08 Sep 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Contributed News
CTI PFAN Project Development & Financing Workshops for AFRICEF
Three Project Development & Financing Workshops for the shortlisted projects, participating in the CTI PFAN Africa Forum for Clean Energy Financing (AFRICEF), were held in May 2010 in Kampala (21.05), Maputo (24.05) and Johannesburg (26.05). The workshops were designed by CTI PFAN to [...]
15 Mar 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: Regional News
South African company removes barriers to emissions reporting:
Despite the failure of the climate change conference in Copenhagen to achieve a binding treaty around carbon emission reductions, a South African company, sustainableIT has just developed TheCarbonReport.com, which now allows companies, irrespective of size, to measure and report on emissions through validated processes. See 25degrees.net for details.
DBSA [...]
13 Jan 2010
by REEEP Southern Africa - Category: REEEP, Regional News
What happened recently in Southern Africa? Our Southern Africa Regional Secretariat put together a short list of the most important new from the region:
Electricity: Cabinet has approved the Integrated Resource Plan (IPR), formulated under the Electricity Regulation Act, and it will guide government on how it can meet the country’s electricity demands. see: http://www.buanews.gov.za
Air pollution: [...]
Within the provisions of the South African Renewable Energy White Paper of 2003, the Department of Minerals and Energy undertook a mid-term review of its Renewable Energy Policy. To this end, a Renewable Energy Summit (the Summit) was convened as part of a stakeholder consultative process which took place on the 19-20th of March 2009 [...]