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SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

SAWEA NQF Level 3 Wind Turbine Operator Skills Programme key to address unemployment

Morongoa Ramaboa 1 day

The recent Bauma 2025 confirms the global shift toward electrification, smarter fleet management and digital integration (Image supplied)

Energy & Mining

Bauma 2025 shows global shift toward electrification

14 May 2025

Source: © 123rf Dom Wills, executive director at SOLA Group is hopeful that we will soon see a day where 24-hour solar PV is not only cost-effective, but also able to scale fast enough to reach the zero carbon dawn in time

Energy

Modularity: Driving the future of electricity

Dom Wills 29 Apr 2025

ACED delivered Sasol’s first wind farm for green hydrogen

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

ACED boosts Sasol’s green hydrogen efforts with wind power

Lindsey Schutters 18 Oct 2024

The Luvside LS Double Helix 1.0 turbines are the company's main design.

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Luvside brings vertical wind turbines to SA, scouting for local partners

Lindsey Schutters 28 May 2024

Professor Sampson Mamphweli was made Head of the Energy Secretariat in the office of the Chief Executive Officer at the South African National Energy Development Institute in January 2023

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Q&A: An inside look into Sanedi’s hydrogen progress

Lindsey Schutters 23 May 2024

Ewseta chief executive officer, Mpho Mookapele

Sustainability

Ewseta upskills workforce for green jobs with new training programmes

28 Feb 2024

The hydrogen economy is about more than just energy transition

Energy

The hydrogen economy is about more than just energy transition

Viren Sookhun 11 Oct 2023

WindAc Africa 2023 calls researchers and students to unpack wind power in the energy crisis

Higher Education

WindAc Africa 2023 calls researchers and students to unpack wind power in the energy crisis

25 Jul 2023

Industry partnership sees Nkangala TVET offering accredited renewable energy certification

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Industry partnership sees Nkangala TVET offering accredited renewable energy certification

15 Jun 2023

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

Sustainability

Nordex sets sights on offering fully recyclable wind turbine blades by 2032

31 Mar 2023

Image source: Kervin Edward Lara from

Corporate & Commercial Law

Force majeure: How climate change will impact renewable energy contracts

Hannetjie Marais 17 Mar 2023

BlackRock-managed fund buys stake in Kenyan wind farm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

BlackRock-managed fund buys stake in Kenyan wind farm

Duncan Miriri 15 Mar 2023

Why SA's green energy transition must include plans for waste disposal

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Why SA's green energy transition must include plans for waste disposal

4 Jan 2023

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

Architecture & Design

5 ways drones will change the way buildings are designed

Paul Cureton and Ole B. Jensen 2 Dec 2022

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Climate Change

'Decarbonisation is too expensive' - how to sell climate change action to bean counters

Aled Jones 29 Sep 2022

WindAc Africa 2022 invites renewable energy researchers to showcase their work

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

WindAc Africa 2022 invites renewable energy researchers to showcase their work

10 Aug 2022

Zutari associate appointed IABSE national group chair for South Africa

Construction & Engineering

Zutari associate appointed IABSE national group chair for South Africa

1 Jun 2022

#Windaba2021: Conference addresses role of wind energy in SA economy, climate change

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

#Windaba2021: Conference addresses role of wind energy in SA economy, climate change

7 Oct 2021

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Renewables & Energy Efficiency

How local content in the renewable energy value chain can boost the economy

21 Jul 2021

Bridgett Majola and Gavin Noeth

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

It'll take more than a flick of a switch, but SA's energy future looks promising

Bridgett Majola & Gavin Noeth 7 Jul 2021

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Food, Water & Energy Security

Why renewable energy won't end energy poverty in Zimbabwe

Ellen Fungisai Chipango 30 Apr 2021

Thinking of going renewable? Here's how to assess which option is best for your business

Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology

Thinking of going renewable? Here's how to assess which option is best for your business

