Life After Coal
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.
