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World Bank sees microgrids playing bigger role in Africa’s electrification as solar costs fall
By: Terence Creamer 18th April 2018 Changes in generation technologies, including the sharp fall in solar photovoltaic (PV) costs, means that the evolution of electricity systems in... →
Renewables-heavy mix is South Africa’s cheapest option, yet another study confirms
By: Terence Creamer 1st December 2017 A new, independently produced techno-economic model of South Africa’s cost-optimal power generation mix in 2040 outlines a system where 69% of the... →
Going fission?
By: Terence Creamer 27th October 2017 We know for certain what President Jacob Zuma’s latest Cabinet reshuffle was not. It was not about South Africa, or about good governance. It was... →
Adapting Market Design to High Shares of Variable Renewable Energy
2nd June 2017 Liberalised electricity markets require timely adaptation to support higher shares of variable renewable (solar and wind) energy and distributed... →
DoE: Mmamoloko Kubayi: Address by Minster of Energy, during the Department of Energy budget vote for 2017/18, Parliament, Cape Town (19/05/2017)
19th May 2017 We would have loved to receive more in light of our work, however we understand the constraints of the fiscal capability. →
Opinion: Court’s ‘clean slate’ nuclear directive a big opportunity for new Energy Minister 
By: Terence Creamer 26th April 2017 Having been effectively directed by the Western Cape High Court to “start with a clean slate” when approaching the controversial issue of nuclear... →
‘No firm decisions’ on nuclear, Gigaba insists as he seeks to soothe post-junk anxieties
By: Terence Creamer 4th April 2017 Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba has reiterated South Africa’s stance that the proposed nuclear programme be implemented only at a “pace and scale”... →
Wind, solar can supply bulk of South Africa’s power at least cost, CSIR model shows
By: Terence Creamer 22nd August 2016 The dramatic fall in the cost of supplying power from wind and solar photovoltaic (PV) plants has moved the global electricity supply industry... →
