By Nasi Hako The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency has officially been launched by PV Mkhatshwa, the MEC for Finance, Economic Development and Tourism in Mpumalanga, at a gala dinner hosted during the Mpumalanga Energy Summit on 24 May 2022. The Mpumalanga Green Cluster Agency is a not-for-profit organisation registered in South Africa. The Cluster uses
Since the presidency of Thabo Mbeki, plans have been periodically put forward to increase South Africa’s nuclear output. At present, Africa’s only nuclear power plant, Koeberg, supplies electricity to Cape Town, a city of just under five million residents. Cape Town’s economy accounts for 72% of the Western Province’s economic activity, according to 2016 figures,
Africa has generally lagged behind even other emerging market regions in attracting green finance. This is partly because of a lack of interest from institutional investors but also because the sectors that would benefit most, led by wind and solar power, are less developed on the continent than elsewhere in the world. However, with the
Vertex Next will be hosting Policymakers, Private sector leaders, Industry Titans, and Stakeholders in the Power, Energy & Utilities sector, to The largest gathering for the Energy & Utilities Industries, Power & Water Nigeria Conference & Exhibition – PWN2022. Nigeria has the 7th largest population in the world and growing fast, as a result the
The Government of South Africa aims to buy 1,600MW of wind, and 1,000MW of solar power. New capacity needed as soon as possible, the energy department says South Africa called for proposals from private producers to supply an additional 2,600 megawatts of renewable energy, part of a broader effort to reduce dependency on coal-fired plants
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