Op-Ed: South Africa transitions to a low-carbon economy
The Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019) is the latest addition to the array of legal instruments South Africa (SA) has adopted to transition to a low-carbon economy and as part of its commitment to adapt to and mitigate against climate change under the international climate change framework.
Western Cape wants gas independent power producer programme implemented
The Western Cape is lobbying national government to initiate a Gas Independent Power Producer programme as a matter of urgency to tackle the energy crisis.
Eskom’s plan for cheaper electricity: Internal competition clusters explained
Eskom is hoping to reduce the cost of electricity by furthering its unbundling strategy in incremental stages, typified by a ‘cluster’ programme which will create internal competition within its generation department.
South Africa’s future energy mix: wind, solar and coal, but no nuclear
South Africa has a new energy plan which covers 2019 to 2030. It follows cabinet’s recent adoption of a new Integrated Resource Plan for electricity generation.
Solar and wind energy could set South Africa on track for the world’s cheapest electricity
It’s a no-brainer — a move to renewable energy will not only boost the economy and create jobs, it is also the path to providing South Africa with potentially the cheapest electricity in the world given our natural wind and solar resources.
It’s time for Soweto and other municipalities to pay Eskom its due: Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa has penned his latest open letter to the public, outlining the issues that saw South Africa hit by load shedding this past week.
Delaying small-scale power generation ‘harmful to economy, customers’
Small- and medium-scale distributed embedded generation could deliver several thousand megawatts to the grid in one to two years, at no cost to Eskom or the fiscus.
Desperate need for bailouts as SA’s SOEs disintegrate
Investors say there is an increased likelihood that the government will have to increase sovereign-bond issuance to bail out Eskom
MANTASHE: SECURE ELECTRICITY SUPPLY CRUCIAL IN GROWING ENERGY SECTOR
Minister Gwede Mantashe said about 60 mining projects with an investment value of over R110 billion were in the pipeline and could create as many as 32,000 jobs.
