A small group of experts constantly monitors the workings of the system and stays abreast of new developments.
Acsa Solar Power-Driven Airports —
Winner: Energy Efficiency And Carbon Management Award
Improvements in solar panel technology mean new plants are changing the renewables landscape.
Improvements in solar panel technology means new plants are changing the renewables landscape and providing electricity at a much lower price.
Heliostats use mirrors to harness power, but storing it is tricky – and the solution is a salty one.
Solar Impulse 2 took off from Abu Dhabi en route to Muscat at the start of a five-month journey organised to focus attention on sustainable energy.
The DBSA supports the !Khi Solar One, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) Project as part of our goal to bring new technology into the solar sector.
Cheap lighting is giving pupils a better chance — and freeing up money for a better diet.
Renewables projects have provided new jobs with higher salaries and brought new economic activity into the Northern Cape.
The government has chosen 17 preferred clean bids and is studying further candidates to cut its coal reliance.
Solar geysers are unreliable and are not helping to curb SA’s energy problem. Why is the innovative technology not working the way it should?
The European Commission’s move may spark tit-for-tat retaliation from the world’s second largest economy.
In Riverlea, people have had their solar geysers for only two weeks but their shoddy workmanship has dashed many residents’ expectations.
A solar-powered plane that has wowed aviation fans in Europe is set to travel across the United States.
Sunfire Solutions has empowered people to show members of their community how using solar energy to cook can drastically cut their electricity costs.
Potholes were the least of the problems on day one of the solar car race around South Africa and there was no revving of engines at the starting line.
Nuclear power has potentially dangerous consequences whereas solar power can solve the power crisis quicker and safer.
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/ 27 January 2012
China making huge strides in using green energy but coal consumption continues to increase.
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/ 19 January 2012
Cosatu is planning protests over what it says is government’s failure to implement job commitments with the importing of solar panel components.
A mobile, solar-powered "internet school" designed for teachers and pupils in energy-scarce rural areas was launched in Boksburg this week.
The age of green power has finally arrived in South Africa and unlikely candidate Eskom is paving the way for the alternative energy industry.
Nasa’s upcoming mission to Jupiter can’t get much greener than this: a solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft called Juno.
Iran rises as a science power, Ghana rises as a scamming power and renewables get mixed results.
Private companies and banks itching to enter alternative energy market, writes Lionel Faull.
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/ 27 February 2010
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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/ 27 November 2009
South African households are embracing solar energy to meet their hot-water requirements.
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/ 20 November 2008
Researchers have sold over 1 000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal to prove that the ovens can improve health and cut fuel consumption.
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/ 28 September 2008
From household solar panels to thermal generators, sun power has enjoyed explosive growth around the world. Everywhere, that is, except in Africa.
China is the world’s leading producer of energy from renewable sources and is on the way to overtaking developed countries.
Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy back plan for solar panels in the North African desert, writes Alok Jha.
A tiny rectangle in the Sahara captures the seductive appeal of the audacious plan to cut Europe’s carbon emissions by harnessing the sun’s power.
Bulky solar panels may be a thing of the past. Spurred by advances in technology, panel makers are scrambling to come up with neater designs.