An Indian college is training 12 Sierra Leonean women to become solar engineers as part of a drive to bring electricity to rural communities.
For years the only hot water in Zoleka Mali’s home in Zwide outside Port Elizabeth came out of a pot on her paraffin stove.
A new feature will predict which page a user will choose and begin fetching its data — even before they have clicked on the link.
Google is investing $280-million to help private United States homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops, its largest investment in clean energy.
It is 8pm and amateur teams of youngsters drawn from one of Nairobi’s toughest slums are locked in a five-a-side soccer match.
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/ 24 February 2011
Electric vehicles from Australia, Germany and Switzerland completed a pioneering 27 000km "emissions free" round-the-world trip on Thursday.
It wasn’t easy but someone had to do it. <b>Tim Cohen</b> and his wife went to the Karoo and unplugged from Eskom. But they took their food processor.
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/ 26 October 2010
Giant mirrors and solar panels in Northern Cape would reduce carbon emissions and generate one-tenth of the country’s energy needs.
Installers of solar water heaters can’t afford to fund the installations upfront, argue stakeholders.
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/ 6 November 2009
The Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to provide 15% of Europe’s electricity by 2050 or earlier using power lines stretching across the desert.
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/ 15 September 2009
Teljoy’s Green Credit scheme enables customers to reduce their electricity bills by more than 30% while the instalments are almost equal to the saving
United States President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah proudly announced on Thursday that her modest Kenyan homestead was now solar-powered.
The Desertec project aims to build solar power plants in several locations in North Africa.
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/ 3 February 2009
John Fitzpatrick is in a buoyant niche of construction. Building subsidised homes with solar panelled roofs, he is funded by the government.
Africa’s first-ever solar-powered car race is under way in SA to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology.