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Solar Traffic Lights Come to Durban, South Africa
The municipality of eThekwini in Durban, South Africa, has greenlighted a new project of solar powered traffic lights. Funded by the state-owned power utility Eskom and implemented by ZRW Mechanika and Saint Gobain Solar, the project uses CIS solar modules to power lights at four intersections. Each system features 16 panels and each panels has [...]
U.S Promises $2B in Renewable Energy Loans to South Africa
Eyeing South Africa’s potential as a key export market, the US is coming up with $2 billion in financing for clean energy projects. The agreement signed this week between the US Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank and Industrial Development Corp. (IDC) of South Africa is aimed at supporting solar, wind and other clean-energy projects that use U.S. [...]
Facebook Touts Data Center Water Efficiency
Most people know data centers use plenty of power, up to 2% of the world’s electricity and growing 12% each year. But their impact on water is much more murky. Against that backdrop, the giant social networking company is reporting new data about its water efficiency, starting with its data center in Prineville, Oregon. The [...]