South Africa’s Energy Transition

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This book provides a succinct overview of the evolution of policies addressing energy and climate justice in South Africa. Drawing on a range of analytical perspectives, including socio-technical studies, just transitions, and critical political economy, it explains why South Africa’s energy transition from a coal-dependent, centralised power generation and distribution system has been so slow, and reveals the types of socio-political inequalities that persist across regimes and energy sources. Topics explored include critical approaches to the South African state and its state-owned energy provider, Eskom; the political ecologies of coal and water; the politics of non-renewable energy alternatives; as well as the trajectory and fate of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP), the country’s major renewable energy policy. The book concludes with reflections on alternative, neglected energy and development paths, suggesting how the political economy of South Africa’s energy system could be further transformed for the better.
Provides a succinct overview of the evolution of policies addressing both energy and climate justice in South Africa Draws on a range of analytical perspectives, including socio-technical studies, just transitions, and critical political economy Explains why South Africa’s energy transition from a coal-dependent, centralised power generation and distribution system has been so slow Reveals the types of socio-political inequalities that persist across regimes and energy paradigms

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Andrew Lawrence

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“This is a closely researched, compelling case for the renewal of efforts to set South Africa and beyond onto a trajectory of transition to renewable energy. It is not the first nor, unfortunately despite its merits, the last word on South Africa's impoverished response to climate change and other aspects of environmental degradation, but it neatly and convincingly demonstrates the need to go beyond the technicalities of energy provision to politics and power, from the local to the global.” (Ben Fine, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), UK)“ Lawrence's book is exceptionally useful, as it provides a vital synthesis and comparative approach to our ongoing - and potentially catastrophic - addiction to coal, explaining the vested interests behind the government's renewable-energy lethargy.” (Patrick Bond, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)
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