Academic Research and Theses

This study seeks to create awareness about renewable energy production as a means to addressing this crisis and the uptake of renewable energy resources. It also sheds light on the relationship between renewable energy projects and economic development.

The study aims to unpack the quantitative job creation submissions of the REIPPPP and investigates the opportunities and challenges associated with meaningful job creation.

This study sought to identify alternative funding options for Community Equity Ownership (CEO) in order to ensure its continuity in both the REI4P and the proposed IPP Programmes. An exploratory research design was pursued for the study in view of data limitations arising from the infancy of the renewable energy sector in South Africa. 

The study identifies and prioritises control drivers critical for the sustainability of the REIPPP programme. Sustainability was investigated on an international level and within the South African context.

The study broadly investigates South African energy policy with specific emphasis on the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP). It investigates how the procurement programme links to rights-based climate just principles.