 |  WORLD: Bye-bye Uranium, Bye-bye Wealth Monash University/Yale Not long ago, the world was dreaming of clean electric energy generated with the nuclear power plants, but you can't have nuclear power plants without nuclear fuel, can you? We're in the 21st century and we're pumping more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ever, despite of all the international agreements signed over the years, stating that carbon dioxide emissions are to fall. As more and more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere, the more severe the global warming effects will be in the future.
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 | GERMANY: Fill her up with milk, please! Energy Daily Rapeseed and sugar cane are out, making way for wood, straw and curdled milk to play key roles as future biofuel energy sources that would not starve the planet by taking over land need for food.
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| | SOUTH AFRICA: SA to get R1.5mil bio-fuels plant Bathandwa Mbola Pretoria – The agro-processing industry in the country received a major boost with the announcement of an R1.5 billion bio-fuels processing plant, making it the largest soybean processing facility in Africa.
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| | SOUTH AFRICA: Students must lead energy conservation in SA Michael Appel Alice – Students at the University of Fort Hare have been urged to lead the country in cultivating a culture of energy conservation. Addressing the students at the university on Thursday, Minerals and Energy Minister Buyelwa Sonjica said both students and management had an enormous role to play in leading energy conservation efforts.
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| | SADC: Power generation tops agenda New Era - Petronella Sibeene The Inga III power project will top this year’s SADC energy ministers’ conference agenda as the Southern African region scrambles to find lasting solutions to a power crunch which looks set to stunt economic development.
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 | SOUTH AFRICA: Mbeki calls for unity on energy Luyanda Makapela Parliament – President Thabo Mbeki has called on the nation to work together to resolve the energy crisis, which has resulted in load shedding across the country over the past few months.
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| | SOUTH AFRICA: Hospitals exempted from power cuts IRIN JOHANNESBURG, 30 January 2008 (IRIN) - As South Africa braces for another month of rolling blackouts, followed by four months of electricity rationing, the country's power utility, Eskom, has assured hospitals that they will stay plugged into the national power grid.
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| | ZIMBABWE: Harare and other cities without electricity for fourth day Patience Rusere Most of Zimbabwe was without electric power Tuesday for the fourth straight day.
Officials at the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority blamed technical problems in Zambia, saying imbalances in regional distribution grid caused a blackout that affected Zambia and other countries in the Southern African sub-region.
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| | Power cuts hit Zim, Zambia Afrol afrol News, 21 January - Nationwide power failures shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe for several hours at the weekend.South Africa has cut energy supplies to its neighbours after acute shortage of electricity had become a burden on its [South Africa] economy.
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| | SOUTH AFRICA: Eskom embarks on load shedding Luyanda Makapela Johannesburg - Due to technical problems at its main power station here, Eskom has been forced to commence load shedding in many parts of the country. The electricity giant on Thursday resumed load shedding after a short spell of load shedding during the peak period on Wednesday night, despite no electricity cuts during the festive season.
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