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Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister, Ms Barbara Creecy, has announced initiatives for further streamlining the environmental assessment process for renewable energy projects in South Africa. The announcement was made during a virtual stakeholder engagement. These measures will improve the efficiency of the environmental assessment processes to facilitate the

With South Africa in the grip of rolling blackouts, several government departments and the President have been in talks to speed up the integration of renewable energy into the national grid to start plugging the 4,000MW to 6,000MW energy shortfall.

Creecy said the initiatives to be implemented will exempt developers from obtaining environmental authorisation for certain listed or specified activities for the development of solar facilities.

A leading printing industry market research company has projected a strong year for total large-format printer sales in the South African market...