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Four SA cities earmarked for big Africa green city review
13-Jul-2010

German technology giant Siemens has commissioned the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) to compile an ‘African Green City Index' by the beginning of 2011, ranking the greenest cities in 12 African countries, including four South African cities.

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Revised energy-efficiency strategy to go before Cabinet by year-end
5-Jul-2010

  Engineering News

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has initiated a "comprehensive" review of South Africa's National Energy Efficiency Strategy, which sets a target for energy-efficiency improvement of 12% by 2015.

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Energy efficiency regulations for new buildings published
15-Jun-2010

  Engineering News

Trade and Industy Minister Rob Davies has published amendments to energy efficiency regulations, which would make it compulsory for all new buildings to be designed to a standard that minimised the energy use.

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Solar TV follows World Cup fever into rural South Africa
7-Jun-2010

  Engineering News

Solar power technology company SolarWorld Africa together with sustainable development group MamaEarth is in the process of rolling-out the Sun-TV Station project that constitutes the installation of solar-operated television units in rural regions and at

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Rich-poor rifts stall progress at UN climate talks
2-Jun-2010

  Engineering News

UN climate talks opened on Monday, exposing familiar rifts between rich and poor countries which delegates said were likely to delay a re-start of formal negotiations.

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Eastern Cape wind turbine connected to grid
24-May-2010

  Engineering News

The first turbine of the Coega wind farm project in the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality (NMBM) in the Eastern Cape has been erected and was being connected to the grid on Friday.

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Eskom at ‘severe' regulatory risk from climate change – study
17-May-2010

  Engineering News

South Africa's State-owned power utility Eskom, which produces about one-half of the country's greenhouse gas emissions, is at "severe regulatory risk", nationally and internationally, from climate change, a newly released study asserts.

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Eastern Cape wind farm to supply power to World Cup stadium
12-May-2010

  Engineering News

The 25-turbine Coega wind farm project in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM) in the Eastern Cape, was officially launched by Energy Minister Dipuo Peters on Tuesday. Emil Unger, the South African representative of Belgium-based Electrawinds explai

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Academics urge radical new approach to climate change
11-May-2010

  BBC News

A major change of approach is needed if society is to restrain climate change, according to a report from a self-styled "eclectic" group of academics. The UN process has failed, they argue, and a global approach concentrating on CO2 cuts will never work.

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Big Asian powers sceptical on climate deal
10-May-2010

  Financial Times

India and China said it would be very difficult to achieve a strong international agreement on climate change at the summit in Mexico later this year that will be the follow-up to the Copenhagen conference last December.

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Climate bill delay stymies voluntary CO2 market
10-May-2010

  Reuters

(Reuters) - Delay to a draft of a U.S. climate change bill this week has frustrated some investors in the voluntary carbon market, who were tipping it to become the template of a federal climate change bill.

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SA flags next World Bank loan for Eskom as $3,75bn vote looms
8-Apr-2010

The South African government indicated on Wednesday that the proposed $3,75-billion World Bank loan for Eskom was a component of a larger $6-billion "funding window" with the bank, and that an additional $1,25-billion could flow to the State-owned power u

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Eskom: Power supply 'a serious concern' from 2011
16-Mar-2010

  Mail & Guardian Online

South Africa's power supply is seen as a serious concern from 2011 onwards until new power stations come on stream and as the country needs to replace ageing plants, state-owned utility Eskom said on Tuesday.

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Minister to battle Nersa over municipal power tariffs
4-Mar-2010

  Engineering News

A National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) decision to cap municipalities' surcharges on electricity will "not be taken lying down", Cooperative Governance Minister Sicelo Shiceka said on Wednesday.

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Revised energy-efficiency strategy to go before Cabinet by year-end
5-Jul-2010

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (Unido) has initiated a "comprehensive" review of South Africa's National Energy Efficiency Strategy, which sets a target for energy-efficiency improvement of 12% by 2015.
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Solar TV follows World Cup fever into rural South Africa
7-Jun-2010

Solar power technology company SolarWorld Africa together with sustainable development group MamaEarth is in the process of rolling-out the Sun-TV Station project that constitutes the installation of solar-operated television units in rural regions and at
>>

Academics urge radical new approach to climate change
11-May-2010

A major change of approach is needed if society is to restrain climate change, according to a report from a self-styled "eclectic" group of academics. The UN process has failed, they argue, and a global approach concentrating on CO2 cuts will never work.
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