buzz word a few years ago, it is now commonplace and is often the deal breaker for many modern travellers: “Eco-friendly”. When travelling to Botswana, a country known for some of the best wilderness and wildlife on the continent, many international and...
by Jackie | Sep 21, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
As recently as 2012, South Africa had very little wind energy capacity—10 MW to be precise—and it had taken ten years to get to that point. Now, in 2016, it is right around 2 GW. That’s something like a 1900% increase in four years by my (admittedly math-addled)...
by Jackie | Sep 14, 2016 | Climate Change, Energy, Green Building |
The Danish Government wants to commit funding on the National Budget to strengthen exports of green Danish technologies. The agreement on climate change in Paris paved the way for a global green transition through commitment of USD 13,500 billion towards 2030 in order...
