Iran war’s gas supply shock pushes top consumers back to coal
Energy shortages force countries to revive coal plants, with Asia leading the shift as LNG costs surge and supply tightens.
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Agricultural Skills Development | Agrihub | Climate Adaptation | Climate-smart Horticulture | coal | The Green Guardian
From coal to crops: Grootvlei’s climate-smart horticulture centre takes root
Within five years, success at the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre should be tangible, measurable and firmly rooted in the local economy. For Joanne Doornewaard, the Netherlands’ ambassador to South Africa, that success looks like a climate-smart horticulture centre that has moved well beyond its pilot phase and become embedded in Mpumalanga’s economic landscape. Eskom…
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Coal Demand to begin gradual decline through 2030, IEA says
IEA says global coal consumption is likely to plateau this year before edging lower by 2030, but stresses that China’s energy mix and policy choices could still shift the trajectory.
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Critical balancing act required for Eskom to meet demand in the coming five years
Adequacy risks now exist on both sides of the equation – shortfalls from delayed firm capacity and surpluses from rapid renewable growth.
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Africa’s Just Energy Transition | coal | Energy | independent power projects | Jimmy Moyaha | SAFM Market Update
How far has SA’s Just Energy Transition progressed?
‘We are very cognisant of the needs and interests of communities on the ground … skills development is a priority for us’: Joanne Yawitch – head of the Just Energy Transition Project Management Unit in The Presidency.
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IDC’s R8.5bn bid for ArcelorMittal SA
‘We really, really need to get this going … but I cannot believe that we want to overpay for something that they [ArcelorMittal] don’t want to use anymore’: Stellenbosch University Emeritus Professor Jan Havenga.
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Bank of America Corp | BloombergNEF | coal | Energy Supply Banking Ratio | Energy, oil, gas and uranium | Environment and sustainability
Global banks’ financing of the energy transition has stalled
A new report finds that for every dollar allocated to fossil fuels, the world’s leading banks spent just 89 cents on low-carbon projects, a figure that is virtually unchanged from the previous year.
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Exxaro hits a 52-week high
‘We are extremely focused on improving revenue … but also on reducing our costs to improve our margins’ – CEO Ben Magara.