“We’ve been in this sphere for 20 years when cities didn’t really know how to manage and plan energy to where we are now, where cities are having energy strategies and electricity market plans,” says Yachika Reddy, a project manager atuptake and small-scale, embedded generation. It’s increasingly exciting.”
South Africa’s cities, the report finds, are making progress towards the transition to an efficient and low-carbon economy and society, exceeding national energy efficiency targets and actively pursuing renewable energy interventions. This is largely because of the sprawling nature of South Africa’s cities and not having safe, efficient public transport systems. The report recommends that cities continue with transit-oriented development, improving public transport and providing non-motorised transit infrastructure.
“In all cities, the lack of transparency, trust and accountability continue to be challenges that undermine good policies and plans,” says the report. Reddy says the amendments to electricity regulations on new generation capacity to enable municipal power generation are long-awaited. “With this emergence of municipalities being able to procure energy, which is a very complex situation, there is work underway to ensure and enable that procurement happens in a co-ordinated, accessible way.
Viva ANC? Or we reserve their name for screw ups only?
I don’t believe a word! The ANC & Eskom don’t give a shit about carbon emissions & pollution!