Energy
Even using the cleanest technology available, coal’s severe environmental, health and climate consequences remain unavoidable.
Nersa is proposing a new electricity pricing structure to reflect South Africa’s evolving and diversifying energy market.
The place of natural gas in a clean energy future is hotly debated. But, there is a simple answer to whether natural gas is renewable.
Compressed natural gas (CNG) is promoted as a cleaner fuel alternative, but also comes with risks to the climate and health.
News & Analysis
Generating electricity from fossil fuels has a hidden cost: South Africa’s already scarce supply of fresh water.
Investing in energy storage can quickly address load shedding and lay the foundations for a cleaner, more secure power system, said the IISD.
Energy storage such as grid batteries and pumped hydro can address the electricity crisis and ease load-shedding, according to the new study.
A survey of South Africa’s renewable energy pipeline shows 66 GW of wind and solar projects are at various stages of development.