The hybrid nature of threats to South Africa’s energy infrastructure can only be solved by an integrated solution, including severe sanctions that should include fines and imprisonment.
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Five essential reads on why South Africa is failing to keep the lights on.
Considering South Africa’s climatic advantage, the fraction of electricity generated from renewable energy technologies is low.
If South Africa fails to implement the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan, it will lead to the demise of Eskom as an energy producer as users turn to alternative electricity sources.
South Africa’s renewable energy procurement programme has the potential to restore energy security and eventually reduce power prices.
Eskom’s CEO talks debt, power cuts and green energy.
Southern African countries have been slow in embracing solar energy but this is changing.
Renewable energy sources won’t make a decisive impact to alleviate South Africa’s power shortage for at least five years.
Replacing fluorescent lights with efficient LED alternatives is the single best way to cut schools’ electricity costs.
When South Africa finally emerges from COVID-19 inadequate electricity supply will be once again rear its head.
The deluge of opinions and proposed solutions to South Africa’s energy crisis reflects corporate and political interests.
It would be better to proactively restructure South Africa’s electricity sector to spur innovation and investment and reduce costs before another crisis hits and further derails the economy.
President Zuma indicated a welcome slowdown in the South African government’s stated intention to invest in nuclear power plants.
Solar power is a key piece of South Africa’s energy puzzle.
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Professor at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Technology Management, University of Pretoria
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Professor in Engineering, Chair in the Internet of Things, Stellenbosch University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Researcher in Renewable Energy, University of Cape Town
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Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Plant Pathology and Co-Director at the Centre of Excellence in Food Security, University of Pretoria
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Visiting Adjunct Professor at Wits Business School, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Research Fellow, Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Director: Social Impact & Transformation, Stellenbosch University
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Professor of Physical Geography, University of the Witwatersrand
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Consulting Economist; and Senior Research Fellow University of Johannesburg, University of Johannesburg
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Research Director: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES) research division, and Coordinator of the South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS), Human Sciences Research Council
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Senior researcher, urban sustainability transitions, environmental governance and resilience, Gauteng City-Region Observatory
