Promoting equitable, low carbon, clean energy development in urban South Africa and Africa

WORK AREAS

Our Mission

Sustainable Energy Africa promotes equitable, low carbon, clean energy development in urban South Africa and Africa. Through our work we promote energy efficiency, the transition to more sustainable energies such as solar and wind power and access to safe and affordable energy services for all. We do this through research, capacity building, policy engagement and information dissemination.

Latest Insights

  • Net-Billing Rules are Empowering Prosumers & Distributors

    The new Net-Billing Rules empower licensed distributors, through clear pricing principles, to set fair tariffs and terms for prosumers to feed excess power back into the grid, while balancing the interests of both parties.

  • A Municipal Template to Simplify the Path to Embedded Generation

    AMEU and SALGA produced a template for municipalities to develop their own guide for citizens and businesses on connecting all forms of embedded generation to the municipality’s electricity network.

  • Guiding Embedded Generation: A Practical Assessment Tool

    The Grid Impact Study Specification Guide provides essential guidelines for municipalities and end clients to assess the impact of embedded generation on the electrical grid.

Recent Projects

  • Embedded Generation Wheeling Tracking

    This project will track embedded generation and wheeling implementation in municipalities as well as Eskom, and develop a dashboard to showcase the results.

  • Rebuilding the Grid from the Bottom Up

    This project will build capacity and consensus amongst sector leaders, through evidence and conversation, for clear electricity sector reform policy direction required to unlock renewable energy and related emissions reduction.

  • Regulator and Utility Support for Distributed Generation in selected Sub-Saharan Countries

    This project is dedicated to providing technical assistance and support to African regulators and utilities. Our primary goal is to facilitate the safe, compliant, and financially sustainable integration of Distributed Generation (DG) into electricity networks across partner countries in Africa.