This  Local Government Renewable Energy and Enregy Efficiency Strategy Guide provides a clear programme of action for local government to promote the development of energy efficiency (EE) and renewable energy (RE) in line with national policy direction and within local governance mandates. It also offers technical support, led by SALGA, to strengthen the capacity of municipalities to undertake this work.

Author/s: SALGA, SEA & GIZ 

LED Walkway Webinar was held to share international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. A keynote input came from Dena (a German Energy Agency) sharing energy efficient lighting perspectives from Germany and also sharing challenges and opportunities for municipalities.

Author: Dr Karsten Lindloff

LED Walkway Webinar was held  to share international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. 

SANEDI gave an overview of the implementation activities on behalf of the DMRE.

Author:  Stalin Ndlovu

LED Walkway Webinar on sharing international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. The Technical University of Berlin shared on the energy efficient lighting research priorities, trends, and focus.

Author: Heike Schumacher 

LED Walkway Webinar on sharing international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. An Energy Economist shared LED Street Lighting Exhibitions in South Africa, reviews and possibilities of demonstrating latest LED technologies, and collaboration experience with South Africa.

Author: Mr Andreas Jahn

LED Walkway Webinar on sharing international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. The University of Tshwane shared on the energy efficient lighting decision-making tool/application they created.

Author: Prof OD Dintchev

LED Walkway Webinar on sharing international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. The TUT team gave a Demo Outline of the EE Lighting Tool/Application.

Author: Mark Muwanguzi & Giscard Binini

LED Walkway Webinar on sharing international experience and lessons learned on energy efficient lighting research and demonstration. The demonstration project is funded by the Swiss Government as part of the bilateral agreement with South Africa through its entity Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) under an Energy Efficient Street Lighting Retrofit Project (EEStLRP) implemented by GIZ with the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE).

Author: Gerhard Pienaar

This report reviews possible business models for South African municipalities to seize arising opportunities and minimise potential risks associated with the introduction of renewable energy technologies in the domestic electricity system. It proposes a typology of available business models for municipalities to seize emerging opportunities arising from renewable energy technologies.

Authors: Montmasson-Clair,  Kritzinger, Scholtz, Gulati

This publication presents the status of Small-Scale Embedded Generation in South Africa and how the number of municipalities allowing SSEG into their networks continue to grow well into the future, in line with the decentralization of electricity generation across the globe.

This report covers the following:

• Regulatory framework and institutional update relevant to SSEG in municipal electricity distributor networks
• Quantitative overview of SSEG uptake in municipal electricity distributor networks (Eskom supply areas are not reported on in this publication)

 Authors:  SALGA