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Climate Change

Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge | World news | The Guardian

Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge Actions taken to suppress coronavirus reveal what measures…

March 28, 2020

Actors

Eskom

Risk of load-shedding will be low during lockdown – Mantashe

March 26, 2020
IRP

Lawyers question whether Nersa’s concurrence timeline truly reflects power-shortfall urgency

March 25, 2020
Coal

Eskom talks to get coal for Kusile plant drag on for 13 years

March 20, 2020

Air pollution

Air pollution

HAPPENING NOW: South African Greenpeace Africa action on SO2

August 20, 2019
Air pollution

Sasol’s plants threatened by sulphur emissions standards

July 30, 2019
Air pollution

Children are the biggest victims of poor air quality

July 15, 2019

Aviation

Aviation

EasyJet to offset carbon emissions from all its flights | Business | The Guardian

November 20, 2019

Cabinet

Cabinet

South Africa aims to finalise its long-term energy plan next month (February, 2019)

January 17, 2019
Cabinet

Renewable energy to form a vital part of SA’s energy mix – David Mahlobo

February 22, 2018
Cabinet

South Africa: Integrated Resource Plan clear for Q3

February 15, 2017

Carbon Offsetting

Aviation

EasyJet to offset carbon emissions from all its flights | Business | The Guardian

November 20, 2019
Carbon Offsetting

South Africa: Revenue use planning for South Africa’s carbon tax

September 11, 2019
Carbon Offsetting

Greta Thunberg and ‘flight shame’ fuel a carbon offset boom

August 14, 2019

Carbon pricing

Carbon pricing

Using Carbon Revenues – World Bank Report August 2019

September 11, 2019
Carbon pricing

Mixed reaction to Mantashe’s portfolio expansion

June 4, 2019
Carbon pricing

General: UN Assembly hears call for a universal carbon tax

March 19, 2019

Carbon tax

Carbon tax

Reducing energy poverty through carbon tax revenues in South Africa

October 1, 2019
Carbon Offsetting

South Africa: Revenue use planning for South Africa’s carbon tax

September 11, 2019
Carbon tax

Carbon tax resistance a ‘red herring’ – Treasury

July 30, 2019

Climate Breakdown

Climate Breakdown

Challenge our elected officials on their climate change plan – Greta

December 27, 2019
Civil Society

Bombs Away – Greta

October 7, 2019
Climate Breakdown

How Dare You!

September 30, 2019

Climate Change

Climate Change

Global emissions | The Conversation

March 16, 2020
Climate Change

Export credit agencies still back fossil fuels (new study by Perspectives)

March 14, 2020
Climate Change

Political failure on climate change has "cost the world dearly" – academics

March 13, 2020

Climate Crisis

Climate Breakdown

Challenge our elected officials on their climate change plan – Greta

December 27, 2019
Climate Breakdown

How Dare You!

September 30, 2019
Climate Change

The Illusion of Saving the World – CounterPunch.org

COP24

Civil Society

Project 90 and the Just Energy Transition

October 23, 2018

DEFF

Distributed Energy Resources DER

Distributed Energy Resources DER

Prospects of decentralized renewable energy to improve energy access: A resource-inventory-based analysis of South Africa

June 27, 2019
Civil Society

NERSA, DOE and Local Governments should allow unrestricted, privately-owned PV

March 20, 2019

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles

If We Cherry-Pick Data, Rely on Discredited Projections, and Ignore CO2… EVs Are Bad! – Rocky Mountain Institute

July 13, 2018

Electricity tariffs

Electricity tariffs

Don’t hurt farmers with higher electricity tariffs, says Agri Western Cape

January 16, 2019
Electricity tariffs

Electricity increases will badly hurt the poor, say community leaders, residents

Electricity tariffs

URGENT: Consultation Paper – NERSA process Registration of < 1MW SSEG

January 15, 2019

Energy related studies

Energy related studies

The evolving role of finance in South Africa’s renewable energy sector

September 5, 2019
Business & Industry

Renewable energy and local development: Seven lessons from the mining industry

July 18, 2019
Energy related studies

Learning from the literature on community development for the implementation of community renewables in South Africa

Energy storage

Energy storage

Eskom preparing a large – scale battery tender

September 26, 2019
Business & Industry

A Deluge of Batteries is About to Rewire the Power Grid

August 5, 2019
Energy storage

A Deluge of Batteries Is About to Rewire the Power Grid – Bloomberg

EV

EV

BMW tests electric iNext in Southern Africa ahead of 2021 production start

February 29, 2020
EV

EV charging network gears up for numerous new models

November 27, 2019
EV

Global appetite for SUVs could offset benefits of switch to EVs, IEA warns

November 14, 2019

Events

Coal

11 March 10-12: Seminar on Germany’s coal phase processes and insight for transition planning in South Africa

March 3, 2020
Events

CSO and Activist Networking event 25th March

February 28, 2020
Events

Invitation to networking reception of InnovateUK’s Energy Catalyst Programme – 2 March 2020

February 25, 2020

Finance

Eskom

No immediate power tariff impact, but first court ruling portends material future hikes

March 14, 2020
Climate Change

Export credit agencies still back fossil fuels (new study by Perspectives)

Finance

Balwin, Absa partner to launch South Africa’s first green home loan

March 13, 2020

Fossil Fuels

Coal

Eskom talks to get coal for Kusile plant drag on for 13 years

March 20, 2020
Nuclear

Live From The Field

March 18, 2020
Coal

SCA denies CTF appeal to have renewables agreements set aside

March 14, 2020

Fuel cells

General News

General News

The Presidency responds to media coverage on Deputy President Mabuza’s oral replies in Parliament | South African Government

