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Electric cars are still more resilient to price shocks than vehicles running on fossil fuels.
State-owned enterprises, such as Transnet, which runs South Africa’s ports, loom large over the economy.
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Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
The solution to the country’s energy problems doesn’t belong to Eskom and the government alone.
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Eskom’s CEO talks debt, power cuts and green energy.
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Time-poor households, like single parent families, are caught between rising prices and unhelpful tariffs.
Solar panels on the roof of the Casa Dominguez low-income housing development in East Rancho Dominguez, Calif.
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A decade ago, solar power was a tiny sliver of the US energy supply. Today it’s expanding rapidly – and the Biden administration wants to make it much, much bigger.
Outages left downtown New Orleans in the dark after Hurricane Ida made landfall on Aug. 29, 2021.
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Hurricane Ida left the entire city of New Orleans in the dark and renewed discussion of burying power lines. But there’s no way to completely protect the grid, above ground or below.
Without proper planning, an influx of electric vehicles could cause problems for the economy and our energy supply.
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Electric vehicles are poised to take over our roads: so how do we make sure this change doesn’t exacerbate social and energy inequality?
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At the bottom of our carbon fears is a big black problem.
Soweto residents protest over lack of electricity.
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The practice of using electricity revenue surpluses to fund other municipal services is running out of road.
Le Sénégal a le taux d'accès à l'électricité le plus élevé parmi les pays les moins développés d'Afrique.
Pour parvenir à l'accès universel à l'énergie d'ici 2030, le Sénégal doit doubler son taux d'électrification, déclare l’ONU.
Renewable mini-grids are central to reducing rural communities’ dependence on diesel fuel, but a large number of these projects are abandoned shortly after their installation.
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Without community involvement and ownership, renewable energy projects are doomed to fail over the long term.
Demonstrators in Johannesburg march against environmental damage done by coal.
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There is significant potential for the community trusts to improve the financial position of communities. But it’s not happening.
Electricity is vital for improving the quality of life of many in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
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Hybrid energy systems that combine renewable and non-renewable fuel systems could be the key to sub-Saharan Africa’s energy transition.
Lead in pipes can contaminate the water supply, resulting in poisoning.
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Three experts explain a few aspects of American infrastructure that desperately need investment.
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Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it’s the role of government to smooth the transition.
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Could this disaster have been avoided? And under climate change, how can we prepare for more events like this?
Heating or cooling? I do both.
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Heat pumps are the technology of choice for heating and cooling buildings more efficiently and with fewer carbon emissions than furnaces and air conditioning.
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Renewables form an ever-greater share of the electricity mix. But elsewhere in the energy sector – in transport, industry and buildings – emissions reduction is very slow.
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The electric vehicle transition is about more than just scrapping petrol cars. We must also ensure quality technology, anticipate the future and make sure no-one gets left behind.
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Southern African countries have been slow in embracing solar energy but this is changing.