Why renewable energy won’t end energy poverty in Zimbabwe: The Kariba Dam, a hydroelectric dam in the Kariba Gorge of the Zambezi river basin between Zambia and Zimbabwe. GettyImages Zimbabwe is one of the African countries that hopes renewable energy technologies will help to address their energy problems. About 42% of Zimbabwe’s households are connected …
Solar panels in Sahara could boost renewable energy but damage the global climate – here’s why: Wadstock/Shutterstock The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power – the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon – the raw …
South Africa in the news: Community-owned renewable energy is a Climate Justice Charter imperative: ‘The decisions we make today are critical in ensuring a safe and sustainable world for everyone, now and in the future,’ says Debra Roberts, co-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change …: “South Africa” – BingNews Community health workers are …
South Africa in the news: Renewable energy: Frequency data for stable power supply: In the renewable energies era, grid frequency will be an increasingly important indicator of stability of power supply. An interdisciplinary research consortium has analyzed frequency fluctuations in …: “South Africa” – BingNews Cricket South Africa suspends acting CEO for alleged ‘misconduct’: The …
South Africa in the news: Renewable energy: Frequency data for stable power supply: In the renewable energies era, grid frequency will be an increasingly important indicator of stability of power supply. An interdisciplinary research consortium has analyzed frequency fluctuations in …: “South Africa” – BingNews Cricket South Africa suspends acting CEO for alleged ‘misconduct’: The …
Onshore wind farm restrictions continue to stifle Britain’s renewable energy potential: StayArt media/Shutterstock Boris Johnson seems to have had a change of heart. Despite once saying that wind turbines couldn’t “pull the skin off a rice pudding”, the prime minister recently announced his intention to turn the UK into “the Saudi Arabia of wind power”, …
How new solar and lighting technology could propel a renewable energy transformation: Current solar technologies aren't good enough. Antonio Garcia on Unsplash, FAL The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history. This is particularly true of solar-powered electricity and battery storage. The …
The UK plans to build huge batteries to store renewable energy – but there’s a much cheaper solution: Petrmalink/Shutterstock The UK electricity system is undergoing significant and rapid change. It has the world’s largest installed capacity of offshore wind, has effectively stopped generating electricity from coal, and has recorded a 20% drop in demand since …
Renewable energy supply and demand during lockdown – and the best time to bake bread: Blaskor/Shutterstock Britain generated nearly half of its electricity from renewable sources in the first three months of 2020. And then the pandemic happened, and all of a sudden, energy demand dropped dramatically as offices, shops and restaurants closed and people …
The case for turning South Africa’s coal fields into a renewable energy hub: Shutterstock South Africa is currently one of the world’s largest carbon emitters. And it’s increasingly being viewed as a pariah that isn’t contributing as much as it could to the international fight against global warming and climate change. With a lot of …
Meet the new ‘renewable superpowers’: nations that boss the materials used for wind and solar: Blue Planet Studio / shutterstock Imagine a world where every country has not only complied with the Paris climate agreement but has moved away from fossil fuels entirely. How would such a change affect global politics? The 20th century was …
South Africa in the news: Engineering study dispels myths on limits to renewable energy in SA: Markus Pöller and Marko Obert, of Moeller & Poeller Engineering GmbH (MPE), and was published in South Africa in September 2017. The study report is entitled Assessing the impact of increasing shares of variable generation on system operations in …