The expansion of mines is set to trigger an increased need for electricity generation capacity. This, in turn, will fuel the development of the transmission and distribution (T&D) market in the region.

Since fossil fuel resources are finite and the world’s hunger for energy is higher than ever before, there is only one direction in which prices for coal, oil and gas will go – and that is up.

The energy efficiency challenge is an important issue. South Africa’s approach toward it will determine the country’s competitiveness in a variety of industries. Therefore, it is vital that all sectors of the economy become active in the management of energy efficiency, with an increased knowledge of energy, how it is consumed, and how it can be utilised more efficiently.

The online resource, on the new website of the World Energy Council (WEC), has been launched at the Africa Energy Indaba in South Africa. The website (www.worldenergy.org) provides open access to the WEC’s energy knowledge repository from the organisation’s 90-year history. 

One of the world’s greatest icons, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, will be awarded with the Frost & Sullivan Growth Innovation and Leadership (GIL) Lifetime Achievement Award at the third annual GIL 2013: Africa conference.