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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.