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The wealthy should not be allowed to opt out from their share of the costs of electricity production and Eskom’s debt.
International experience suggests South Africa can benefit by focusing on a simple restructuring of its power utility, allowing well-run state-owned entities to flourish.
The deliberations were characterised by disingenuous, counter-factual policy pronouncements, and de facto denials of the ANC’s culpability in causing many of the current problems facing the country.
The hybrid nature of threats to South Africa’s energy infrastructure can only be solved by an integrated solution, including severe sanctions that should include fines and imprisonment.
Removing red tape for new renewable energy projects will see additional energy coming online quite quickly.
Five essential reads on why South Africa is failing to keep the lights on.
Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
A judicial commission into state corruption found that the Gupta family influenced former President Jacob Zuma’s political decisions.
If South Africa fails to implement the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan, it will lead to the demise of Eskom as an energy producer as users turn to alternative electricity sources.
Economic and energy policymakers are responsible for increasing both demand for and supply of electricity. There must be a surplus of energy which will encourage economic growth.
The court ruling that it’s a constitutional right to have clean air highlights the fact that South Africa needs to improve air quality urgently.
The urgency of the climate crisis was overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic for a while, but the South African government displayed a renewed climate focus over the past year.
A liaison group with large financial institutions has worked in the US and the Netherlands.
South Africa’s biggest successes in the last year in relation to energy have been in regulatory matters.
Attacks on national power generation’s critical infrastructure are a known strategy of hybrid warfare.
Details of the US$8.5billion funding South Africa is set to receive to support the move to a just transition and a climate resilient economy haven’t been made public yet. Here’s what’s clear so far.
South Africa’s renewable energy procurement programme has the potential to restore energy security and eventually reduce power prices.
To improve air quality, a combination of efforts is needed including reducing Eskom’s emissions, investing in cleaner sources of energy, and reducing emissions.
The ins and out of South Africa’s national power grid and why Eskom keeps tripping the switch.
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