Resources

This tool was developed to assess the financial feasibility of three different community SOLAR modalities and to illustrate broad-stroke differences between these options.

A feasibility study exploring the financial viability of community-owned solar PV.

This study sets out to explore the feasibility of community-led socially owned renewable energy development in South Africa, with a focus on eThekwini Metro (KwaZulu-Natal Province) and Emalahleni Local Municipality (Mpumalanga Province).

This video explores the perspectives of electricity service provision in the Greater Kokstad Local Municipality and by the local community.

This video explains what small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) is, how the technology works, and how municipalities can support this rapidly growing trend. For more information, visit www.sseg.org.za

This paper sets out to explore the challenges of energy service delivery in informal settlements through developmental local government approaches. It concludes that these developmental challenges require transformation at multiple levels of government in order to fulfil the constitutional objectives of poverty alleviation and to promote development and growth in South Africa.

This paper focuses on the energy dimension of urban sustainable development through three key themes that are central to socially acceptable, resource efficient future cities: 1) the spatial form of cities, 2) transport and 3) electricity provision to informal settlements. (Wolpe P, Reddy Y, & Euston-Brown M 2012).

An overview of experiences, lessons and challenges with informal electrification in South Africa, drawing primarily on eThekwini and Cape Town’s informal electrification programmes (Sustainable Energy Africa, 2012).