From coal to crops: Grootvlei’s climate-smart horticulture centre takes root – The Mail & Guardian

From coal to crops: Grootvlei’s climate-smart horticulture centre takes root – The Mail & Guardian

Within five years, success at the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre should be tangible, measurable and firmly rooted in the local economy. For Joanne Doornewaard, the Netherlands’ ambassador to South Africa, that success looks like a climate-smart horticulture centre that has moved well beyond its pilot phase and become embedded in Mpumalanga’s economic landscape. Eskom and the Netherlands embassy launched the centre on Tuesday at the …

South Africa: Eskom and the Netherlands officially launch Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre

Eskom, the Government of the Netherlands and the Mpumalanga provincial government officially launched the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre at the Grootvlei Power Station yesterday, marking a practical milestone in linking South Africa's Just Energy Transition to new local economic…

Eskom And The Netherlands Launch Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre

Balfour – Eskom and the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands have officially launched the Grootvlei Climate Smart Horticulture Centre in Mpumalanga, which will create jobs in the next five years The centre was officially launched on Tuesday, 27 January 2026, at the Grootvlei Power Station in Balfour, marking a practical milestone in linking South Africa’s Just Energy Transition to new local economic opportunities in climate-smart food pr…