GoMetro debuts first EV minibus taxi

GoMetro debuts first EV minibus taxi

South Africa’s first electric minibus taxi model, eKamva, was launched by a consortium led by GoMetro, alongside an integrated new electric vehicle (EV) business model and charging infrastructure product called flx EV. The partnership kicked off in 2023 to investigate...

Banks partners to bring renewables to agriculture

Land Bank launched its R1,2-billion rand Agro Energy Fund (AEF) in 2023 in partnership with the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). The AEF is a blended finance scheme, which means it offers a mixture of grant and debt funding. Its...

RMB Ventures celebrates green innovators

RMB Ventures has been the key sponsor of the 2024 GreenPitch Challenge since its inception in 2015, challenging early-stage green enterprises to pitch sustainable business ideas. This year, the final prizegiving event was help on 5 September and hosted by GreenCape....

Vertiv expands single-phase UPS portfolio

Vertiv has introduced 1kVA to 3kVA capacities of the Vertiv Liebert GXE, an online double conversion, single-phase uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for 230V applications designed to support critical applications deployed at the network edge. With the addition of the...

Generating watts from waste

As the demand for energy-intensive recycling of various electronic waste streams grows, the Desco Electronic Recyclers’ is quickly transitioning to green energy. The green energy initiative is part of its broader mission to lead the recycling industry toward...
Vertiv adds next-generation UPS

Vertiv adds next-generation UPS

As global electricity demand from data centres is expected to double by 2026 – largely driven by computing and cooling requirements from AI (artificial intelligence) and HPC (high-performance computing) – it is crucial to have a robust backup power...