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Energy, post 1993: Government Resources: Library Guide: Sustainable/renewable energy

A guide for the Economic History research project

Just Energy Transition

"Eskom’s Just Energy Transition (JET) Office was established earlier in 2021 and has made significant strides to progress the evolution for transition towards a cleaner and greener energy future."

Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies. Just Transition Knowledge Portal

United Nations South Africa. Summary note: JET Roundtable, 2023. Pretoria: United Nations South Africa, 2023. 

Lowitt, Sandy. Working Paper for the Presidential Climate Commission: Finance and the Just Transition. [Pretoria]: Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies, October 2021.

South Africa. Presidency. South Africa's Just Energy Transition investment plan (JET IP) for the initial period 2023-2027. Pretoria: The Presidency, November 2022. 

South Africa. Presidency. South Africa's Just Energy Transition investment plan (JET IP) 2023-2027: at a glance. Pretoria: The Presidency, November 2022. (Brochure)

South Africa. Presidential Climate Commission. Just Transition Framework. Includes: A Presidential Climate Commission Report : A Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa, May 2022A Presidential Climate Commission Report: A Framework for a Just Transition in South Africa, June 2022.

Eskom Just Energy Transition presentation, 17 November 2020.

South Africa. Presidential Climate Commission. Achieving a Just Energy Transition.

Six-month update on progress in advancing the Just Energy Transition Partnership, 21 June 2022. 

France, Germany, UK, US and EU launch ground-breaking international Just Energy Transition Partnership with South Africa, 2 November 2021.

 

Reports

Department of Energy. State of renewable energy in South Africa, 2017. Pretoria: Department of Energy, 2018.

Department of Energy. State of renewable energy in South Africa. Pretoria : Department of Energy, 2015.

South African Local Government Association. Renewable energy scenarios for municipalities in South Africa. Pretoria: SALGA, January 2018.

Department of Environmental Affairs, South African National Energy Development Institute. Sustainability of decentralised renewable energy systems : report. Pretoria : Department of Environmental Affairs, 201-?

National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). Monitoring renewable energy performance of power plants, Issue 10 (Sept. 2017), Issue 11 (March 2018)

National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). Monitoring renewable energy performance, Issue 7 (April 2016), Issue 8 (Oct. 2016)Issue 9 (March 2017)

Prometheum Carbon, South African National Energy Development Institute. Technical report: Appraisal of Implementation of Fossil Fuel and Renewable Energy Hybrid Technologies in South Africa, November 2017.

World Wide Fund for Nature. Climate change and energy. Renewable energy vision 2030: South Africa. Newlands : World Wide Fund for Nature, 2014. (Technical report)

World Wide Fund for Nature. Energy. Feasibility of the WWF renewable energy vision 2030: South Africa: a spatial-temporal analysis. Newlands : World Wide Fund for Nature, 2015. (Technical report)

World Wide Fund for Nature. Enabling renewable energy in South Africa : assessing the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. Newlands : World Wide Fund for Nature, 2014.

Programmes

Integrated Renewable Energy and Resource Efficiency Programme (iREREP). "iREREP is the official national Programme for Resource Efficiencies and Renewable Energy for Government facilities in a bid to meet sustainability targets of Government and South Africa at Large."

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (IPPPP): an Overview as at 31 December 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, 2021?

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Eastern Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 2, December 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, December 2021.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Eastern Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 2, March 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, March 2021.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Northern Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 1, December 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, December 2021.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Northern Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 1, March 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, March 2021.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Western Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 3, December 2021. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, December 2021.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. REIPPPP focus on Western Cape. Provincial Report, Volume 3, June 2020. Pretoria: Independent Power Producer Office, June 2020.

South Africa. Independent Power Producer Office. Outlining the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) Empowerment Imperative A presentation made at the Business Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs in the Renewable Energy Sector Meeting, 15 June 2018. Powerpoint presentation. 

Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. IPP Renewables

Department of Mineral resources and Energy. Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement (REIPPP) Programme

Strategies

Western Cape. Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Sustainable energy strategy for the Western Cape : draft summary document, May 2007.

World Wildlife Fund for Nature, South Africa. Renewable energy vision 2030 : South Africa. Newlands, Cape Town : WWF-SA, 2014.

Useful website

Urban Energy Support. SALGA & SEA site with many online publications, including government.

Plans

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. South African Renewable Energy Masterplan: Draft version for review, 7 July 2023. Pretoria: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Department of Science and Innovation, July 2023.

South Africa. Department of Mineral Resources and Energy. South African Renewable Energy Masterplan: an industrialisation plan for the renewable energy value chain to 2030. Draft Masterplan for review by Executive Oversight Committee. Pretoria: Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Department of Trade, Industry and Competition, Department of Science and Innovation, March 2022.

GreenCape. The South African Renewable Energy Master Plan: Emerging Actions Discussion Document. The second step in the validation of draft levers and workstreams for the South African Renewable Energy Master Plan. Cape Town: GreenCape, September 2021, updated November 2021. 

Policies

South Africa. Department of Minerals and Energy. Free basic alternative energy policy (Households Energy Support Programme). Pretoria : Department of Minerals and Energy, 200-?

South Africa. Dept. of Minerals and Energy.    White paper on the renewable energy policy of the Republic of South Africa, November 2003. /    Pretoria :   Government Printer,   2004.  G 68 E.ENER.04.WHIT

South Africa. Department of Minerals and Energy. White Paper on the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Clean Energy Development. Part One, Promotion of Renewable Energy. Pretoria: Department of Minerals and Energy, August 2002. Draft.

Western Cape (South Africa). Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning.    White paper on sustainable energy for the Western Cape Province [draft]    Cape Town :   Province of Western Cape,   2010. G PWC E.ENVI.10.WHIT

Western Cape (South Africa). Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning. Sustainable Energy Strategy for the Western Cape: draft summary document. Cape Town :  Province of Western Cape, May 2007.

Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs)

Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs) and Strategic Transmission Corridors.

Department of Environmental Affairs. Renewable Energy. Data & maps.

CSIR, Department of Environmental Affairs. Strategic Environmental Assessment for wind and solar PV energy in South Africa: Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs)

International

Western Cape

Municipal Energy Resilience (MER) Initiative

"The MER initiative is spearheaded by the Department of Economic Development and Tourism’s (DEDAT) Green Economy Chief Directorate and supported by the combined efforts of the Department of Local Government (DLG), Provincial Treasury (PT) the Department of Environmental Affairs and Development Planning, the City of Cape Town and the six candidate municipalities (Drakenstein, Mossel Bay, Overstrand, Saldanha Bay, Stellenbosch and Swartland)."

Market intelligence report : renewable energy, 2014.  Cape Town, South Africa: GreenCape, 2014. Shelf no. G PWC ES.GREE.RENE

Renewable energy ... : market intelligence report, 2015 .Cape Town, South Africa: GreenCape, 2015-2016. Shelf no. G PWC ES.GREE.RENE

Utility-scale renewable energy ... : market intelligence report, 2016 onwards.  Cape Town, South Africa: GreenCape, 2016-2021. Shelf no. G PWC ES.GREE.RENE 2020-2021

Large-scale renewable energy market intelligence report, 2022 onwards.Cape Town, South Africa: GreenCape, 2022 onwards. Shelf no. G PWC ES.GREE.RENE 2022 onwards

Western Cape. Department of the Premier. Chief Directorate: Policy and Strategy. Green Cape 2040: towards a smarter grid. [Cape Town: Office of the Premier, 2016?] (FuturesCape policy research paper)

Brochures

South Africa. Department of Energy. Renewable energy initiatives. 201-?

Independent Power Producers

City of Cape Town. Independent Power Producers.

Guidelines

South Africa. Department of Environmental Affairs. EIA guideline for renewable energy projects. Pretoria: Department of Environmental Affairs, 2015. 

