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Solar Power

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/ 18 August 2011

The women bringing solar power to Sierra Leone

An Indian college is training 12 Sierra Leonean women to become solar engineers as part of a drive to bring electricity to rural communities.

By Staff Reporter
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/ 26 June 2011

How ‘flies’ offer relief to South Africans

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.

By Tabelo Timse &
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/ 15 June 2011

Google Instant Pages to speed web search

A new feature will predict which page a user will choose and begin fetching its data — even before they have clicked on the link.

By Jemima Kiss
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/ 14 June 2011

Google invests $280-million to drive solar energy

Google is investing $280-million to help private United States homeowners put solar panels on their rooftops, its largest investment in clean energy.

By Staff Reporter
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Africa
/ 6 April 2011

Solar power brings night-time soccer to Kenya slum

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.

By Aileen Kimutai
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/ 24 February 2011

Electric vehicles complete round-the-world tour

Electric vehicles from Australia, Germany and Switzerland completed a pioneering 27 000km "emissions free" round-the-world trip on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
Unplugged: Life off the grid
Article
/ 23 December 2010

Unplugged: Life off the grid

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.

By Tim Cohen
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/ 26 October 2010

SA unveils plans for ‘world’s biggest’ solar power plant

Giant mirrors and solar panels in Northern Cape would reduce carbon emissions and generate one-tenth of the country’s energy needs.

By Staff Reporter
Solar plan under fire
Article
/ 15 October 2010

Solar plan under fire

Installers of solar water heaters can’t afford to fund the installations upfront, argue stakeholders.

By Lloyd Gedye
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/ 6 November 2009

Saharan solar power a step closer

The Desertec Industrial Initiative aims to provide 15% of Europe’s electricity by 2050 or earlier using power lines stretching across the desert.

By Ashley Seager
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/ 15 September 2009

Necessity is the mother of solar invention

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

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 20 August 2009

Obama’s ‘Mama Sarah’ goes solar in Kenya

United States President Barack Obama’s step-grandmother Sarah proudly announced on Thursday that her modest Kenyan homestead was now solar-powered.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 6 August 2009

Power from the deserts

The Desertec project aims to build solar power plants in several locations in North Africa.

By Kate Connolly
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/ 3 February 2009

Struggling solar firms look to public projects

John Fitzpatrick is in a buoyant niche of construction. Building subsidised homes with solar panelled roofs, he is funded by the government.

By Gerard Wynn
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/ 1 October 2008

Solar-powered car race ‘promotes science, technology’

Africa’s first-ever solar-powered car race is under way in SA to raise awareness about alternative energy and promote science and technology.

By Staff Reporter
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