The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for the year 2021. Highlights include the increased contribution of renewable energy technologies to the total energy mix, and loadshedding in 2021 overtaking 2020 as t...
CSIR’s Energy and Water Centre’s exhibit technologies at NCPC’s 5th Biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference
On Wednesday, 25 and Thursday, 26 May 2022, the National Cleaner Production Centre South Africa (NCPC-SA) hosted its Fifth Biennial Industrial Efficiency Conference at the CSIR International Convention Center (ICC) where the CSIR’s Energy and Water Centres exhibited their technologies. “As the NC...
Sustainability, Economics and Waste
WHO ARE WE ? The CSIR’s Sustainability, Economics and Waste (SEW) research group provides scientific evidence and decision support for the public and private sectors to enable sustainable development and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). We focus on providing evidence-based decisi...
CSIR continues to invest in research of low-cost wastewater treatment, but calls for additional funding to improve water supply
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) calls for more funding to be directed to water research and the development of technologies to improve South African municipalities’ wastewater treatment processes and maintenance, as well as build new treatment plants. The deteriorating q...
Climate Services
Climate services research group contributes to holistic climate change research at the CSIR. It serves as an important link with industry, as it undertakes directed climate change research that supports sectoral and integrative climate change responses with tangible impacts for low-carbon, resili...
A commitment to live learning continues at the Cofimvaba Science Centre
Generations of learners in the Eastern Cape will benefit from one of the most innovative science centres in the country. The CSIR-developed Cofimvaba Science Centre not only demonstrates technology, but also incorporates the latest sustainable technologies throughout the design process. The CSIR ...
Tshwane wastes over 5 000 tons of fresh food every year, study finds
South Africa needs to minimise food waste and ensure that more South Africans have access to food and opportunities in the food supply chain. CSIR researchers have undertaken a study to quantify the food waste at the Tshwane Fresh Produce Market, part of a bigger national effort to quantify food ...
Groundbreaking research shows storms drive outgassing of CO2 in the subpolar Southern Ocean
New research that was published in an article in Nature Communications on 10 January 2022 has shown, through new high-resolution observations using ocean robotics, that the impact of storms on ocean mixing is critical to understanding the present and future of the Southern Ocean carbon dioxide (C...