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Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 to unveil Africa's premier pipeline of investment-ready green ventures making a difference toward net zero goals
Africa's Green Economy Summit 2026 to unveil Africa's premier pipeline of investment-ready green ventures making a difference toward net zero goals
12th December 2025

Africa’s Green Economy Summit (AGES 2026) is set to host an unparalleled showcase of investment-ready green economy projects from across the continent. With over 100 applications meticulously... 


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Company advances flagship renewables build
12th December 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

Licensed electricity trader Discovery Green, the energy platform of the Discovery Group, continues to advance two of South Africa’s largest private-sector renewable-energy developments, marking a... 


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Bankable partnerships anchor renewables momentum
12th December 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

With the renewables sector moving beyond proof-of-concept into industrial-scale deployment, South Africa’s leading financiers are playing a pivotal role in translating policy ambition into bankable... 


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Tailings reminer expands Gauteng projects, adds renewables
12th December 2025 By: Halima Frost

Tailings retreatment major DRDGOLD has undertaken several high-impact initiatives to stabilise operations, enhance recovery and secure energy supply. These projects include renewable-energy... 


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Karreebosch a shift towards new model 
12th December 2025 By: Lumkile Nkomfe

As South Africa accelerates the shift towards a more liberalised electricity market, private-sector-driven renewable-energy projects are emerging as critical instruments for meeting near-term... 


R17m solar project reduces Sun City’s reliance on grid power
12th December 2025 By: Natasha Odendaal

Just over a year after installation, holiday resort Sun City’s R17-million solar plant project, designed to reduce consumption of grid-supplied electricity, has delivered significant benefits and... 


Lindian reports that all non-process infrastructure contracts have been awarded at Kangankunde
Lindian reports that all non-process infrastructure contracts have been awarded at Kangankunde
11th December 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

ASX-listed Lindian Resources has advised shareholders that all major non-process infrastructure (NPI) contracts for its Kangankunde rare earths project, in Malawi, have been awarded, with... 


Start the year informed with the 2026 Energy Outlook webinar
Start the year informed with the 2026 Energy Outlook webinar
11th December 2025

Sustaining reform momentum will be crucial in 2026 to ensure investment flows and long-term energy security in South Africa. Start the year informed with Creamer Media's two-part 2026 Energy... 


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AfDB approves $10m loan to support Hyphen's Namibian green ammonia project
10th December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $10-million loan to support the development of Hyphen Hydrogen Energy's $10-billion green ammonia project, in Namibia. The loan, sourced from the... 


Sensors provide flood warnings
9th December 2025

To create the world's most sophisticated flood monitoring and forecasting system, the US State of Iowa's Flood Centre (IFC) uses more than 200 Senix ToughSonic 30 and ToughSonic 50 ultrasonic... 


A Buyer's Market: Is it time to invest in solar for your business?
A Buyer's Market: Is it time to invest in solar for your business?
9th December 2025

Solar energy has become a visible fixture in South Africa. But many businesses are still holding off on installing solar and storage systems. Can they afford to wait, or is this a good time to make... 


Large residential developments in SA secure energy-saving geyser management tech for solar farms, following the scaling of local tech manufacturer
Large residential developments in SA secure energy-saving geyser management tech for solar farms, following the scaling of local tech manufacturer
8th December 2025

Sensor Networks, South Africa’s leader in smart home and energy-management technology, has introduced a solar farm geyser management system built for large-scale residential developments.  As... 


Schneider Electric celebrates GivingTuesday 2025 with virtual event showcasing Volunteerin impact across English-Speaking Africa
Schneider Electric celebrates GivingTuesday 2025 with virtual event showcasing Volunteerin impact across English-Speaking Africa
8th December 2025

Schneider Electric, a global energy technology leader, joined millions around the world in celebrating GivingTuesday, marking the occasion with an engaging virtual event that highlighted the power... 


Where coal once reigned, Virginia eyes data centers
8th December 2025 By: Reuters

The demise of the coal industry left the US Appalachian region in tatters, with lost jobs, spoiled water and countless miles of abandoned underground mines. Now entrepreneurs are eyeing the rural... 


