IPP Office, Eskom in discussions on navigating grid constraints ahead of next renewables round

There were two main challenges South Africa faced, in addressing its inadequate electricity generation capacity, Independent Power Producers (IPP) Office Head Bernard Magoro highlighted at the... 

Single air transport market could add impetus to lagging recovery of African carriers

The post-Covid-19-pandemic recovery of the African airline industry is lagging behind that of other regions of the world, but it is recovering, International Air Transport Association (IATA)... 

Angola orders advanced Earth observation satellite

The West African State of Angola has ordered an S250 optical Earth observation satellite (EOS) from Airbus Defence and Space, part of the Europe-based global major aerospace and defence group... 

Largest fuel-cell-powered aircraft to date has made successful first flight

A new record has been set for the largest aircraft yet to be flown with a hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system. The new record was set by US company Universal Hydrogen, using a modified... 

Namibia stresses green hydrogen ambitions, plans

The south west African Republic of Namibia sought to become the sustainability hub of Africa and aimed to become the first carbon-neutral country on the continent. This was highlighted on Wednesday... 

Norwegian, Egyptian companies to collaborate on green hydrogen projects in Egypt

Norway-based international independent risk management and assurance group DNV has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Egypt-based regional engineering-procurement-construction (EPC)... 

DHL Express launches logistics carbon emissions reduction initiative for its customers

Logistics company DHL Express South Africa announced on Wednesday that, with effect from this month, the global DHL Express group’s GoGreen Plus initiative would be available to South African... 

Hive Energy announces Chile green hydrogen project

UK-based green energy company Hive Energy (Hive), which has a major green hydrogen and green ammonia project pipeline in South Africa, has announced that it has entered a joint venture (JV) with... 

SA space agency celebrates 24th anniversary of launch of country’s first satellite

The South African National Space Agency (Sansa) on Thursday commemorated the 24th anniversary of the launch of SunSat-1, on an American Delta II rocket from the then Vandenberg Air Force Base (now... 

IPP Office, Eskom in talks about navigating grid constraints ahead of next renewables round

There were two main challenges South Africa faced, in addressing its inadequate electricity generation capacity, Independent Power Producers (IPP) Office Head Bernard Magoro highlighted at the... 

Progress being made in reforming South African electricity sector, assures Presidency official

Major changes were indeed under way in the country’s electricity sector, South African Presidency project management head Rudi Dicks assured the RES4Africa Energy Security Conference in Cape Town,... 

IEA warns on continuing high methane gas emissions from energy sector

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that emissions of methane remained “stubbornly high”. It did so in its “Global Methane Tracker 2023” report, published on Tuesday.   Methane is a... 

UK-based air charter, leasing group expands Africa team

Specialist UK-based air charter and aircraft leasing company Chapman Freeborn, founded in 1973, has announced that it has tripled the size of its Africa team, which is located close to South... 

Funding green transition is a major focus for Nedbank CIB

Helping corporate clients transition to a future low-carbon economy is a major focus for Nedbank Corporate & Investment Banking (Nedbank CIB). The bank was the first South African commercial bank... 

Namibia stresses green hydrogen ambitions, plans

The south west African Republic of Namibia sought to become the sustainability hub of Africa and aimed to become the first carbon-neutral country on the continent. This was highlighted on Wednesday... 

Achieving a circular economy means more mining

Achieving a circular economy would require much more efficient mining and processing, much more recycling of metals, much more reprocessing and recycling of mine waste, particularly tailings dumps... 

Hive Energy announces Chile green hydrogen project, to parallel its South African one

UK-based green energy company Hive Energy (Hive), which has a major green hydrogen and green ammonia project pipeline in South Africa, has announced that it has entered a joint venture (JV) with... 

Africa urged invest in geomapping

South African Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza has called for greater investment in geomapping in Africa. He was participating in a panel discussion at the Investing in African Mining Indaba,... 

IEA warns on continuing high methane gas emissions from the global energy sector

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has warned that emissions of methane remained “stubbornly high”. It did so in its “Global Methane Tracker 2023” report, published on Tuesday.   Methane is a... 

Global assurance group launches Phase 2 of offshore hydrogen pipeline standards project

Norway-based global assurance and risk management group DNV has announced that it is launching the second phase of the joint industry project (JIP) to develop a new set of standards, or code, to... 

