High Court orders DMRE to release records of decision to include new coal power in IRP 2019

In an early victory for CancelCoal applicants, the Pretoria High Court on December 12 ordered Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe to release records relating to the decision to include new coal-fired power in the 2019 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), and to the 2020 Ministerial determination for new coal issued under the IRP. The court has ordered the Minister to release the documents in question and ordered government to pay costs, clearing the way for the main CancelCoal case to proceed, says the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), which represented the environmental applicants in the case, namely the African Climate Alliance, the Vukani Environmental Justice Movement in Action and groundWork.
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Puma Energy has 184 sites with solar power

Fuel retail chain Puma Energy says 184 of its sites are now powered, in part, by solar power installations. This accounts for about 39% of its 467 owned and leased fuel stations where solar installations are commercially and technically feasible and it remains on track to reach its target of 200 solar installations by the end of this year.
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City of Joburg request to be excluded from loadshedding is ‘currently being reviewed’ – Eskom

The City of Johannesburg’s request for a three-day load shedding exemption is under review, according to Eskom. “Eskom can confirm that City Power has made a request for exclusion from load shedding. The request is currently being reviewed,” it said on Tuesday.
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