Statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2022 The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2022 (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022), including loadshedding and energy availability factor (EAF) data....
CSIR to brief media on load shedding statistics and water cuts in South Africa
Load shedding statistics and water cuts in South Africa The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) will release annual statistics on power generation (1 January 2022 to 31 December 2022) at a hybrid media briefing scheduled to take place on Wednesday, 22 February 2023. The annual s...
CSIR experts tackle climate change at 5th National Global Change Conference
5th National Global Change Conference Contributing to open dialogues on prominent planetary changes, the Alliance for Collaboration on Climate and Earth System Science (ACCESS), a Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-hosted platform, attracted attention at the 5th National Global...
South African Pathways report released
Modelling plastic management “Plastic pollution is a symptom of waste mismanagement,” says the report, which used the Breaking the Plastic Waves Pathway Tool to analyse the disposal of plastic pollution. This tool accounts for the three main components of plastic pollution – open burning of plast...
A tribute to Prof. David Le Maitre – a giant in landscape hydrology, wildfire risk and invasive alien plant impact
On 8 December 2022, a longtime employee and friend of the CSIR, Prof. David Le Maitre, passed away. His friends, family and former CSIR colleagues and experts in his field paid their respects during a memorial service held on 21 January 2023 in Jonkershoek, Stellenbosch. Le Maitre was employed at...
CSIR participates in 5th National Global Change Conference
Fifth National Global Change Conference Several CSIR researchers will be sharing their knowledge with attendees at the highly anticipated 5th National Global Change Conference, which began on 30 January and will end on 2 February 2023. The four-day event, themed, “Research and Innovation Accelera...
How SA is using spatial data technology for coastal and oceans monitoring
A Council for Scientific and Industrial Research- (CSIR-) implemented oceans and coast monitoring programme is proving to be successful, and, as the multistakeholder programme embarks on its next phase, it aims to make an even bigger impact. The system was conceptualised by the Department of Fore...
CSIR launches Energy Industry co-funded programme to support SMMEs
On Thursday, 17 November 2022, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the Energy and Water Sector Education Training Authority (EWSETA) and the RES4Africa collaboratively hosted an event that included the launch of the CSIR-EWSETA Energy Industry Support Programme at the CSIR ...
CSIR releases statistics on power generation in South Africa for first half of 2022 and loadshedding data for first three quarters
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the first half of 2022 (1 January 2022 to 30 June 2022). Loadshedding and energy availability factor (EAF) data are also provided up until 30 September 2022. The st...