by admin | Nov 25, 2024 | coal-burning, electricity, Energy, News, Other Tech News, Sasol, South Africa, The Conversation
The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s petrochemical sector. It produces petrochemicals, plastics, chemicals essential to key industries such as agriculture...
by admin | Nov 24, 2024 | Column, Columns, Energy, Eskom, News, Other Tech News, prepaid electricity, prepaid meters, Toby Shapshak
It’s just amazing that a few days before the years-long deadline to upgrade Eskom’s prepaid electricity meters, there are still 2.2 million that haven’t been updated. The consequence will be a hefty bill (I’ve heard as high as R17,000) to physically replace the now...
by admin | Nov 12, 2024 | Energy, green energy, Jobs, News, Other Tech News, skills, South Africa, The Conversation
Globally, there’s a shortage of people with the expertise and skills needed to drive the transition towards a green economy – known as green talent. The pool of green talent needs to be doubled by 2050 if the world is to move away from fossil fuels. In South Africa,...
by admin | Sep 7, 2024 | Energy, News, Other Tech News, renewable energy, The Conversation, wind farms
Against the background of climate change, there’s a push to make offshore wind a much bigger part of the UK’s energy supply in coming years. But offshore wind farms are already being affected by cyberattacks, according to a recent report. And unless the...
by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Batteries, Energy, green transition, News, Other Tech News, renewable energy, South Africa, The Conversation
South Africa is at a pivotal moment in its energy transition: trying to decarbonise its economy (move away from coal) and make sure that everyone has access to reliable and affordable energy. Storage of renewable energy is very important for this transition. Solar and...
by admin | Aug 24, 2024 | charging stations, electric vehicles, Energy, Eskom, EV charging, News, Other Tech News, South Africa
If you had told us at the height of stage-6 load shedding last year that Eskom would not only suspend its rolling blackout program (for 150 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes, but who’s counting?) but also roll out its own electric vehicle (EV) car chargers in 2024, we...
