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<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2404/734220-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna. Source: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger" align="left"><br><span >The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen at OPEC's headquarters in Vienna. Source: Reuters/Leonhard Foeger&lt;/span><p>The OPEC+ oil producers group, having lost Angola and other players in recent years, is eyeing Namibia for possible membership as it sets up what could be Africa&#x2019;s fourth-largest output by the next decade, an African industry official said.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.comhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/article/opec-courts-namibia-as-country-embraces-energy-resources-120516a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=834&ct=1&ci=247618">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2403/729806-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at the company's headquarters skyscraper in the financial and business district of La Defense, near Paris. Source: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes" align="left"><br><span >The logo of French oil and gas company TotalEnergies is seen at the company's headquarters skyscraper in the financial and business district of La Defense, near Paris. Source: Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes&lt;/span><p>TotalEnergies and Qatar's oil company on said they would buy a stake in a licence to seek oil and gas off South Africa as part of their plans to develop the Orange basin area in neighbouring Namibia.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.comhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/article/totalenergies-and-qatarenergy-explore-south-african-orange-basin-349758a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=693&ct=1&ci=246633">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2402/728075-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Stellenbosch University hosted the demonstration leg of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize competition." align="left"><br><span >Stellenbosch University hosted the demonstration leg of the Milken-Motsepe Green Energy Prize competition.&lt;/span><p>Stellenbosch was buzzing with the return of students and Varsity Cup rugby, but there was another movement starting. The university engineering building hosted live demonstrations by four of the five finalists (one was in Nigeria) for the <a href="https://milkenmotsepeprize.org/">Milken-Motsepe Prize in Green Energy</a> and each team had the same 24 hours to generate a minimum of 65kWh of electricity from their solutions. The grand prize is $1m in cash, with a runner-up prize of $250,000.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.comhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/article/milken-motsepe-prize-finalists-open-up-sa-green-energy-opportunities-349388a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=646&ct=1&ci=246183">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2402/726702-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="Mining Indaba 2024 had a focus on energy and less on mineral extraction." align="left"><br><span >Mining Indaba 2024 had a focus on energy and less on mineral extraction.&lt;/span><p>Speaking at the Mining Indaba in Cape Town, Dr Kelvin Kemm, chairman of Stratek Global, announced that South Africa has the potential to become an exporter of nuclear reactors. The country was an early pioneer in developing a commercial small modular reactor (SMR), and it is now a world leader in SMR development, ready to construct the prototype immediately. This initiative is entirely privately funded.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.comhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/article/sa-can-be-top-nuclear-technology-exporter-901174a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=705&ct=1&ci=245844">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>

<p><img src="https://biz-file.com/c/2402/726448-208x117.jpg?5" width="208" height="117" alt="The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans." align="left"><br><span >The panel at the Bowmans 2024 Mining Indaba Event included (from left) Dr Rebecca Maserumule, director for hydrogen and energy at DSI, Bart by Bart Nieuwoudt, lead legal specialist at Sasol, Stuart Heather-Clark, Africa Power Sector Energy Transition Lead at SLR Consulting, Claire Tucker head of our public law and regulatory practice, Bowmans.&lt;/span><p>Cyril Ramaphosa <a href="https://www.gov.za/news/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-south-africa-green-hydrogen-summit-29-nov-2022">opened the inaugural Green Hydrogen Summit in 2022</a> with the promise of green hydrogen&#x2019;s transformative potential. &#x201c;Green hydrogen is identified in the Investment Plan as one of the four &#x2018;big frontiers&#x2019; of a just energy transition, indicating that it has huge growth and investment potential,&#x201d; the president explained. &#x201c;Together, South Africa and Zimbabwe hold over 90% of the world&#x2019;s known platinum group metal reserves. Since 30 to 40% of the supply goes into the production of catalytic converters for internal combustion vehicles, the initial focus of the research was on hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles as an alternative market to the internal combustion engine vehicle.&#x201d;</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.comhttps://www.bizcommunity.com/article/green-hydrogen-is-not-coming-to-save-the-pgm-industry-012195a">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com/SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=693&ct=1&ci=245777">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>