Cookers provide alternative for poor
The SunFire parabolic cooker harnesses the sun's abundant power, allowing one to cook using sunlight as the energy source.
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Nuclear power will worsen the wealth gap
Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
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Black cloud over China's green growth
China making huge strides in using green energy but coal consumption continues to increase.
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Cosatu calls for protests over solar sector jobs failure
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government's failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
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Solar-powered internet school on the move in SA
A mobile, solar-powered "internet school" designed for teachers and pupils in energy-scarce rural areas was launched in Boksburg this week.
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Eskom flicks green power switch
The age of green power has finally arrived in South Africa and unlikely candidate Eskom is paving the way for the alternative energy industry.
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Nasa goes green with solar-powered Jupiter probe
Nasa's upcoming mission to Jupiter can't get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft called Juno.
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Take Five: Of Iranian scientists and Ghanaian email scammers
Iran rises as a science power, Ghana rises as a scamming power and renewables get mixed results.
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Green revolution starts to take root
Private companies and banks itching to enter alternative energy market, writes Lionel Faull.
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Google develops prototype mirror for solar energy
Google has developed a prototype for a new mirror technology that could cut by half the cost of building a solar thermal plant.
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