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23 May 2013
Opinion
 
 
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12 Apr 2013
 
 
South Africa's IRP2010 blueprint is outdated
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
Since the first Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) was drafted in 2010, the world has changed: Fukushima happened, more gas has been confirmed off the east coast of Africa, Germany has decided to stop...
 
 
08 Mar 2013
 
Green growth or deep green economy?
LOW CARBON FUTURE
Green growth or deep green economy? The green economy debate has been in South Africa for at least 5 years. The green economy also has other names: “low carbon transition”, “sustainable...
 
 
08 Feb 2013
 
Of oil refineries, nuclear plants and the planning fallacy
LOW CARBON FUTURE
The great project Mthombo (new large refinery capacity) and the proposed 9.6 GW nuclear fleet is still on the cards.  Both do not only describe the need for vast capital investments but also the...
 
 
18 Jan 2013
 
The challenge of fossil fuel binding constraints
LOW CARBON FUTURE
Despite the failure of the recent round of the Doha climate change talks, the national project on a low-carbon transition requires continued impetus.
 
 
07 Dec 2012
 
LTMS and the challenge of long-term technology planning
LOW CARBON FUTURE
Many moons ago, South Africa did pioneering work on how best we can meet our international climate mitigation obligations.
 
 
29 Jun 2012
 
Planned ISMO unlikely to be panacea for power sector’s woes
LOW CARBON FUTURE
The proposal to introduce an independent system and market operator (ISMO) into South Africa’s power generation sector seems to have found favour with government. However, it remains to be seen...
 
 
20 Jan 2012
 
Will the planet be saved?
LOW-CARBON FUTURE
Fourteen days of deliberations at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change seventeeth Conference of the Parties (COP 17) culminated in a diplomatic coup where, for the first time,...
 
 
08 Jul 2011
 
SA needs an independent system operator
Low Carbon Future
Previously, I noted some reservations about the idea of an independent system and market operator (ISMO).
 
 
 
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