Energy Top Stories

AngloGold to build one of Australia’s largest renewable energy projects

The wind and solar power plant will halve gas consumption at its Tropicana gold mine in Western Australia.

Cecilia Jamasmie | June 26, 2023 | 9:01 am

Power group EDF signs 10-year contract with aluminum firm Trimet France

EDF, the power company that has been fully taken over by…

Reuters | June 25, 2023 | 12:13 pm

Big oil’s pullback from clean energy matters less than you might think

Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP, Shell and TotalEnergies “choose cash over climate.”

Bloomberg News | June 25, 2023 | 10:20 am

Eskom allowed to sidestep pollution reduction rules at key plant

Eskom has been given permission to bypass pollution abatement equipment…

Bloomberg News | June 24, 2023 | 12:46 pm

Unusual financing model to back Sweden’s largest solar park

The Hallstaviks solar park, Sweden’s largest, will be the country’s…

Staff Writer | June 23, 2023 | 6:06 am

Fossil fuel deals aren’t worth it for banks, climate group says

For 22 leading global banks, the multi-million dollar revenues from arranging bond sales for coal, oil and gas companies pale in comparison to the climate impact of their emissions profile.

Bloomberg News | July 12, 2022 | 7:37 am

Cost reductions for renewables may stall in Australia – report

Inflation and supply chain disruptions are to blame for the stall of cost reductions for renewable energy in Australia, according to the 2022 GenCost report.

Staff Writer | July 12, 2022 | 6:06 am

Gold-uranium mine in South Africa sheds new light on life’s power generators below earth’s surface

For the first time, there is an insight into how energy is stored deep in the earth’s subsurface.

Staff Writer | July 10, 2022 | 7:45 am

Top 50 mining stocks lose $600bn in market value from peak

After a brutal second quarter, investors in the world’s 50 biggest mining companies are in full retreat as metal prices slump and uncertainty grips the sector.

Frik Els | July 8, 2022 | 2:53 pm