The following projects and organisations are actively seeking partnership in the carbon reduction arena. Click a project or organization name to view more details.
Projects seeking investors
PACE
Welbedacht - Low Income, Energy Efficient Housing & Climate Change Project This project supports the installation of solar water heaters, compact fluorescent lighting, a cooking option using LP Gas, solar cookers and/or gelfuel, and electricity generation for households in Welbedacht, KwaZulu-Natal.
Umdoni Gel-fuel Low Income Housing Project The project sees the distribution of 4000 energy-efficient cooking stoves which will be powered by the use of bio-ethanol gel. As a result, the carbon emissions that are commonly released from the use of paraffin and firewood by Umdoni low-income resident
Energy efficiency regulations for new buildings published 15-Jun-2010
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.
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.
Eskom: Power supply 'a serious concern' from 2011 16-Mar-2010
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.
