News Snippets

RENEWABLE ENERGY
Kruger park to replace geysers with solar water heaters, heat pumps - Engineering News

Solar panel-covered parking bays for Lepelle Northern Water - Engineering News

Standard Bank registers solar water heater CDM programme - Engineering News

Internal approvals in hand for first renewable projects - Eskom - Engineering News

Further financial-close delay in prospect for 28 renewables bidders - Engineering News

India encourages SA firms to participate in big renewables push - Engineering News

Third renewables bid window to open ‘soon’, despite window-one delay - Engineering News

Deadline for closure of first 28 renewables bids extended to meet developers 'halfway' - Engineering News

GREEN BUILDING
DEA breaks ground on R8bn ‘green’ head office -Engineering News
-Engineering News

GREEN COURSES / TRAINING / JOBS
Terra Firma Academy - Green Career Training - Launches new website / greeb courses - check it out here

Jobs and Plastic Recycling (South Africa) - An article in Legalbrief Environmental

ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Eskom starts Phase 2 of residential energy efficiency programme -Engineering News

The most common energy efficiency mistake that cannot be undone - Global Carbon Exchange

ENERGY RESEARCH
Enlarged institute aims to stimulate home-grown green-energy innovations -Engineering News

WATER
2012 Youth Water Awards Winners named - Simply Green

UPCYCLING
Upcycling Ship Containers - Simply Green

NATURAL GAS
An article about the Natural Gas Debate - Simply Green

FOOD
Antibiotics in Chickens Linked to Bladder infections - Simply Green

Soy as animal feed, now for fish - This is an interesting Simply Green article on the topic of the use of soy as animal feed, also in fish farming.

Organic vs Industrial Agriculture - the key to feeding a warming world? - Another interesting read on Simply Green

New Genetically Modified Food Arrives in SA - Find out more and/or get involved to stop it here.

EVENT GREENING
A case study on event greening - Global Carbon Exchange