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Energy in South Africa, post 1993: Government Resources: Library Guide: Energy security

A guide for the Economic History research project

Case study

Plans

South Africa. Department of Minerals and Energy. Energy security master plan :   liquid fuels /    Pretoria :   Government Printer,   2007. G 68 E.ENER.07.ENER

South Africa. Department of Minerals and Energy. Energy security master plan : electricity, 2007-2025.  Pretoria : Department of Minerals and Energy.

Documents

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa). Energy and the Circular Economy: Improving energy security in South Africa through a more circular energy sector. Pretoria: CSIR, July 2023. (Science, technology and innovation for a circular economy series)

South Africa. Presidency. Confronting the energy crisis: actions to end load shedding and achieve energy security. Pretoria: The Presidency, [2022.]

Roadmaps

Western Cape. Game changer roadmap 2018: energy security. Version dated August 2018. Cape Town: Department of the Premier, August 2018.

Research paper

Trollip, Hilton ... [et al.] 2014. Energy security in South Africa. Cape Town: Mitigation Action Plans & Scenarios (MAPS) (Research paper issue 17)

Programmes

Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme. "The programme’s primary mandate is to secure electrical energy from the private sector for renewable and non-renewable energy sources."

Western Cape. Energy Resilience

Western Cape Energy Resilience Programme

Agriculture

Cloete, K., Pienaar, L., Davids, T., Delport, M., Meyer, F. Van der Burgh, G., Durand, W., Truter, K. & Gouse, M. An analysis of the impact of loadshedding on the Western Cape agricultural sector. Report for the Western Cape Department of Agriculture. Elsenburg: Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy, 2023. 

GreenCape. Energy needs assessment for farmers:  situational guideline. Cape Town: Western Cape Government, GreenCape, 2024. 

GreenCape. 'Greening' your farm: energy focus. Cape Town: GreenCape in partnership with Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, 2024. Workshop recordings available.