As Eskom unleashes another round of stage-four hell on power-strapped citizens, elsewhere in the world home-grown energy technology and former South African scientists are reshaping the world’s power options – and are taking their technology to the stars. ANDREW TRENCH reports about Peter Bruce's podcast, in which he speaks to South African-born entrepreneur André Pienaar.
THIS week South African-born entrepreneur André Pienaar spoke to Peter Bruce, editor-at-large at the Arena media group, about the innovations of home-grown energy technology and former South African scientists who are reshaping the world’s power options.
Pienaar is founder of C5Capital, a global venture capital investment business, and is also director and shareholder in the new Vrye Weekblad business following our exit from Arena.
In Bruce’s Podcasts from the Edge, Pienaar spoke about C5’s investments in X-energy (https://x-energy.com), a company pioneering advanced small modular reactors and whose chief scientist is Eben Mulder, who was once chief scientist in the South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme, which was mothballed by the administration of Jacob Zuma...
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SA-born nuclear tech heads for the stars
As Eskom unleashes another round of stage-four hell on power-strapped citizens, elsewhere in the world home-grown energy technology and former South African scientists are reshaping the world’s power options – and are taking their technology to the stars. ANDREW TRENCH reports about Peter Bruce's podcast, in which he speaks to South African-born entrepreneur André Pienaar.
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THIS week South African-born entrepreneur André Pienaar spoke to Peter Bruce, editor-at-large at the Arena media group, about the innovations of home-grown energy technology and former South African scientists who are reshaping the world’s power options.
Pienaar is founder of C5Capital, a global venture capital investment business, and is also director and shareholder in the new Vrye Weekblad business following our exit from Arena.
In Bruce’s Podcasts from the Edge, Pienaar spoke about C5’s investments in X-energy (https://x-energy.com), a company pioneering advanced small modular reactors and whose chief scientist is Eben Mulder, who was once chief scientist in the South African Pebble Bed Modular Reactor programme, which was mothballed by the administration of Jacob Zuma...
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Volgende artikelAndrew Trench
JournalistAndrew Trench is a former journalist, editor and media manager.