green energy

A daring Frenchman has set out on an unassisted 5 000km journey across Africa in an electric car, relying on help from local people to get him to Johannesburg. The trip aims to promote the use of green energy for transport.
• South African market hungry for the Joule

US independent power provider Hydro Alternative Energy is in talks with the City of Durban on plans to develop a world-first project that would harvest hydrokinetic energy from the fast-flowing Agulhas current off South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal coastline.

South Africa and India have much to offer each other – this is the view of industry professionals and government representatives, who came together at the India-South Africa Business Forum, held in Pretoria in May.
• India and SA: 150 years of history

Sanral's head office building in Pretoria is the first belonging to a state entity to achieve a Green Star rating by the Green Buildings Council of South Africa.
•IDC fund helps companies go green

The Darling Wind Farm has shown that the generation of renewable energy from wind is achievable in South Africa, and that the industry has a viable future in the country.
• SA’s future renewable energy mecca

Private energy company Cennergi aims to produce a massive 16 GW of renewable energy generation capacity projects in southern Africa by 2025, its founders said at the company's official launch in Johannesburg.

The Industrial Development Corporation is to provide R5.2-billlion in finance to 12 of the 28 independent power producers chosen as preferred bidders to supply South Africa with renewable energy.

South Africa has released its first list of preferred independent power producers, accepting 28 bids from companies to generate over 1 400 megawatts of electricity from solar and wind sources.

Energy-efficient and environment-friendly South African companies now have a competitive edge, thanks to the R500-million Green Energy Efficiency Fund launched by the Industrial Development Corporation and German development bank Kfw in mid-October.
• Green buildings now the law in South Africa

South Africa’s government and automotive industry have thrashed out the broad outlines of a long term vision to boost employment in the sector.
• SA to create 5-million new jobs