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How this South African town avoids rolling blackouts
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The European Commission will reportedly target a 90% reduction in economy-wide emissions by 2040.
Global sales of internal combustion engine vehicles have fallen every year since 2017 thanks to the rise of electric vehicles, according to BloombergNEF.
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Sixteen years after the first rolling blackouts started, South Africa has still not solved its electricity crisis. One small town, however, has found a way out.
Residents of Clarens, an arts town in the Free State province, are now able to respond to signals from state-owned power utility Eskom to scale back their electricity use when the national grid is under strain, rather than having it cut off completely.
- Read the full story here.
This free-to-attend online conference, a collaboration with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership’s (CISL’s) South African arm, will look at the policies and projects that are leading the way to a better, more sustainable world.
We have a great line-up of speakers, including Ramón Méndez Galain, architect of Uruguay’s world-leading energy transition.
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Scotland now generates more electricity from renewables — mainly wind — than it needs to power its economy.
And it earns billions of euros a year selling the surplus.
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The clean energy sector was the single-largest driver of economic growth in China in 2023, accounting for 40% of GDP growth, according to a study by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA).
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The Indian government says it plans to install rooftop solar panels on 10 million homes to cut household electricity bills and bolster the nation’s energy security.
If it succeeds, roughly 45 million people will benefit from the programme, based on the country’s average household size.
“This will not only reduce the electricity bill of the poor and middle class but will also make India self-reliant in the energy sector,” prime minister Narendra Modi said in a statement. The long-term vision, he said, is for every Indian household to have its own rooftop system.
- Read the full story here.
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