{"id":1467,"date":"2013-03-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/uncategorized\/1467\/powering-the-future\/"},"modified":"2019-11-06T08:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T08:23:47","slug":"powering-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/blogs\/1467\/powering-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Powering The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

Renewable Energy Rollout in South Africa<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
\n\tOur latest report, released on the eve of the BRICS summit in Durban, busts prevailing myths around green energy and reaffirms why renewables are the best option for powering South Africa.\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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Shortsighted energy choices, guided by vested interests in coal and nuclear power, are preventing millions of South Africans from accessing electricity.<\/p>\n

In addition, misconceptions about what renewable energy can achieve and a lack of\u00a0political will power remain major stumbling blocks in clean energy rollout. <\/p>\n

Two years after world leaders met in Durban for the UN talks<\/a>,\u00a0which failed to deliver a plan for a clean energy future, the question is whether Brazil, Russia India, China and South Africa (BRICS)\u00a0can lead the way in\u00a0renewable\u00a0energy development.<\/p>\n

The ground-breaking report, Powering the Future: Renewable Energy Roll-out in South Africa<\/a>, debunks important myths about renewable\u00a0energy generation; offers solutions to the barriers to its deployment; and presents success stories from across the globe.
According to Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director for Greenpeace, \u201cSouth Africa\u2019s current energy planning is dangerously short-sighted, ignoring the vast external costs of both coal and nuclear power, and fails to provide electricity for millions of citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cA roof-top revolution will speed up the uptake of\u00a0renewable\u00a0energy if local and national governments will agree to feed-in tariffs, net metering and other small scale\u00a0renewable\u00a0energy mechanisms,\u201d said Greenpeace Climate and Energy Campaigner Ruth Mhlanga.<\/p>\n

The question is why the South African government continues to use public funds for coal power plants and centralized energy distribution, when\u00a0renewable\u00a0energy is cheaper, provides universal access, and creates thousands more jobs that the government\u2019s current energy plan.<\/p>\n


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