The true cost of the Eskom standoff

The true cost of the Eskom standoff

Eskom’s announcement in July 2016 that it would not sign any independent power producers onto the South African power grid threw a booming renewables sector into disarray. JCRA, a leading financial risk consultancy, have today released a paper in partnership with the...
Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016 winners

Zayed Future Energy Prize 2016 winners

The Jury of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, the UAE’s international awards for renewable energy and sustainability, has selected nine winners across its five categories today. The winners will be announced at the Prize awards ceremony on 16 January 2017 as part of Abu...
Bold leadership needed for green economy

Bold leadership needed for green economy

South Africa is a country that is disproportionately affected by the consequences of global warming. Our coast has been identified as one of the regions in the world at highest risk of flooding and studies estimate that wildfires burn approximately 3 million hectares...
Cutting carbon emissions the LED way

Cutting carbon emissions the LED way

Leaders from Philips Lighting met with Energy Ministers attending the seventh Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM7) summit in San Francisco, where the company announced a commitment to sell more than two billion energy efficient LED light bulbs by 2020. Reaching this goal...