South Africa

News

• March 2005 South African Environment Department approves Darling wind farm as first Independent Power Producer (IPP) and national demonstration project in South Africa. Located 70 km north of Cape Town 4 wind turbines with 5,2 MW installed power for the first stage will come into operation at the end of 2005. kbb2 founding President Hermann Oelsner succeeded after nearly 8 years of preparation. contact
• 2005/03/02 First local wind farm gets to the nod www.busrep.co.za
• 2005/03/02 After four years, green light is given for wind energy farm

• Greens and Eskom at odds over wind power (SUNDAY TIMES, 20th June 2004) www.suntimes.co.za
• Cape Town to offer green electricity within a year (November 7, 2003) www.busrep.co.za
• Wind farm stirs interest in wind energy technologies (2004/01/21) www.engineeringnews.co.za

• The Cape Town declaration on energy for cities (25th Novermber 2003) www.greenclippings.co.za
• Call made for renewable energy support (28th November 2003) www.engineeringnews.co.za

In the web

• Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN) www.sarpn.org.za
• Sustainable Energy Africa Promotes sustainable energy approaches and practices in the development of South Africa and Africa. www.sustainable.org.za
• Source Guides Wind Energy Businesses in South Africa http://energy.sourceguides.com

Studies

• Analysis of the Energy Political Framework in South Africa for the Introduction of Wind Energy summary
• The Clean Development Mechanism – A Chance for Renewable Energies in the South African Energy Sector This paper shows the opportunities that the “Clean Development Mechanism” as part of the “Kyoto Protocol” can offer to the energy sector of a country like South Africa. In the last 15 years the countries experienced significant changes in political, social and environmental matters... summary

Conferences

• 2nd World Wind Energy Conference 2003 more
• Power Africa 2004 (Flyer 656 kB PDF)

Institutions

• Homepage www.dme.gov.za
• WHITE PAPER ON RENEWABLE ENERGY (2,23 MB PDF)
• Green Power. Business Opportunities in South Africa for Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers 2003 (624 kB PDF)
• Capacity Building in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Baseline Study on Wind Energy in South Africa (266 kB PDF)

• www.ner.org.za

Companies

• Homepage www.eskom.co.za

Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala Inc
Gary Moore, BA LLB (Witwatersrand) LLM (London), is an attorney practising in energy, mining, commodities, international trade and corporate services. He drafted the model windpower-purchasing contract, and its accompanying drafter's guide, for the United Nations Development Programme as part of its wind-energy programme for South Africa. Gary is a partner at the law firm Hofmeyr Herbstein & Gihwala Inc (Hofmeyr). Hofmeyr is one of the ten-largest law firms in South Africa, with offices in Sandton, Cape Town and Athlone, and offers a full range of legal services.
contact: South Africa, Tel: (011) 286-1111, Fax: (011) 286-1258 www.hofmeyr.com

Genesis Eco-Energy
Wind farm development; wind energy development; wind energy strategy www.genesis-eco.com

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