BRITAIN WAS the first country to generate electricity from coal. View Full Image If the current fleet of coal plants is run normally until 2050, they will emit some 250 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the International Energy Agency. South Africa has become a test case for the Just Energy Transition Partnership, a brainchild of the G7 club of …
JOHANNESBURG — South Africans are struggling in the dark to cope with increased power cuts that have hit households and businesses across the country. The prolonged power cuts are hitting South Africans in the winter months of the Southern Hemisphere when many households rely on electricity for heat, light and cooking. “Whenever economic activity is disrupted because there is no …
