Our Publications
Financial Support Needs for Mpumalanga’s Economic Transition, Scoping Study and Press Briefing, March 2021.
This scoping study conceptualises the key elements of a Just Transition programme for Mpumalanga, for costing purposes. It provides an initial approach for considering the ...
Submission to NERSA on the Concurrence with the Section 34 Determination for Nuclear Procurement and Webber Wentzel Memorandum, February 2021.
In this submission we comment on the on the Section 34 determination to concur with the procurement of new nuclear power. We have demonstrated that ...
Briefing Note 2021/01 Survey Results: Scoping Interest in the South African Distributed Energy Generation Sector, January 2021.
This briefing note reports on an industry survey (239 industry players) aimed at gauging interest in the renewable energy distributed generation sector. Results reveal that ...
Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery Project Background Paper #5: Debt for Climate Opportunities in South Africa, December 2020.
This background paper is a content contribution to the discussions of the Debt Relief for Green and Inclusive Recovery Project. It provides insight into the ...
Dr Grové Steyn’s Presentation: Accelerating Emerging Market Coal Transitions: Insights from South Africa at CIF Beyond Coal Clean Energy Transition, November 2020.
In a “Beyond Coal: The Clean Energy Transition” webinar hosted by Climate Investment Funds, Dr Grové Steyn’s discusses how coal transitions in emerging markets can ...
Briefing Note 2020/04 Cutting Through Red Tape: A Shortcut to Solving South Africa’s Power Crisis, November 2020.
SA’s current regulatory framework is no longer fit for purpose. To address this issue, this brief proposes easing market access registration and licensing requirements. In ...
Dr Grové Steyn’s Presentation: Transition Finance and Power Sector Reform in South Africa Centre for Complex Systems in Transition at Stellenbosch University, August 2020.
The Paris Agreement (Art. 9) stipulates that developed countries are to provide financial assistance and mobilise finance to support developing countries to mitigate climate change. ...
Accelerating Renewable Energy Industrialisation in South Africa, July 2020.
This report presents the results of a study which unpacks some of the major political, institutional, regulatory and social barriers to renewable energy deployment in ...
A Vital Ambition – Determining the cost of additional CO2 emission mitigation in the SA electricity system, July 2020. (For the best quality display save the file locally and open it with your PDF app – not with your browser)
This study, undertaken in collaboration with the CSIR, assesses the cost of climate mitigation in the future SA power sector, considering the increasing carbon constraints ...
Briefing Note 2020/02 International coal transitions and their relevance for Mpumalanga, July 2020.
The Mpumalanga region in South Africa, where most coal mines and power plants are located, faces the challenge of transitioning away from coal. This briefing ...