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Mini Grid Solutions for Underserved Customers: New Insights from Nigeria and India
23rd February 2024 Traditionally, mini grids have been viewed as “off-grid” systems that are built and operated solely for communities without electricity. The... →
Eskom eschews $2.5bn of cheap loans as climate pact flounders 
By: Bloomberg 23rd February 2024 South Africa’s State power utility has failed to tap $2.5-billion of cheap loans to build critical transmission infrastructure that would help end... →
Crunch time
By: Terence Creamer 23rd February 2024 The consequences of policy failure in electricity are so obvious there is no need to ventilate them again. Not so for gas, however, given that they... →
Western Cape already being hit by climate change, seeking to make itself resilient
By: Rebecca Campbell 21st February 2024 The Western Cape is already feeling the effects of climate change, provincial Premier Alan Winde highlighted on Wednesday. He was addressing the... →
Corruption and clean energy in South Africa: economic model shows trust in government is linked to takeup of renewables
20th February 2024 South Africa relies heavily on energy from coal-fired power stations, which emit large quantities of carbon. But making the transition to greater... →
100 MW of OCGT power to be available in Gauteng by April – Lesufi
By: Schalk Burger 20th February 2024 Johannesburg power utility City Power would, on behalf of the Gauteng government, add 100 MW of electricity capacity to the grid to assist the... →
DA threatens court action if ANC doesn't hand over cadre deployment records 
By: Sashnee Moodley 19th February 2024 With the recent Constitutional Court ruling that requires the African National Congress to hand over records relating to its cadre deployment... →
DA leader manifesto launch (17/02/2024)
19th February 2024 Fellow Democrats, fellow South Africans, I’m speaking to you today from an auspicious location. →
