Emerald Knight Blog
South Africa plans to invest in solar park
- 30th September 2010
- Comments (1)
The South African Department of Energy has announced that the government plans to invest in a solar power park in the north of the country in order to meet increasing energy demands. South Africa suffered from a series of frequent rolling blackouts as the current power-generation systems struggled to cope with demand, and electricity rationing …
Wheat price rises allow extra harvests
- 29th September 2010
- Comments (0)
A recent report by the BBC’s Jeremy Cooke has highlighted the effects of the recent rises in the price of wheat on the world commodities markets, as well as looking at the way the commodities markets work to influence the grain prices. The report, which can be seen here, also looks into the after-effects of …