March 12, 2020
General News

Blockchain to enable community electricity generation

March 9, 2020
General News

Eskom sets aside R400m for voluntary separation offer to senior employees

February 14, 2020

Hydrogen

Coal

Another nail in coal’s coffin? German steel furnace runs on renewable hydrogen in world first | RenewEconomy

November 19, 2019
Hydrogen

ENERTRAG South Africa scopes wind farm potential in eMalahleni

October 16, 2019
General News

Green hydrogen for buses

September 26, 2019

IRP 2018

IPP

Cabinet last week, said it remained committed to expanding the availability of renewable power to enhance the country’s energy mix

March 5, 2019
Eskom

Eskom, tariffs, bailouts and IPPs – let’s cut throu…

February 20, 2019
IRP 2018

Analysis paralysis over South Africa’s IRP for electricity presents massive economic risk – EE Publishers

February 6, 2019

IRP 2019

CSIR

Integrated Resource Plan: 2019 Initial CSIR insights and risks/opportunities for South Africa

November 11, 2019
DMR

The Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (corrected and Gazetted)

October 19, 2019
IRP 2019

Towards new configurations of urban energy governance in South Africa’s Renewable Energy Procurement Programme

August 22, 2019

JET

JET

Fair, Meaningful and Sustainable Change: A Just Transition Report

March 5, 2020
Events

CSO and Activist Networking event 25th March

February 28, 2020
Civil Society

Networking event for CSOs and activists interested in climate change, energy and a just transition. 11 Feb Cape Town 9:00 to 14:00

February 5, 2020

Just Transition

JET

The political economy of energy transitions in Mozambique and South Africa: The role of the Rising Powers

August 22, 2019
JET

Energy provision in South African informal urban Settlements – A multi-criteria sustainability analysis

August 15, 2019
Energy related studies

Learning from the literature on community development for the implementation of community renewables in South Africa

July 18, 2019

LED

Legal

Climate Change

Climate Contract Playbook and Green Paper of Model Laws (The Chancery Lane Project)

March 2, 2020
Coal

APPEAL OF PROVISIONAL AEL – THABAMETSI POWER STATION AEL/LP/TPC/09/10/2018 (Email 1 of 4)

October 30, 2019
Fracking

Small win for AgriSA in anti-fracking fight

August 13, 2019

Microgrids

Microgrids

Using Games to Engage Communities in Microgrid Development : HOMER Microgrid News and Insight

December 12, 2018

News

News

Mantashe sustains 1 MW licence-exemption cap despite calls for higher threshold

March 28, 2020
News

Wits researchers launch comprehensive COVID-19 dashboard for South Africa

March 25, 2020
Events

CSO Networking Event – now an online Zoom discussion on 25 March, 2020

Policy & Planning

IRP

Nersa finally initiates public process for concurring with Mantashe’s power determinations

March 19, 2020
IRP

Opinion: Government can and should expedite the procurement of emergency power

March 16, 2020
IPP

Lessons from Brazil and India as South Africa gets set to resume renewables auctions

March 11, 2020

Pollution

RE

RE

IEA urges governments to integrate clean-energy transition into Covid-19 stimulus packages

March 24, 2020
Coal

Opinion: Could coal miners be incentivised to support the transition to renewables?

March 21, 2020
Hydro

SA advised to cancel its commitment to giant DRC hydroelectric project

March 20, 2020

Renewables

Hydro

SA advised to cancel its commitment to giant DRC hydroelectric project

IRP

Nersa finally initiates public process for concurring with Mantashe’s power determinations

March 19, 2020
Coal

SCA denies CTF appeal to have renewables agreements set aside

March 14, 2020

Reports

SDGs

General News

SA’s first SDG report card – how to move beyond box-ticking

July 3, 2019
General News

NBI News Update: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2019

January 31, 2019

SMART News

Civil Society

‘Green power is key’

August 5, 2013
Civil Society

Put our resources together and solve the electricity crisis

July 10, 2013
SMART News

Archbishop Emiritus Desmond Tutu supports EGI’s Smart Energy Plan

December 12, 2012

SSEG

News

Private electricity generation identified as most urgent structural reform for reigniting growth

February 27, 2020
News

Ramaphosa announces far-reaching actions to boost power generation ‘outside of Eskom’

February 14, 2020
Business & Industry

Streamlining the SSEG solar PV registration process – GreenCape workshop – Wednesday 19 February

February 12, 2020

Tariffs

News

Energy watchdog to cap electric bills by limiting supplier profits | Business | The Guardian

December 18, 2019
News

The transition from fossils to renewables and its impact on consumer prices

November 11, 2019
Eskom

Eskom in court bid to raise electricity prices 16% to r…

October 19, 2019

Trending Climate

Carbon tax

South Africa: Parliament passes Carbon Tax into law | ESI-Africa.com

February 6, 2019

Trending Eskom

Trending SSEG

NERSA

17 SSEG applications of less than 1 MW have now been approved by NERSA!

May 30, 2019

Uncategorised

Air pollution

Teach children not to breathe

January 13, 2019
Uncategorised

Out of office

December 20, 2018
Uncategorised

Out of office

December 6, 2018

Waste

News

The World’s Recycling Is in Chaos. Here’s What Needs to Happen | Against Recycling | Humanitarian Aid & Climate Change – 2019 in Review

December 30, 2019
General News

Plastic recycling: Turning waste into houses

August 27, 2019
Business & Industry

The Biggest Exporters of Plastic Waste in the World, come on Donald, Japan is ahead of you – make America great!

August 15, 2019
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