The Chantelle Social Housing Project
The City of Tshwane is incorporating solar energy and energy-efficient designs into social housing to help reduce electricity costs and improve resilience to power cuts.
Renewable Energy Projects
Many municipalities in South Africa are installing solar panels on offices, water treatment plants, and other municipal facilities. This helps reduce electricity costs, improve energy security, and keep essential services running during power cuts. Municipalities such as City of Cape Town, City of Johannesburg, George Municipality, and eThekwini Municipality are already implementing solar projects. Renewable
Community Trust
The REIPPPP is a South African government programme that supports the development of renewable energy projects such as wind and solar. Private companies build and operate these projects and sell electricity to Eskom. Under the programme, developers are required to invest in nearby communities through community and enterprise development initiatives over the life of the
Community Cooperative
Community Cooperatives or ‘co-ops’ are organizations owned and run by a group of people from a community to meet their shared needs, whether economic, social, or environmental.
Solar Streetlighting
Solar Streetlighting uses sunlight instead of electricity from the grid. During the day, a solar panel collects sunlight and stores the energy in a battery to power lighting at night. Solar streetlighting is an energy access and service delivery tool providing lighting where grid electricity is not available. This is common in informal settlements, rural
Amarasta Microgrid Project
Microgrids are small electricity systems that provide power to a group of people, such as a community, school, or businesses.
“Spider-Man Is Not Coming”: SCORE Convening Calls for Action on a People-Centred Just Transition
groundWork’s SCORE Convening brought communities and stakeholders together to advance energy democracy, community ownership and a just renewable energy transition in South Africa.
Solar Home Systems in Enkanini, Stellenbosch
Solar Home Systems provide basic electricity to off-grid households, but limited regulation and dedicated policies hinder their effective implementation in South Africa.
Bringing Light to Witsand: What Community-Led Solar Lighting Can Teach Us About Equitable Public Services
In Witsand, community-led solar lighting is improving access, safety and resilience, while offering practical lessons for more equitable public lighting.
Namibia and Eswatini Launch Online Platforms for Embedded Generation Applications
Namibia and Eswatini launch online platforms to streamline distributed generation applications, improve oversight and accelerate solar integration across Sub-Saharan Africa.