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Though necessitated by rolling blackouts, there has been decisive, progressive action from South Africa's policymakers on increased independent power production. Most recently, this has resulted in the announcement of looser [...]

At a vast coal-fired power station under construction in South Africa's northeast Limpopo province, workers go about their business in a cavernous engine room, inspecting the generators that will power [...]

Coal is still used to generate 77% of South Africa's electricity, but as the country seeks to ensure a more cost-effective and reliable energy supply, the transition to renewable energy [...]

At first glance, passengers flying into George, a regional airport in South Africa, might not notice anything unusual about the service. Baggage carousels spit out luggage, checkin proceeds at the [...]

Historically ahead of its neighbours in energy generation, South Africa is now suffering frequent power cuts. Dianna Games analyses the origins of the problem and the electoral repurcussions it could [...]

South Africa, Africa's most industrialised country, is grappling with a serious energy shortfall. Complicating the energy issue further are political and environmental concerns about possible solutions--coal and nuclear--against the backdrop [...]

As the commodities slump continues to bite, Africa's hydrocarbon producers are struggling to come to terms with the reality that oil prices are unlikely to return to the highs seen [...]

Africa's ability to provide electricity to its population has traditionally been judged on the ability of its governments to finance or attract private sector investment into new power plants. Such [...]

According to the 2016 Global Trends in Renewables Global Status Report, more than twice as much was invested worldwide on renewable energy generating capacity as fossil capacity in 20x5, despite [...]

In Africa, technical capacity and finance have long been identified as the major barriers to developing renewable energy, but lack of reliable data is also a big limitation. Off-grid and [...]

Has South Africa already entered into a $10bn nuclear deal with Russia? Mystery surrounds the cryptic announcements made by Russia's nuclear authority and South Africa's energy department. But, perhaps more [...]

Canada, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US, Sweden, Netherlands and the European Union (EU) will jointly provide $10bn between 2015 and 2020 to boost access to energy in Africa, [...]

Thanks to drastic savings made in the state's budget, the DRC posted a 2012 budget surplus of 151.4bn Congolese francs ($161m), which was immediately reinvested to fund large projects, above [...]

Within South Africa's budget plans announced in February was revealed the intention to go for nuclear-powered electricity generation. This has reinvigorated the market for uranium that had been in the [...]

South Africa will probably build a second nuclear power station to meet the growing gap in its electricity generation capacity, public enterprises minister Alec Erwin has said. The facility is [...]

Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and the DR Congo will all be called upon to supply electricity to South Africa as the country expects to face a critical power shortage [...]

South Africa and the world's deliverance from the clutches of fossil-based fuel oils could arrive quite soon through the seeds of an innocuous pea-green plant that goes by the name [...]