Tag Archives: South Africa
Eskom want to be solar giants, or do they?
Eskom released a press statement on Monday (see news story here) saying that they want to be solar giants. Among other things, they talk about a 100MW wind plant to be completed by 2012 and a 100MW solar thermal facility … Continue reading
Greenpop – greening Cape Town one tree at a time
I bumped into Rowan Pybus yesterday at the Sauvignon.com launch. Rowan is a young Capetonian filmmaker – his production company is called Makhulu Productions, and you can check out some of his work on their blog site – makhulu.blogspot.com. He … Continue reading
Coal vs Renewables in South Africa
I haven’t posted much on this blog post recently, my excuse being that Solar Science has been busy with a lot of installations – August was a good month for us! So today I’m going to try to catch up … Continue reading
What Cape Town could look like if we don’t start saving electricity
Hey all, just a short post – the City of Cape Town’s energy saving department has put together this little video clip to remind us of the importance of saving electricity – check it out, it’s pretty cool. For tips … Continue reading
Greenpeace releases new report on SA’s energy future
Greenpeace have just published a new report in which they look at three different scenarios for South Africa’s future, depending on whether we choose to continue investing in low-cost carbon emitting energy production, or whether we invest ambitiously in green … Continue reading
South African government backs Carbon tax
Deputy president Kgalema Motlanthe on Tuesday defended a carbon tax that seeks to “green” the South African economy. “The introduction of carbon tax requires the availability of corresponding fuel quality to reduce greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere,” Motlanthe said … Continue reading
Solar Science visit Kuyasa solar water heating project
Yesterday Simon and I visited the Kuyasa CDM Project in Khayelitsha. The project has installed just over 2300 solar water heaters on to low cost houses in Khayelitsha, employing local community members to do the installation work. The project also … Continue reading
Solar Science are at Adelphi Mall, Sea Point today…
Solar Science are at the Adelphi Mall in Sea Point today – it’s the mall on the main road where the Pick n Pay is. We’ve got a small table with a Sunscan evacuated tube display unit and we’re doing … Continue reading
Western Cape waiting to bring wind turbines online
At a press conference recently (20 July 2010), Western Cape Minister of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning Anton Bredell spoke about the need for national government to remove the remaining obstacles so that renewable energy producers could come online. He … Continue reading
SA Energy Minister on our energy future
Speaking at the first ever ‘Clean Energy Ministerial’ in Washington this week, SA Minister of Energy Dipuo Peters announced that South Africa would in August release a comprehensive wind atlas, as well as a geological carbon dioxide storage atlas. The … Continue reading
