New analysis – conducted by climate think tank InfluenceMap – on climate policy lobbying in South Africa shows that oppositional industry voices are significantly more engaged than pro-climate corporations on key policies – the Climate Change Bill and the Carbon Tax Act. In turn, this means such https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/worrying-mismatch-between-climate-change-activism-corporate-lobbying-report-2023-02-10

The appointment of the Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) has been extended by 12 months to allow adequate time to consider the most suitable way forward in establishing the long-term registration and regulation of environmental assessment practitioners.https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/eapasa-extension-gives-time-to-establish-environmental-assessment-practitioner-regulations-2023-02-09

Dairy producer Woodlands Dairy has implemented several renewable energy resource projects at its large facility in Humansdorp aimed at replacing fossil fuels and reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions. The first step in a multi-phase solar initiative was completed in 2021, which https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/woodlands-dairy-implements-renewables-energy-efficiency-projects-in-humansdorp-2023-02-03

A Just Energy Transition (JET) was in the interests of South Africa, the World Bank has concluded. So reported World Bank senior energy economist Mariano Salto in a panel discussion at the Southern African Coal Conference, in Cape Town, on Friday. Renewable energy was the least-cost energy option https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/just-energy-transition-good-for-south-africa-but-coal-sector-has-to-be-involved-2023-02-03

Energy company Ener-G-Africa (EGA) launched its new 15 MW/y women-led solar panel assembly plant, in Cape Town, on February 2. The $1.5-million, 800 m2 plant is manufacturing solar panels for use with advanced biomass stoves, as well as for the regional African market and overseas exports. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/ener-g-africa-opens-women-led-15-mwy-small-solar-panel-assembly-plant-in-cape-town-2023-02-03

South Africa is finalising an implementation plan for an $8.5-billion climate finance deal with some of the world’s richest countries even as the head of the Presidential Climate Finance Task Team quit, a government spokesperson said. An offer to extend the contract of Daniel Mminele, the head of.https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/south-africa-says-finalizing-climate-plan-as-mminele-quits-2023-02-03

Rhodes University’s Institute for Environmental Biotechnology’s (EBRU’s) ongoing research on nature-based water treatment solutions has showcased two possible systems for commercial use that can potentially treat waste water more efficiently while minimising negative environmental impacts. https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/nature-based-treatment-systems-yield-favourable-results-2022-12-08

Nature-based solutions assist in creating a more circular economy and by-products from the treatment can create further value for the water treatment industry, says Rhodes University’s Institute for Environmental Biotechnology (EBRU) director Professor Keith Cowan. By-products can appeal to https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/circular-economy-enables-value-added-by-products-2022-12-08

Many low-carbon products will likely be in short supply over the next decade, warns a new report from global body the World Economic Forum (WEF) and management consulting company Boston Consulting Group (BCG). “This decade presents the opportunity to see a massive scale-up of climate solutions https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/low-carbon-product-demand-present-opportunities-for-early-movers-2023-01-16

A new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis estimates that the global market for key mass-manufactured clean-energy technologies will grow by more than three times to $650-billion a year by 2030, heralding a “new industrial age” that could offer big dividends for countries that get their https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/big-new-industrial-age-dividends-possible-with-clean-energy-market-poised-to-grow-to-650bn-by-2030-2023-01-12