Performance and Reliability Exceed Expectations
Performance and Reliability Exceed Expectations
5th December 2025

LONGi, a global leader in solar technology, recently announced the global field performance results of its Back Contact (BC) technology platform and Hi-MO 9 module. Following the technology's... 


LONGi Enters Energy Storage Market, Redefining Industry Standards with “Ultimate Safety”
LONGi Enters Energy Storage Market, Redefining Industry Standards with “Ultimate Safety”
5th December 2025

On November 26, a grand launch event for LONGi's energy storage solutions was held in London. Dennis She, Vice President of LONGi, comprehensively outlined the company's global energy storage... 


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Firm’s preconfigured stack helps IPPs, traders participate in MSB market
5th December 2025

For a new Namibian independent power producer (IPP) or supplier working through Modified Single Buyer (MSB) registration and then stepping into Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) trading,... 


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Solar plant success heralds Namibia’s wheeling push
5th December 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Making headway in the Namibian energy sector, renewable-energy solutions provider Sustainable Power Solutions’ (SPS’s) latest project – the 10 MW Maxwell solar power plant – is a wheeling project... 


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Renewables company provides key services to Namibian energy sector
5th December 2025 By: Trent Roebeck

Renewable energy project solutions company Harmattan Renewables is involved in the Mariental and Greenam solar PV plants, providing due diligence services, and is currently Lenders’ Technical... 


Smart EV rolls out 50 electric bus chargers at Golden Arrow depot in Cape Town
5th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

Smart EV has wrapped up the installation of a high-capacity hub to charge Golden Arrow Bus Services’ (GABS’s) new BYD electric bus fleet at the transport company’s Arrowgate depot. Smart EV is a... 


Glencore CEO Gary Nagle.
Energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore calculates
4th December 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The global energy transition needs investment of a further $304-trillion, Glencore CEO Gary Nagle pointed out during the Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed diversified mining and marketing... 


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Hydrogen to keep on growing as it emerges from hype cycle; China rapidly driving down costs
4th December 2025 By: Irma Venter

The hydrogen sector may have been in a hype cycle for the last few years, but the fundamentals around the global energy market have not changed – the need for clean and localised energy and a just... 


Themba Mangane, Traffic and Transport Engineer at Atana
OPINION | Joburg’s walkability crisis: why it matters and how we can fix it
4th December 2025

By Themba Mangane, Traffic and Transport Engineer at Atana Johannesburg ranks last out of 90 global cities for walkability in 2025, according to a Compare the Market study, with an overall score of... 


Air Liquide CEO Jackow appointed Hydrogen Council co-chair
3rd December 2025 By: Tasneem Bulbulia

CEO-led hydrogen alliance the Hydrogen Council has announced Air Liquide CEO François Jackow as its new co-chairperson. Jackow takes over from Linde CEO Sanjiv Lamba. 


Huawei sub-Saharan Africa region president Hover Gao
Huawei FusionSolar hosts innovative product launch and partner year end gala
3rd December 2025

The Huawei sub-Saharan Africa FusionSolar innovative product launch and partner year end gala was held recently in Johannesburg, South Africa. It gathered over 550 commercial and industrial (C&I)... 


Fortescue installs first large-scale BYD battery system at North Star Junction
Fortescue installs first large-scale BYD battery system at North Star Junction
2nd December 2025 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Iron-ore miner Fortescue has installed its first large-scale battery energy Sstorage system (BESS) at North Star Junction in the Pilbara, a key step in the company’s plan to decarbonise its... 


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Exxaro benefits from stronger local coal demand this year amid global market volatility
2nd December 2025 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Ahead of closing the 2025 financial year on December 31, diversified mining and energy group Exxaro Resources says the year was marred with shifting global trade dynamics, inflationary pressures,... 


247Solar Launches $25 Million Series B Round
1st December 2025

To scale around-the-clock industrial heat and electricity for C&I sector Great Falls, Virginia; December 1, 2025 – 247Solar, the MIT-born innovator of clean, always-on industrial heat plus... 


Southern Africa’s Highest Weather Station to Boost Climate, Water and Ecosystem Research
Southern Africa’s Highest Weather Station to Boost Climate, Water and Ecosystem Research
1st December 2025

The South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON), in collaboration with the University of the Free State’s Afromontane Research Unit (ARU), has installed the highest weather station... 


