Posted on October 1st, 2008 by marcashton
Inspired Evolution Investment Management is delighted to announce the launch of South Africa’s first ever clean technology (‘cleantech’) investment fund: The Evolution One Fund is a 10 year private equity fund targeted to grow to ZAR 1 billion by mid-July 2009. The fund has conducted its first close in July 2008 at ZAR 400 million [...]
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Posted on September 16th, 2008 by marcashton
I picked up this post from the Mother City Living blog…. Thought it would be quite applicable to the Carbon Trader blog readers as well:
We’re all (hopefully) looking for ways in which to reduce our carbon footprint. We have to, or we’ll start running out of resources on this beautiful planet of ours.
It’s not always [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2008 by marcashton
ManufacturingHub.co.za - www.manufacturinghub.co.za - is looking to source some new content and we’re looking to hit some of the SA science, manufacturing and biotechnology communities for some ideas.
And the best part of it - we’ll even pay for it (Admittedly not very well but hopefully as the traffic grows we can take it from there).
We [...]
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Posted on September 7th, 2008 by marcashton
Asset managers Sterling Waterford Securities, the first advisory firm internationally to have listed a carbon credit product on an exchange — which realised a return of almost 250% for initial investors – will release its second Carbon Credit Note onto the JSE
on Monday, September 8.
The Sterling Waterford Carbon Credit Note 2, which will be listed [...]
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Posted on August 20th, 2008 by marcashton
According to Chinese estimates, there are between one and two million tons of waste electrical and electronic equipment in the People’s Republic every year with an expected increase of five to ten percent annually. In addition to old domestic equipment, there is also a great quantity from Japan, Russia, the USA and Western Europe for [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2008 by marcashton
The R75 million national demonstration project is the first “green energy” initiative in the country to produce electricity from wind power on a commercial basis – this coming against the backdrop of the national energy emergency. This project came on line in May 2008.
The Darling Wind Farm has four wind turbines which can supply 5.2 [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2008 by marcashton
Up-front costs and lack of federal incentives remain obstacle to strong growth.
Driven by consumer concerns over climate change and rising electricity prices, the U.S. small wind turbine market grew 14% and deployed 9.7 megawatts (MW) of new power generating capacity in 2007, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) said today in its annual small wind [...]
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Posted on August 9th, 2008 by marcashton
Science and technology developments are introducing new and exciting career choices for young people. The eight annual Sasol Techno X, taking place from 11-15 August 2008 at the Boiketlong Complex, Sasolburg, is aimed at sharing with learners the endless and exciting possibilities of science and technology.
Read the complete article here.
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Posted on August 4th, 2008 by marcashton
Pamela Anderson is building an eco-friendly hotel in Abu Dhabi. In keeping with the eco ideology of the project, Pam will only be using eco-friendly materials to build the hotel.
Read the complete article here.
(Sponsor Link: OfferForge | kalahari.net | bidorbuy )
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Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by marcashton
The government has set out an ambitious proposal to deal with climate change in the coming years, including slapping a possible carbon tax on carbon dioxide-spewing industries. Saying the world faced “a global climate emergency,” the environment ministry unveiled the strategy geared toward reducing greenhouse gases last week.
Read the full article here.
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