Read Eskom's original article here: http://www.eskom.co.za/news/Pages/Jann9.aspx Richard from the Project 90 Policy and Research team responds below: Eskom claims that renewable energy is causing a “net loss to the economy”, but if we look into the future and beyond vested interests, it is easy to see that renewable energy is now the cheapest source of new [...]
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Over the past months, Project 90 has been working alongside community representatives from Caledon, Kleinmond, Botrivier and Hermanus at the Mthimkhulu Village Centre to bring to light some of the key challenges the communities are facing, while strengthening the understanding of climate change and what can be done at community level to address it. As [...]
September is home to a special (South African) day - Heritage Day. On the 24th September all South Africans are encouraged to celebrate their culture and the diversity of their beliefs and traditions. Heritage Day, also known as 'National Braai Day', sparked the idea behind the campaign we are currently running. Our 'low-carbon' braai campaign ups the ante on the beloved braai. We are on the look out for [...]
Back in December 2014, the Department of Energy announced the Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project as a preferred bidder in the Renewable Energy (RE) Independent Power Producers (IPPs) programme[1]. However, Eskom has recently refused to sign the agreement to purchase their power[2],[3]. This is counter to state policy and is surely part of an [...]
Latest article published in the Cape Argus by Neoka Naidoo from our Policy & Research team - inviting the newly elected ward councillors to take up climate change action.
Project 90 by 2030’s Keep It Bag initiative empowers women from marginalised communities with the necessary skills - through training and capacity building - to enhance their energy security. On 24 May 2016, we introduced the concept of heat retention cooking as a clean, low-cost, low-tech alternative for energy provision to a group of 30 [...]
The Community Partnerships team is raring and ready to go with the practical capacity building workshops set to take place over the next month. At the end of June, the team will be hosting the next round of workshops for the ENERGY SMART Citizens in Action project supported by the European Union, where we will [...]
*** Nerd Alert El Niño in Spanish means 'young boy' which describes the Southern Oscillation. It refers to the cycle of warm and cold temperatures, as measured by sea surface temperature, of the tropical central and eastern Pacific Ocean. El Niño is accompanied by high air pressure in the western Pacific and low air pressure in the eastern Pacific. [...]
One of the many commitments made during the COP21 climate change negotiations in Paris at the end of 2015 was for all participating countries to enhance education, training, public participation and awareness around climate change, and to guarantee access to information in their respective countries. This commitment, known as the “Action for Climate Empowerment” builds [...]