Government & Entities

Renewable Energy Center of Research and Development (RECORD). Established in 2011, operational in 2012, RECORD is part of the Clean Energy Solutions portfolio within the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI). 

Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (IPP Renewables). Programme of the Department of Energy in partnership with Eskom and Nersa.

"The South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) is a Schedule 3A state owned entity that was established as a successor to the previously created South African National Energy Research Institute (SANERI) and the National Energy Efficiency Agency (NEEA). The main function of SANEDI is to direct, monitor and conduct applied energy research and development, demonstration and deployment as well to undertake specific measures to promote the uptake of Green Energy and Energy Efficiency in South Africa."

Renewable Energy Centre of Research and Development (RECORD)RECORD supports the mandate of SANEDI within the Clean Energy Solutions portfolio.

South African Cities Network. Sustainable Energy. Various documents

South African-German Energy Programme (SANGEN). "part of the bilateral cooperation between South Africa and Germany. SANGEN is funded by the German Government and implemented by the Deutsche Gesallschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). SANGEN is focused on improving the implementation of policies and strategies to stimulate investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency."

World Wildlife Fund for Nature, South Africa. Energy

Biofuels

Department of Energy and Department of Mineral Resources. South African Biofuels Regulatory Framework & Annexure 1, National Biofuels Feedstock Protocol. Pretoria: Government Printing Works, February 2020.

Department of Energy. 2014. Draft position paper on the South Africa biofuels regulatory framework

Department of Energy. Development of South Africa's biofuels industry. 201-? (brochure)

Department of Minerals and Energy. Biofuels industrial strategy of the Republic of South Africa. Pretoria?: Department of Minerals and Energy?, 2007. Shelf no. G 68 E.ENER.07.BIOF

Department of Minerals and Energy. Draft biofuels industrial strategy of the Republic of South Africa. Pretoria? : Department of Minerals and Energy?, 2006. Shelf no. G 68 E.ENER.06.DRAF

GreenCape. Biofuels: from viability to pilot projects. Overview report. Cape Town : GreenCape, March 2015.

IEA Bioenergy. Country reports. South Africa: update 2018: bioenergy policies and status of implementation. IEA Bioenergy, 09 2018.

Melamu, Rethabile.  Biofuels: from viability to pilot projects. Deliverable 1: Re-assessment of the Western Cape’s biofuel production potential via a multi-criteria analysis. Cape Town : GreenCape, March 2015.

Williams, Anthony. The GreenCape Sector Development Agency Progress Report on Strategic Project. Biofuels in the Western Cape. Cape Town : GreenCape, 14 March 2014.

 

 

Wind & Solar Energy

Department of Environmental Affairs, CSIR. Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) for wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) energy in South Africa: Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZs)

Department of Environmental Affairs, CSIR. Strategic Environmental Assessment for wind and solar photovoltaic energy in South Africa. CSIR Report Number: CSIR/CAS/EMS/ER/2015/0001/B. Stellenbosch: CSIR, 2015.

Department of Environmental Affairs, CSIR. Phase 2 Strategic Environmental Assessment  for wind and solar photovoltaic energy in South Africa, 2019. CSIR Report Number: CSIR/SPLA/SECO/ER/2019/0085. Stellenbosch: CSIR, October 2019.,

Department of Environmental Affairs, CSIR. Strategic Environmental Assessment for wind and solar photovoltaic energy in South Africa. 2015. Appendix A1. Agriculture Scoping Assessment Report. ; Appendix B. Consultation Process.

Conference proceedings

Sustainable Energy Development for Southern Africa (1997 :    Conference on Sustainable Energy Development for Southern Africa :   proceedings, Eskom Conference Centre, Midrand, South Africa, 4-6 June 1997 /    [Luxembourg? :   The Commission?,   1997] G 4 E.ENER.97.CONF

Atlas

South Africa. Department of Science and Technology. Bioenergy atlas for South Africa. Webpage, including Synopsis Report