GreenQUEST on tour at ICC 2024 in Lyon
The 18th International Conference on Catalysis brought together the crème de la crème of the global catalysis community. Under the motto…
German-South African green initiative targets climate change and energy access with revolutionary clean cooking fuel.
In a bid to combat climate change and improve household energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, GreenQUEST is exploring the technical,…
Clean cooking fuel with a great impact for southern Africa
Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household…
GreenQUEST Public Forum on synthetic fuels
On 11 April, GreenQUEST hosted a panel of industry experts, scientists and academics, to discuss the transformative potential of green…
Taking Africa from biomass to green gas
On 22 March 2024, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Catalysis Institute welcomed the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)…
The quest to green LPG Gas
The Department of Chemistry is part of an international project aimed at greening LPG fossil fuel gas in southern Africa.…
UCT hosts German Education and Research minister for updates on German-funded research projects
The Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) recently hosted German minister of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für…
Meet the two SA students working on a R90m quest to produce green cooking and jet fuel
Students at the University of Cape Town (UCT) are at the forefront of South Africa's research into using green hydrogen…
Germany affirms value of green energy research cooperation with South Africa
Germany sees international cooperation as the only way to deal with the issue of climate change and views South Africa…