From left: Séguéla mine exploration manager, Franck Gboko; West Africa exploration manager Pat Manouge; and Séguéla mine GM Peter McLean.
Fortuna confident of Séguéla life extension as exploration continues
28th November 2025 By: Sabrina Jardim

Drilling activity continues at NYSE- and TSX-listed Fortuna Minings Séguéla mine, in Côte d’Ivoire, as part of efforts to extend the project’s life-of-mine (LoM). The expansion of mineral resources... 


Energy cannot be destroyed; it can only be transferred, and here’s how
Energy cannot be destroyed; it can only be transferred, and here’s how
28th November 2025

By: Nishandra Baijnath - Systems Architect, Digital Automation at Schneider Electric Industry’s very nature sees it producing significant amounts of waste, whether it’s heat from furnaces and... 


Victoria bolsters critical minerals push with Sunday Creek exploration tunnel approval
28th November 2025 By: Mariaan Webb

Victoria’s push to strengthen its position in Australia’s critical minerals landscape has taken a step forward, with the state government approving Southern Cross Gold’s Work Plan for an... 


China's overcapacity crackdown reaches copper, but market impact unlikely
28th November 2025 By: Reuters

China's decision to shelve a series of planned copper smelters is unlikely to have an impact on historically tight markets unless it is followed by more measures to curb output in the world's... 


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Responsible mining, efficiency key for miner
28th November 2025 By: Devina Haripersad

Balancing responsible mining with operational efficiency is a defining theme across Africa’s resource sector, and for diamond miner Petra Diamonds, that balance is central to long-term strategy,... 


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Rooted in reality?
28th November 2025 By: Terence Creamer

When South Africa transitioned to democracy in the 1990s, and when climate constraints were not yet on the agenda, energy policy was arguably the country’s main industrial policy lever. The country... 


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Prieska copper/zinc mine, South Africa – update
28th November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Orion Minerals has said that a wholly owned subsidiary of Glencore is in the final stages of technical and financial due diligence to provide Orion with between $200-million and $250-million in... 


Aerial view of Reko Diq
Reko Diq copper/gold project, Pakistan – update
28th November 2025 By: Sheila Barradas

Reko Diq will be a multigenerational mine with a life of at least 37 years. The contemplated mine plan is based on four porphyry deposits within Barrick Gold’s land package.  


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Copper Mark, SSI sign collaboration agreement on responsible copper sourcing for solar sector
27th November 2025 By: Darren Parker

The Copper Mark and the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) have signed a memorandum of understanding that establishes a framework for collaboration aimed at promoting responsible production and... 


Copper smelting
China's overcapacity crackdown reaches copper, but market impact unlikely
27th November 2025 By: Reuters

China's decision to shelve a series of planned copper smelters is unlikely to have an impact on historically tight markets unless it is followed by more measures to curb output in the world's... 


Buildings and microgrids – best of friends for a greener future
Buildings and microgrids – best of friends for a greener future
27th November 2025

By Anoop Hariparsad, Offer Marketing Manager, MGRID, MEA at Schneider Electric Buildings are no longer passive consumers of power; edifices of almost every size are evolving into dynamic energy... 


Exxaro CEO Ben Magara.
Empowered Exxaro takes yet another renewables leap with major wind, solar deal
27th November 2025 By: Martin Creamer

The commitment of one of the largest black-empowered businesses listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) to transition towards a low-carbon future while continuing to meet current energy... 


Firexpo 2026 to spotlight compliant, practical solutions for a changing fire landscape
Firexpo 2026 to spotlight compliant, practical solutions for a changing fire landscape
26th November 2025

Firexpo 2026 returns to Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand from 2 to 4 June, once again co-located with Securex South Africa, A-OSH EXPO, and Facilities Management Expo. For the first time, the... 


Advancing Ethical Sourcing as a Non-Negotiable Industry Standard
Advancing Ethical Sourcing as a Non-Negotiable Industry Standard
26th November 2025

By: Praveen Baijnath - Rand Refinery CEO As the world reflects on the G20 in South Africa and other global challenges, it is fitting that we consider the integrity of global value chains —... 


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