Integrated Resource Plan
The 2016/17/18 revision of the IRP and IEP
From 2017, the Department of Energy was in the process of updating the Integrated Resource and Integrated Energy Plans in terms of the Electricity Regulation Act, 2006. The following resources were relevant to the updating process during that period:
- CSIR’s comments on the draft IRP and IEP update (4 April 2017)
- Further analysis by the CSIR regarding South Africa’s energy future (4 August 2017)
- Study by Meridian Economics entitled “Eskom’s Financial Challenges and the Viability of Coal-Fired Power in South Africa (15 November 2017)
- A paper by Jonas Hörsch and Joanne Calitz entitled “PyPSA-ZA: Investment and operation co-optimization of integrating wind and solar in South Africa at high spatial and temporal detail” (submitted for publication on 1 November 2017); the draft version of the paper is available online
- Integrated Resource Plan Factsheet
Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs (PCEA)
- Presentations delivered at the MES hearings of 7 and 8 November 2017
- Presentations delivered at the MES hearings of 6 February 2018