# Die Stad Kaapstad ondersoek virtuele kragaanleg-moontlikhede terwyl die metro deel is van ʼn beoordelings-toetslopie vir ʼn tegniese vennootskap. ʼn Virtuele kragaanleg is ʼn netwerk gedesentraliseerde skoner energiebronne, van fotovoltaïese sonkragstelsels op dakke tot nutskaal-opwekking en bergings-aanlegte wat saam as ‘n tradisionele kragstasie funksioneer. Die burgemeesterskomiteelid vir Energie, Xanthea Limberg, sê die metro is op […]
# The Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment is investigating reports of dead and dying sardines along the Western Cape coast from Saldanha Bay to Gansbaai. Scientists have collected samples for testing and deployed observers to assess the scale of the fish deaths. While a harmful algal bloom has been detected in Saldanha Bay, […]
# SANParke se brandbestuurspan in die Tafelberg Nasionale Park bestry steeds die veldbrand bo Kloofnek-hoek en die Tafelberg-kabelspoorstasie. Die brand het gister ontstaan. SANParke se woordvoerder, JP Louw, sê toestande was laasnag gunstiger as gevolg van ʼn ligter wind. Die brand kan egter vandag moontlik weer opvlam wanneer die temperatuur styg, veral in rotsagtige gebiede […]
# SANParks Table Mountain National Park Fire Management Team is continuing to respond to the ongoing wildfire above Kloof Nek Corner and the Table Mountain Aerial Cableway. The fire has been burning since yesterday evening. SANParks spokesperson, JP Louw, says while conditions were favourable overnight due to lighter winds, potential flare-ups are anticipated for today […]
# The City of Cape Town says Virtual Power Plant options are being investigated, with the metro taking part in a pilot assessment technical partnership. A VPP is a network of decentralised cleaner energy sources, from rooftop solar photovoltaic systems to utility-scale generation and storage plants, working together to act as a traditional power station. […]
# Twee helikopters wat brande noordwes van Athene in Griekeland bestry het, het in die lug gebots. Twee bemanningslede, ʼn Deense vlieënier en Griekse brandweer-skakelbeampte, is in die voorval dood. ʼn Britse vlieënier en Griekse bemanningslid het die botsing oorleef. Personeel van verskeie Europese nasies staan Griekeland, Frankryk, Spanje en Portugal by terwyl veldbrande sedert […]
# Two firefighting aircraft crashed mid-air north-west of Athens, Greece, causing the death of two crew members, a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer. A British pilot and a Greek crew member survived the crash. Personnel from several European nations have been assisting Greece, France, Spain, and Portugal, as wildfires have torn […]
# The South African Weather Service says it has recorded low rainfall in the Western Cape last month. Forecaster Samkelisiwe Thwala says below-normal rainfall was observed in June and persisted into July, with several parts of the region recording their lowest rainfall on record during July. She says preliminary rainfall data indicates that the Cape […]
# Deputy Minister for Electricity and Energy, Alexandra Abrahams, says the ministry will continue engaging the National Nuclear Regulator, the National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute, Eskom and other stakeholders to strengthen institutional coordination across the nuclear sector. She says Koeberg Nuclear Power Station’s future contribution would depend on disciplined maintenance, the retention and development of specialist nuclear skills, […]
