Energy Archives

Loadshedding over? Eskom CEO Brian Molefe has a plan – and it is working

15th November 201513th November 2015

There has been a massive improvement in the supply of electricity since former Transnet CEO Brian Molefe moved into the hot seat at state-owned Eskom.

This is the future: Super-battery storage breakthrough – end nuclear power?

13th April 201630th October 2015

Their discovery of how to pack five times as much energy into a battery is consistent with continuous improvements that flow when Moore’s Law gets a hold.

Not under construction: Thyspunt nuclear site a burglar, poacher paradise

20th October 201519th October 2015

The proposed Thyspunt nuclear site in St Francis Bay has instead become a haven for burglars and poachers, Bev Mortimer reports.

UK in nuclear power hole over Hinckley – warning for SA: don’t jump in

19th October 201519th October 2015

What is this obsession politicians have for expensive, outdated nuclear power projects? Not just South Africans. David Cameron’s Conservative Party is also determined to go ahead with a “very, very, very expensive” nuclear plant called Hinckley Point in Somerset.

Waste not, want not: How cow manure is powering your next BMW

16th October 201516th October 2015

As part of a drive to supply all its production with renewable energy, BMW will power its South African plant on cow manure.

SA’s successful renewables policy a blueprint for Africa – and the world

7th October 20157th October 2015

Africa should learn from South Africa’s renewable energy drive, which has led to a sharp drop in green power prices, industry players said on Tuesday.

German Energy Minister Baake tells SA: Build your renewables – dump nuclear

6th October 20156th October 2015

Green energy is cheap in the long run and clean compared to ‘dirty’ coal and costly nuclear power, says Rainer Baake, Germany’s Energy Minister.

Third time lucky? SAFCEI seeks nuclear answers, Govt tight-lipped

22nd September 2015

SAFCEI will protest outside Parliament tomorrow in a bid to get some answers, one year after the Department of Energy signed the nuclear deal.

Includes Pictures: Bev Mortimer enters Thyspunt cauldron – nature vs nuclear

20th October 201522nd September 2015

Bev Mortimer goes on an exclusive trip through the Thyspunt Nature Reserve, an area that has been ‘earmarked’ for a nuclear power station.