Achieving a circular economy means more mining

Achieving a circular economy would require much more efficient mining and processing, much more recycling of metals, much more reprocessing and recycling of mine waste, particularly tailings dumps... 

UK junior reports good results from its copper/gold exploration programme in Eritrea

UK-domiciled junior miner Andiamo Exploration has so far identified a 100 000 oz equivalent copper-gold resource (compliant with the Canadian NI 43 101 standard) at its Yacob Dewar property in... 

Company gets UK grant to help develop new-generation pumped hydro system

Tailings dam material could be one of the waste materials that could be used to create high-density fluids (HDF) that would enable a new-generation and much more capable form of pumped hydro-energy... 

Air traffic control in Somali airspace restored after 30 years

The airspace over and around Somalia was reclassified as Class A at one minute past midnight on Thursday morning. This marked the operational restoration of air traffic control (ATC) services in... 

1 Military Hospital shining example of PPP success

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has highlighted the potential of strategic public-private partnerships (PPP) to ensure the proper management and maintenance of State-owned healthcare... 

US small modular nuclear reactor gets design certification

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued its so-called ‘Final Rule’ for the NuScale Power (NuScale) small modular nuclear reactor (SMR), completing the certification process for... 

Inclusivity, productive land use and promoting biodiversity all help miners to go green

Major South African mining company Exxaro Resources had based its ambitions regarding the global decarbonisation process on its realisation that its own transition process had to be inclusive,... 

Mining and the circular economy support each other

Mining was essential if the world was to create a circular economic system, Finnish Geological Survey director-general Kimmo Tiilikainen has pointed out. He was addressing a Sustainable Mining... 

Energy transition offers great opportunities to Africa, but constraints are significant

The global transition to low- and zero-carbon energy sources was a once-in-a-generation opportunity for Africa, just as the original Industrial Revolution had been for the West, highlighted... 

Africa must invest in geomapping, energy, transport, education to exploit new mining boom

South African Council for Geoscience CEO Mosa Mabuza has called for greater investment in geomapping in Africa. He was participating in a panel discussion at the Investing in African Mining Indaba,... 

Just energy transition good for South Africa but coal sector has to be involved

A Just Energy Transition (JET) was in the interests of South Africa, the World Bank has concluded. So reported World Bank senior energy economist Mariano Salto in a panel discussion at the Southern... 

Serious challenges face the South African junior coal mining sector

The major problems facing the junior and emerging coal mining sector in South Africa were finance, a dysfunctional regulator and logistical difficulties. These were highlighted in a panel... 

Hydrogen-fuelled genset successfully tested

UK-based global major power and propulsion systems group Rolls-Royce has announced that its Germany-based Power Systems business unit has successfully tested an mtu-brand generator set (genset)... 

SA’s MeerKAT radio telescope team awarded prestigious international award

South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array team has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society’s (RAS’) prestigious Group Achievement Award for 2023. The award was made, in the words of the RAS... 

South Africa’s overall gross R&D spending not reduced because of Covid-19, reports HSRC

The Covid-19 pandemic had no discernible impact on overall research and development (R&D) activity in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found. The HSRC has released its... 

International JV to develop control technologies for next-generation aeroengine

International joint venture (JV) FADEC Alliance has been chosen to design and develop the electronic control system for the CFM International RISE demonstrator engine programme. FADEC Alliance is a... 

Young adults’ expectations transforming air travel industry

So-called ‘Gen Z’ and ‘millenial’ travellers are driving a digital transformation of the transport industry in general and air transport in particular, multinational air transport information... 

Sustainable aviation fuel production surging, but incentives still needed – IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA), which is the representative body of the global airline industry, has estimated that the worldwide production of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF)... 

MeerKAT radio telescope to play role in searching for alien civilisations

South Africa’s MeerKAT radio telescope array is now involved in an international programme that is searching for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). The announcement was made last week. MeerKAT... 

Necsa’s new reactor project only one of several being developed across Africa

The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation’s (Necsa’s) project to build a multipurpose reactor (MPR) to replace its current SAFARI-1 research reactor was only one out of eight or nine such MPR or...