Increasing electricity and fuel prices coupled with a growing demand for green business practices have steered many companies towards alternative energy sources.

Minister of Energy, Dipuo Peters, announced the appointment of Dr Bismark Tyobeka to the position of Chief Executive Officer of the National Nuclear Regulator of SA effective as of 2 September 2013.

ACTOM Power Systems, ACTOM’s substation construction wing, has been awarded the electrical balance of plant subcontract for the 80 MW Kouga Wind Farm at Oyster Bay in the Eastern Cape.

A new project supported by the African Development Group plans to exploit the geothermal potential in the Lake Assal region to enable Djiboutian population’s access to reliable, renewable and affordable energy.

The African Development Bank will, as part of its support for US President Barack Obama’s Power Africa initiative, deepen and expand its work in reforming the energy sector.