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DTSTART:20150625T130000Z
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SUMMARY:Procuring renewable energy in South Africa: a new frontier?
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DESCRIPTION:In the last three years carbon-intensive\, coal-dependent Sou
 th Africa has become one of the leading destinations for renewable energ
 y investment. This can largely be attributed to the take off of the coun
 try’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers’ Programme (RE IPPPP)
 \, launched in August 2011. Since then a privately-generated\, utility-s
 cale\, renewable energy sector is being integrated into an electricity n
 etwork that has historically been dependent on the country’s abundant co
 al resources and dominated by state-owned utility\, Eskom. RE IPPPP is t
 he first renewable electricity initiative to have gained traction at the
  national level in South Africa. Yet a number of concerns have since ari
 sen including: the extent to which the financial returns will benefit or
  leave the country\; the fact that the ownership of the industry is rapi
 dly becoming the domain of large international utilities\; the nature of
  the programme’s economic and community benefits in a country with gross
  socio-economic inequality along racial divisions\; and whether it will 
 create a long-term local manufacturing and service industry. \nWhat then
  are the challenges and trends that are emerging from RE IPPPP? Who stan
 ds to gain and lose from this programme and how might the industry devel
 op in the medium-to-long term? What will the economic and social impacts
  of RE IPPPP be in light of South Africa’s high levels of inequality and
  unemployment?  This seminar will evaluate key features of RE IPPPP\, un
 pack the different levels of the programme and the diversity of players 
 involved in it. I will further discuss key tensions inherent in RE IPPPP
  between commercial priorities for ‘bankability’\, and the requirements 
 for economic development and community ownership.\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:C1\, George Begg Building\, Manchester
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