Interminable power cuts have driven a record seed funding round for South African start-up Hohm Energy.
Author: Antony Sguazzin
A presidential commission said the energy ministry has an inadequate plan to tackle the country’s power supply crisis.
South Africa has produced its inaugural official gauge of the carbon intensity of its electricity production.
About two decades of power cuts, exacerbated by an adherence to hidebound ideology, have deindustrialised what was once a promising economy.
This year’s elections may be the most competitive since the end of apartheid but are unlikely to bring major change.
Eskom’s decision no longer to reserve grid capacity for Karpowership means this capacity can now be awarded to other projects.
Eskom is emitting pollutants that cause respiratory diseases at almost 42 times the intensity of those in China.
Eskom has asked national treasury for permission to sign an electricity purchase agreement with Karpowership.
The plan sets out how billions of dollars in climate finance will be tracked and details potential investments.
Mozambique’s government has approved a strategy to reduce the nation’s dependence on fossil fuels.