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Sunday, July 29, 2012

Small West Yorkshire town aims to be first town with food self-sufficiency by growing all its own vegetables

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"(NaturalNews) Different local authorities throughout the USA have been harassing homeowners for growing veggies or herbs in their fron...
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RENEWABLE ENERGY Kruger park to replace geysers with solar water heaters, heat pumps - Engineering News Solar panel-covered parking bays ...
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Sustainability Week 25 to 29 July 2012 - Sandton Convention Center (Johannesburg)

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A bit of good news from Greenpeace

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Loud and Clear - Solar Radio Launch Success (in Oshwe) - read more here, on the Greenpeace Africa Blog Our Victories Continue (West Afric...

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SOLAR ENERGY Local solar training academy launched - Engineering News LCD Panel Makers Could Drive 60% Reduction in Thin-Film Solar PV Cos...

Orange you glad I said biofuel?

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Check out this Simply Green article that gives an overview of converting orange peels to biofuel and how it should soon become a reality.

Solar Technology

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Check out this Simply Green article on double-sided solar cells, the cells are supposed to produce up to 50% mor energy than regular solar ...
Monday, July 9, 2012

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Green economy to be phased in to achieve sustainable development – Minister - Engineering News SOLAR  AND WAVE EN...

Rio+20 - An overview

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This Berkley Center article provides an overview of how things unfolded at the Rio +20 Convention. And here is another take from SANGONE...

Cheap Coal is Dead

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This Simply Green Article provides some key facts and quotes from Part 1 of Carl Pope's series on “Cheap Coal Is Dead”.
Saturday, June 30, 2012

South Africa adopts air quality standard to promote public health

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"Water and Environmental Affairs Minster Edna Molewa on Friday established a national ambient air quality standard, aimed at improving ...

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RIO+20 CONFERENCE Assess sustainable development progress, says Zuma - Engineering News World leaders pledge $513bn to sustainable develo...

Article on moving South Africa forward

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"In this article, the author emphasises the need for South Africa to consider stepping up efforts to introduce renewable energy and to ...

Article on Eskom's performance

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Read this EE publishers article about Eskom's performance "The annual financial results for the financial year ending 31 March 20...

DoE tests market appetite for small-scale renewables projects

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"South Africa’s Department of Energy (DoE) has initiated the long-awaited process to procure electricity from small-scale renewable ene...
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Friday, June 15, 2012

Renewables Global Status Report

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"First released in 2005, REN21's Renewables Global Status Report (GSR) has grown to become a truely collaborative effort of over 40...

Article on SA's Energy Sector

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Check out this Institute for Security Studies article on the above topic. NGO Pulse .

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SOLAR POWER AEG sets up solar equipment factory outside Cape Town - Engineering News RENEWABLE ENERGY Calls for wind energy localisation...
Sunday, June 3, 2012

4th Annual Wind Power Africa Conference & Renewable Energy Exhibition (28 - 30 May 2012)

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A FLOE article providing some feedback on this event: On short notice, we managed to secure a complimentary space at the 4th Wind Power Afr...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Premier Helen Zille switched on solar energy system at Carbon-Neutral garment manufacturer

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On Tuesday, 22 May, Premier Helen Zille switched on and launched the recently installed solar energy system of the Impahla Clothing textile ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Solar PV, wind dominate again as second window renewables bidders are named

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" The South African government announced on Monday that 19 companies had been selected as preferred bidders during the second bidding w...

SWH programme now geared towards local procurement – Minister

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" From this year, only suppliers which commit to localising their product would be allowed to participate in the government-funded sola...

WWF warns of over-consumption, calls for sustainable policies

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"The ever-growing demand for resources, driven by a growing global population, which could hit 10.9-billion by 2050, is putting “tremen...

Mexican wind energy boom plays out on gusty shores

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" LA VENTOSA - On an arid plain where sudden gusts of wind can rip roofs off buildings and knock over tractor trailers, Mexico is build...

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Vestas says close to deal on 297 MW SA orders - Engineering News Bank pleased with its share of R28bn renewables projects - Engineering Ne...
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