Second phase to include Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) as NOA advances renewable energy reliability and scalability in the private energy market.

World Green Building Week this week shines a light on the encouraging developments in sustainability in the built environment, and the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) today launched the 4th Edition of the internationally acclaimed research study: Green Building in South Africa: A Guide to Costs and Trends.

Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the local plastics industry, has expressed concern over the failure of governments to reach agreement at last week’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) session in Geneva, Switzerland, which aimed to secure a legally binding global treaty on plastic pollution.

A stable and reliable transmission network is the backbone of any modern energy system, connecting producers to consumers, balancing supply and demand, and enabling the integration of new technologies. Yet South Africa’s grid, historically built to support coal-fired generation, is now under pressure to evolve rapidly.

By Lloyd Wallace, Technical Director and Expertise Lead, Infrastructure Advisory, Zutari

At first glance, South Africa’s social infrastructure challenges appear to be about funding. The headline issue is all too familiar: too little money, too many needs. According to the recently released Sustainability at a Crossroad 2025 report, developed by GlobeScan, ERM, and Volans, over half of sustainability experts rate national governments and institutional investors as poor in terms of their contributions to sustainable development.