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I met with UK Pact, Dept of Energy security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and British International Investment while visiting London this week. Our strong historic ties with the UK and their genuine commitment to support our transition, is a big opportunity for SA. Also fantastic to see todays announcements as the UK doubles down on going green. 👏 “Great British Energy’s mission will be to drive clean energy deployment to create jobs, boost energy independence, and ensure UK taxpayers, billpayers and communities reap the benefits of clean, secure, home-grown energy.” Juergen Maier, GBE chair. 11 Green Hydrogen projects announced. This is also a real opportunity for SA to get into the supply chain.

Congratulations to our member Reunert Limited whose renewable energy business Apollo Africa secured their trading license from NERSA yesterday. The approvals mark an important milestone in the journey of establishing a competitive wholesale electricity market in South Africa, in line with the ERA Bill, and the Energy Council will continue to advocate for market enablement to support a sustainable electricity sector and inclusive economic growth. James Mackay Deon de Kock Jenna Harris https://lnkd.in/dQKD7weQ

The Energy Council of South Africa is proud to be a signatory of the #CEOPledge. Over 140 CEOs with a combined market cap of cR11 trillion, representing over 1.36m employees, have committed significant funds and resources to supporting this initiative (over R250M to date). ▶ Watch the video in the Business for SA post below to see highlights from the Phase 2 launch of the Government-Business partnership.

The Energy Council's Senior Manager for Research, Technology and Innovation Dr Bonani Seteni was at the Manufacturing Indaba in Sandton last week where he participated in a panel entitled "Green Economies - Energy security, energy cost and environmental attributes of energy" His key takeaways from the gathering included that we should celebrate achievements to reflect the country’s ongoing efforts to enhance its energy infrastructure and transition towards more sustainable energy sources. Some notable achievements in recent years include:   ⬇ Reduction in power outages ☀ Renewable energy expansion 💡 Improved energy access 📈 Economic impact 🛑 Crime reduction in energy sector. He however noted that improving energy planning capability (data availability and modelling) is still critically necessary for:   📑 Impacting policy and regulation for market predictability 🤝 Promoting Public-Private Partnerships 🏭 Utilizing market predictability by developing industrial capacity and local expertise (EPC and other technical skills) as demonstrated by the 1974 CSIR battery team's response to the 1973 oil crisis.

Our Senior Manager: Operations Pippa Brown participated in the final episode of Season One of the Energy Convos Podcast "Outlook on SA Energy Sector". It was a fascinating discussion with some very distinguished guests. Click on the link below to take a listen 📻

Cheers to the home of fashion. Seeing the history and structure of Europe always brings home how young our vibrant and noisy democracy is. It was great not having to explain loadshedding this year but rather be talking about our reforms, growth plans and technology solutions that will support our transition. Energy Council of South Africa

Europeans demonstrate a very clear commitment to delivering the transition and acknowledgment that climate change is an existential threat. I don’t think South Africans have really made this commitment yet! For EU, this has the benefit that all technology solutions that can contribute are welcomed, even the niche opportunities. The key difference is that all options, including the likes of CCUS which are rubbished in SA are driven in EU by private sector investment case and not government decree. Energy Council of South Africa

I am privileged to be at EUs largest Energy Confernece, Enlit in Milan this year. Despite the obvious differences in scale something that stands out for me is the emphasis on private sector competition and business CEOs leading the discussions. We seem to have fallen into a trap of expecting government to fix all our Energy Transition complexities rather than private sector innovation. This will take a mindset shift for SA, but is no doubt the only way we can transition at pace. Energy Council of South Africa

Dr Bonani Seteni, Senior Manager for Research, Technology and Innovation will be speaking at this year's Manufacturing Indaba. He will be speaking in BREAKAWAY PANEL 13 discussing Green Economies - Energy security, energy cost and environmental attributes of energy. Be sure to catch his session! ⚙️ #MFGIndaba

⌛ A reminder that the survey for South Africa's Energy Trilemma Country profile for the World Energy Council's Energy Trilemma online tool closes today. Please take 15 minutes to fill out the survey and contribute to the acceleration of South Africa's Energy Transition ⚡