Cape Town. The commercial solar industry in South Africa has received a great boost through this month’s announcement by South African public enterprises minister Malusi Gigaba that the African Development Bank had approved a loan of US$365 million to Eskom. It was made very clear in the announcement that Eskom had [...]
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While solar water heaters have captured the attention of South Africans, heat pumps for water heating are also emerging as a cost-effective way to deliver large volumes of hot water, particularly where the use of solar collector panels is impractical.
Emergent Energy CEO Frank Spencer says that the prospects [...]
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Mumbai, Nov 14: Soon, Indian students, who are studying in schools that lack electricity, will get new a low-cost power efficient tablet, called I-Slate.
I-Slate, which works on solar energy, is underway to hit India. Scientists at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University and Rice University are developing the I-Slate to boost [...]
Investing in greener energy sources shouldn’t be a priority for South Africa as money should instead be spent on fixing socioeconomic challenges, urged a panelist at a public debate this week.
Professor Kevin Bennet — director of the Energy Research Centre and a professor at the University of Cape [...]
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SA in bid to lure investors for world’s biggest solar power plant in Upington, writes Rowan Philp After the gloom of electricity blackouts and smog, the future of clean energy in South Africa suddenly seems bright enough to be seen from space one day.
This is the strange vision that will be presented to 200 [...]
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By BRENDAN PEACOCK
The age of cheap electricity in South Africa is at an end. It may pay to consider alternative and renewable energy sources – or to invest in methods of increasing energy efficiency.
Unfortunately, there are several factors working against an easy transition from the Eskom grid to your own little [...]
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