Cape Town is set to take advantage of the recent Department of Energy’s decision to allow major cities to purchase electricity directly from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The decision is anticipated to be a major fillip for the renewable...
While South Africans celebrate the lifting of many Covid-19 restrictions and the full reopening of the economy, the news is not all good as Eskom has reported a severely constrained power system, resulting in continued load shedding. By South...
Large-scale projects for the roll-out of gas, electricity, solar and other infrastructure projects will be given exemption from the need for environmental authorization in terms of notices gazette by the government on 31 July 2020. This is certain...
The Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute (Safcei) recently made a number of requests for information in terms of the Promotion of Access to Information Act (PAIA), following its growing concern about government’s latest push...
