S.Africa looks to sun, wind to lighten blackouts
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Faced with power cuts stretching into the next decade, South Africa is slowly switching its focus to alternative energy sources in a country blessed with bountiful sunshine and a lengthy coastline.
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Electricity available day and night is due to come online for a small island community for the first time.
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MONTERREY, Mexico  - The world's top polluting nations were told on Wednesday to prepare for decades of weather turmoil, even if they act now to curb emissions and pursue green energy sources.
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By Margo Harakas, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Feb. 3--South Floridians are in a green state -- of mind.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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Gentler winds and cooler weather expected to give firefighters chance to control fires.
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The tournament is still four years away but South Africans are already worrying about the morning-after effect from the football World Cup and the size of the tab they will have to pick up.
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Nationwide power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.
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The electric grid can be protected from big blackouts by deliberately disabling a few key power stations.
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South Africa will overcome an  electricity "emergency" that has damaged the economy and cast  doubts over its hosting of the 2010 soccer World Cup, President  Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
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Air conditioners are straining to beat triple-digit temperatures in the Southwest and highs in the 90s across the eastern half of the country, but energy experts say they don't expect to face summer blackouts.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 8 -- President Thabo Mbeki on Friday apologized for his government's failure to prevent crippling power outages across South Africa over the past two months. He warned that restoring a reliable electrical supply will require urgent new generation projects combined with major cuts...
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Saves planet one lightbulb at a time For the second week in a row the Guardian has turned the power of the Internet onto the problems of the planet - at this rate, it surely can't be long before we're all saved. Last week editor Alan Rusbridger unleashed 15 million readers on Africa, this week environment writer Leo Hickman is trying to shut down coal-fired power stations.â¦
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A power outage trapped tourists in cable cars at Cape Town's landmark Table Mountain, while blackouts in Zambia forced nurses to work by candlelight.
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Signs suggest solar power might be reaching a tipping point.
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Scientists have struggled for years to make electricity from the sunâs light at a cost competitive with power from coal or natural gas. The challenges are formidable.
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By James A. Jones Jr., The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Jun. 5--EAST MANATEE -- There is no argument that the area needs plenty of electric power and redundancy, so that the grid doesn't fail in a hurricane and leave residents in the dark for days and maybe weeks.