Creecy hints to inclusion of green components in economic recovery plan

Environment, Fisheries and Forestry Minister Barbara Creecy has indicated that government is likely to integrate green-economy components into the country’s Covid-19 economic recovery strategy, details of which are yet to be released by President Cyril Ramaphosa. Speaking during a webinar on Thursday, Creecy said that there was a growing understanding within government that promoting a more sustainable economic trajectory, which supported greater climate resiliency, could open up new industries.
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SA making the shift from coal to renewables

Creamer Media’s Chanel de Bruyn speaks to Creamer Media Editor Terence Creamer about a just transition in South Africa’s energy sector and how the country should go about preparing the way for that transition.
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Steam generators arrive at Koeberg power station

On Wednesday, Eskom celebrated the arrival of its long-awaited replacement steam generators at its Koeberg nuclear power station in the Western Cape. In a statement released by the power utility, it said its six new steam generators arrived at its power plant on Tuesday.
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