Deepak John 24 Feb 2021

Andrew van Zyl, partner and principal consultant at SRK Consulting

Mining

Decarbonisation will need more, better mining

5 Feb 2021

Kipeto wind farm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Kipeto wind power project adds 100MW to Kenya's national grid

25 Jan 2021

Verreaux’s Black Eagle flying high. Author supplied/Megan Murgatroyd

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Finding space for both wind farms and eagles in South Africa

Megan Murgatroyd & Arjun Amar 7 Jan 2021

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Saretec celebrates graduation of newly certified wind turbine service technicians

18 Dec 2020

A sustainable future: Green buildings key to reducing energy consumption

Sustainable Development

A sustainable future: Green buildings key to reducing energy consumption

Thabang Byl 18 Nov 2020

WAN-IFRA's Print Innovation Awards winners announced

Printing

WAN-IFRA's Print Innovation Awards winners announced

11 Nov 2020

Perdekraal East Wind Farm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

First BW4 wind farm to start commercial operations

8 Oct 2020

The view looking east across the West Coast with the village of Paternoster in the foreground. The recently approved Boulders Wind farm will stand on the hills in the background, directly in this view. Photo: John Yeld

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Wind farm says massive new rival could cost it "hundreds of millions" in lost energy

John Yeld 19 Feb 2020

Mark Lacey, head of commodities, Schroders

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Energy transition forecast: Sunny with a chance of strong wind

Mark Lacey 15 Jan 2020

#BizTrends2020: SA's transition to a cleaner, greener economy

Trends

#BizTrends2020: SA's transition to a cleaner, greener economy

Ntombifuthi Ntuli 9 Jan 2020

Construction on track at Paardekraal East Wind Farm

Science & Engineering

Construction on track at Paardekraal East Wind Farm

25 Nov 2019

Cookhouse Windfarm

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Renewables unlock economy opportunities

21 Nov 2019

Local aviation innovation company wins big at 2019 AVI Awards

Aviation

Local aviation innovation company wins big at 2019 AVI Awards

5 Nov 2019

MAD Architects designs self-powered hyperloop system integrated with urban farming

Construction & Engineering

MAD Architects designs self-powered hyperloop system integrated with urban farming

13 Sep 2019

Perdekraal East Wind Farm erects first turbine using local team

Food, Water & Energy Security

Perdekraal East Wind Farm erects first turbine using local team

11 Sep 2019

Amazon to upskill 100,000 employees with in-demand skills

Training

Amazon to upskill 100,000 employees with in-demand skills

15 Jul 2019

Winning with sustainability in retail

ESG

Winning with sustainability in retail

Vanessa Hilton-Barber 2 Apr 2019

Wind turbines signal revitalisation of green tech SEZ

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Wind turbines signal revitalisation of green tech SEZ

7 Mar 2019

AP Photo/David Goldman

Mining

Do climate policies 'kill jobs'? An economist on why they don't cause massive unemployment

Garth Heutel 28 Dec 2018

3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildings

Materials & Equipment

3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildings

Jay Sanjayan 16 Nov 2018

Digitally enhanced public private partnerships

ICT

Digitally enhanced public private partnerships

Vino Govender 26 Oct 2018

IoT - How to embrace it and what does it mean?

IoT

IoT - How to embrace it and what does it mean?

Ronald Ravel 23 Oct 2018

Innovation shines at Eskom young scientists' expo

Primary & Secondary Education

Innovation shines at Eskom young scientists' expo

8 Oct 2018

Lithium batteries offer renewable energy electricity power storage. Shutterstock/Immersion Imagery

Renewables & Energy Efficiency

Explainer: why lithium ion batteries could be a game changer in Africa

20 Sep 2018

Chivas Venture 2019 now open for entries

Tech Startups

Chivas Venture 2019 now open for entries

12 Sep 2018

25 projects make the Land Art Generator Initiative competition shortlist

Architecture & Design

25 projects make the Land Art Generator Initiative competition shortlist

6 Aug 2018