E NVIRONMENTAL
POWERING AHEAD
GREEN AND CLEAN By Fiona Wakelin
The Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme
renewable energy and in 2010, after
on non-renewable coal-based Eskom-
Energy Independent Power
Over the last year the country’s reliance generated power nearly brought the economy to a standstill with rolling load shedding taking place day and night. Many people downloaded the app Eskom se Push, not only for the alerts it provided but because the name of the app represented the general public outrage at being held hostage to a nonrenewable energy source provided by
the necessary legislation had been passed, the Department of Energy launched the Renewable Producer Programme (REIPPP) to enhance South Africa’s powergeneration capacity. This programme encourages independent power producers (IPPs) to generate power
ailing infrastructure.
using renewable
Eleven years ago, in 2009, we
the Government
started investigating how to increase and sustain private investment in
techniques which then buys for Eskom.
