BMW’s Pretoria plant will annually process approximately 40,000 tons of cattle manure and 20, 000 of organic waste. This will be fed into a biogas anaerobic digester from which the methane generated will be used to drive a gas engine

Volkswagen is under fire after news broke in September that they installed software in more than 11 million of their cars that allowed mostly diesel vehicles to perform better when tested for their emissions.

It’s difficult to believe but Stanford University researchers found a common meal worm (larvae of the Darkling beetle) that can safely break down and live off a diet of Styrofoam.

Kevin James of GCX Africa recently visited the Blank Canvas International Summit in Johannesburg and had interesting conversations with senior personalities in the mining sector including Mr. Sipho Nkosi CEO of Exxaro.

The CSIR have issued a warning to Sub-Saharan Africa to expect disproportionate temperature changes due to global warming. This is however nothing new as Africa, specifically Sub-Saharan Africa, is expected to be more susceptible to the impacts of climate changes.

3D printing has become a fascinating buzz word for many in the past 5 years yet little is known of its versatility. An Italian company called WASP has developed a 3D printer which can print simple cost effective houses with natural materials such as mud, water, clay and fibres.

Porsche has released its “Mission E” electric concept vehicle that can accelerate from 0-100kmh in 3.4 seconds.

Professor Tim Noakes believes the only way the World could save itself from a sugar diabetes and obesity pandemic is through a “high fat–low carb” (LCHF) diet.

Regarding nuclear energy, Kevin James gives us an update as well as his current thoughts on the South African government’s quite controversial nuclear energy procurement:

Interesting trends are emerging in the global energy mix where renewable energy is now the second biggest generator of electricity globally. It seems like the clean energy wave is growing and not slowing down any time soon. Here is what Kevin James had to say: