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High voltage battery energy storage systems will become a regular feature in property development. Source: Revov

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Microgrids dominate battery trends in 2025

7 Jan 2025

Source: Anoop Hariparsad, digital energy business unit leader for Anglophone Africa at Schneider Electric.

Property

Microgrids in buildings are crucial to pioneering the future of energy management

Anoop Hariparsad 23 Dec 2024

5 top tech innovations of 2024: A recap of groundbreaking technologies introduced this year

Technology

5 top tech innovations of 2024: A recap of groundbreaking technologies introduced this year

Kgang Moloke, Issued by BET Software 23 Dec 2024

Solar panels provide electricity for the infrastructure and shade for the animals at Aquinion abalone farm.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Solar industry powers forward to 2025

18 Dec 2024

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Q&A with Neosun Energy’s founder and CEO Ilya Likhov

Issued by Neosun Energy 13 Aug 2024

Thabang Byl, Buildings Segment Lead at Schneider Electric

Smart Buildings & Cities

Hospitality industry in quest for reliable energy amidst green transition

15 Jan 2024

Power quality and supply considerations crucial for hospitality industry's sustainable shift

Hospitality

Power quality and supply considerations crucial for hospitality industry's sustainable shift

Thabang Byl 17 Jan 2024

Supplied image: Nicolway NSE solar system

Food, Water & Energy Security

Importance of solar literacy as renewable energy adoption increases

Ryno Bosman 1 Dec 2023

GIBs can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, lower energy costs, and increase grid reliability and resilience. Source: Sueda Dilli/Pexels

Smart Buildings & Cities

Grid interactive buildings could get us to net zero

Thabang Byl 25 Aug 2023

How grid-interactive buildings can become prosumers

Smart Buildings & Cities

How grid-interactive buildings can become prosumers

Thabang Byl 19 Jul 2023

TNPA calls for proposals for 20MW renewable energy plant at Port of Richards Bay

Shipping

TNPA calls for proposals for 20MW renewable energy plant at Port of Richards Bay

24 May 2023

Huawei aims to use its '4T' technologies to enable an energy landscape transition

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Huawei aims to use its '4T' technologies to enable an energy landscape transition

Issued by Huawei Technologies 10 May 2023

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Sustainable Development

Can we build net-zero data centres in Africa?

Craig Blankers 14 Jul 2022

From novelty to normality: How smart will tomorrow's homes be?

Proptech

From novelty to normality: How smart will tomorrow's homes be?

Dr Andrew Dickson 27 Jun 2022

Times of turmoil inspire us to seek hope and plan for action

Energy

Times of turmoil inspire us to seek hope and plan for action

Godfrey Marema 10 Jun 2022

Source: Supplied

ESG

PepsiCo invests in green energy procurement in Gauteng

30 Mar 2022

#BizTrends2022: The Anglophone Africa buildings industry - a continued evolution

Trends

#BizTrends2022: The Anglophone Africa buildings industry - a continued evolution

Devan Pillay 14 Jan 2022

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Energy

Legacy energy infrastructure: The hidden threat to our climate

Vladimir Milovanovic 9 Dec 2021

Zimbabwe bolsters emissions targets ahead of climate summit

Climate Change

Zimbabwe bolsters emissions targets ahead of climate summit

Helen Reid 28 Sep 2021

New innovations like the Smart Grid Programme are evolving the energy industry in SA

Energy

New innovations like the Smart Grid Programme are evolving the energy industry in SA

Issued by Enterprises University of Pretoria 20 Sep 2021

Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
Source: USAID_images/Flickr

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Banning fossil fuels in sub-Saharan Africa could slow the transition to renewable energy

Samuel Ayokunle Olówósejéjé 16 Jul 2021

Africa will leapfrog other regions in electric vehicle adoption

Fuel & Energy

Africa will leapfrog other regions in electric vehicle adoption

Amel Chadli 6 Jul 2021

Seydou Kane, managing director for South Africa, Eaton

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Out of the coal age and into the stor-age

Seydou Kane 11 Nov 2020

Dr Godfrey Gandawa, special scientific advisor, Mixcorp

Mining

Powering mining with renewable energy

23 Jul 2020

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

NGO, NPO & Social Enterprise

How socially-led innovation can bring positive change in unchartered times

Muhammad Nabil 11 Jun 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Africa's renewable revolution

29 Jan 2020

Smart cities embrace 4IR

Smart Buildings & Cities

Smart cities embrace 4IR

19 Nov 2019

Democratising energy is necessary for Africans to move into the digital age

Energy

Democratising energy is necessary for Africans to move into the digital age

5 Sep 2019

Aerial view of Kariba dam. Dmitriy Kandinskiy/Shutterstock

Energy

Quick-fix solutions to Zimbabwe's huge electricity crisis

Moina Spooner 2 Jul 2019

Can South Africa keep the lights on? flickr/ Paul Saad

Energy

Is South Africa on the cusp of a major shift in energy policy?

Hartmut Winkler 5 Mar 2019

Webb Meko, Black & Veatch sub-Saharan Africa business development director,

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewables will help power the future

14 Jan 2019

Wind turbines used to generate electricity on a wind farm in South Africa. Shutterstock

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why South Africa can't make a massive shift to renewables - yet

Hartmut Winkler 25 Oct 2018

Rooftop solar installation at Black River Park in Cape Town

Sustainable Development

The rise of customer centri(cities) in South Africa

Songo Didiza 28 Sep 2018

Photo: Shutterstock

Energy

South Africa's new energy plan is imminent. What to look out for

Hartmut Winkler 20 Aug 2018

#BizTrends2018: Smart disruption - the grid of 2018

Trends

#BizTrends2018: Smart disruption - the grid of 2018

Vinny Perumal 8 Jan 2018

Photo: Eltoma Corporate Services

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why 100% renewable energy by 2025 may be possible for Cape Verde

Erik Nordman 6 Nov 2017

Getting the energy balance right

Energy

Getting the energy balance right

30 Jun 2017

Technology transforming energy landscape in Africa

Energy

Technology transforming energy landscape in Africa

10 May 2017

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Energy

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

Microgrids can bring power to Africa

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Microgrids can bring power to Africa

15 Dec 2016

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Three keystones in reaching Africa's energy goals

Fola Esan 6 Dec 2016

Momentum for solar-diesel hybrid microgrids in the Zambian mining industry

Mining

Momentum for solar-diesel hybrid microgrids in the Zambian mining industry

20 Jun 2016

Fulfilling the promise of blockchain

Technology

Fulfilling the promise of blockchain

Lee Naik 20 Jun 2016

Major step towards greater access to energy sources

Energy

Major step towards greater access to energy sources

5 Nov 2015