This 2015 World Energy Trilemma report is a key departure for the World Energy Council’s community. In its previous research the Council engaged business leaders, policymakers and investors in analysing what is needed for energy investment to flow in support of achieving the three goals – energy security, energy equity and environmental sustainability – of the energy […]
The current low business confidence levels experienced in South Africa can be attributed to the challenges that the country faces with electricity supply. This is according to Arthur Chien, the vice-president of Talesun Energy, who says that the answer to a sustainable energy future for businesses in South Africa is a synergy of renewables, including […]
Predicting the future of anything is a mug’s game. Whatever the prediction, it is almost certainly going to be wrong. The probabilist, Nicholas Taleb, rails against those involved in making predictions about the future. The core problem with forecasting, Taleb says, is that we want to understand the present as the logical outcome of […]
South Africa has an excellent solar resource. Many experts agree that the wide spread proliferation of rooftop solar PV installations will take place, and is just a matter of time given the opportunities that this technology presents customers and local industry/installers. Solar PV is a particularly attractive form of renewable generation, given that it […]
Mozambique liquefied natural gas, (LNG) stands to transform the country and entrench it as a leading player in the global LNG industry. Developing these reserves and scaling up the currently planned LNG facility to its potentially multi-train capacity, will establish Mozambique as one of the largest exporters of LNG, a commodity of increasing global […]
In the first two weeks since his appointment, some questionable public statements made by Eskom’s new acting CEO, Mr. Brian Molefe, make one wonder whether he is receiving sound information from his executive team. The minister of Public Enterprises, Hon. Lynne Brown, seems to have had similar problems. After a presentation to the Public […]
Energy transformation is being driven by five global megatrends interacting with and amplified by a set of shifts taking place within the power sector. These five megatrends – technological breakthroughs; climate change and resource scarcity; demographic and social change; a shift in global economic power and rapid urbanisation – are challenges for all businesses. […]
A carbon tax will reduce economic growth in South Africa with detrimental consequences to employment and potentially to the social and political stability of the country. Econometrix has submitted an updated report on the Update report 2013 of the Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity, IRP 2010 to 2030, which spells out the damage a […]
South Africa has an excellent solar resource. Many experts agree that the wide spread proliferation of rooftop solar PV installations will take place, and is just a matter of time given the opportunities that this technology presents customers and local industry/installers. Solar PV is a particularly attractive form of renewable generation, given that it can be […]
