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Johannesburg tests solar microgrids for informal settlements (opens the original)
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Johannesburg is investing R517.8-million in solar-powered microgrids that roll out renewable energy in five informal settlements, Thabo Molelekwa reports Johannesburg is turning to solar power and battery storage to address one of the city’s most persistent electricity challenges: how to provide safe, reliable and legal electricity to informal settlements where conventional grid connections are not viable. City Power, the power utility wholly owned by the Johannesburg municipality, is investing
Sasol’s carbon colossus is a killer, says report (opens the original)
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A new research report estimates air pollution from the Secunda energy complex causes about 23,800 years of life lost annually. Tulani Ngwenya investigates For decades residents of eMbalenhle, a large township in Govan Mbeki municipality in Mpumalanga, have lived and died in the plumes from Sasol’s Secunda plant. At the heart of the Secunda complex is a process that turns coal into synthetic oil. Prof Harro von Blottnitz at the University of Cape Town’s department of chemical engineering told #Po
Hope for green hydrogen in the balance (opens the original)
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Every year as spring approaches, the annual Fynbos Show held in Hopefield draws thousands of tourists to this critically biodiverse region in the Western Cape. Local hotel owner Jacques van der Westhuisen says the festival draws up to 8,000 visitors and is a source of pride for residents. He collects as many species as he can find in the surrounding veld for an exhibition that forms part of the annual Hopefield Fynbos show. But this year his attention has been drawn to a different kind of develo
Future disconnect: The digital divide in SA’s energy minerals boom (opens the original)
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The minerals that keep the world’s digital infrastructure running are extracted from communities where many young people still struggle to access reliable internet. Sakhile Dube investigates For many young people in the mining towns of North West province, employment opportunities via internet access remain out of reach. Yet these are the places where the minerals needed to power every search query, artificial intelligence (AI) prompt and cloud upload are extracted. Among these minerals are plat
How virtual power plants could reshape SA’s electricity grid (opens the original)
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As South Africa’s rooftop solar and battery boom creates millions of connected energy assets, virtual power plants could transform homes into a flexible power network. Thabo Molelekwa investigates if regulation can keep up with innovation When rolling blackouts started nearly two decades ago, South Africans started investing billions of rand in rooftop solar panels, batteries and backup power, but few imagined those household systems could one day function as a single power station. Yet that is
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