Earthlife Africa
Coal
Why South Africa’s new coal-fired power station IPPs will never be...
One of the key objectives of the Life After Coal Campaign is to discourage the development of any new coal-fired power stations.
Coal
Eskom’s latest bid to continue pollution contested
Environmental justice organisations strongly contest Eskom’s further round of multiple applications to postpone compliance with air pollution standards.
Energy
Life After Coal, Greenpeace Africa slam inclusion of coal in electricity...
The inclusion of new coal in the updated draft IRP for electricity will cost South Africa close to R20 billion more than it needs to spend.
Energy
Water costs, impacts of coal-fired power grossly underestimated
Mining coal and burning it in power stations uses large amounts of water, and pollutes even more of the precious resource.
Coal
Report shows two coal IPPs would cost an additional R20 billion
A report released by the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre shows that government’s planned independent power producer coal plants – Thabametsi and Khanyisa – would cost South Africa an additional R19.68 billion compared to a least-cost energy system.
Energy
Irrational IRP can expect legal challenges
The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa say that the Department of Energy will face a legal challenge from them if the IRP for electricity ignores constitutional obligations.
