Already the continent’s largest producer of renewable energy, South Africa is moving to further reduce its reliance on hydrocarbons by expanding private sector investments in solar and wind projects, and introducing biofuels.
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Economic update | South Africa’s push for renewables
26 May 2016
Articles & Analysis | The role of renewable power in Sri Lanka's energy mix set to expand from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
In a post on Twitter in late November 2015, Sri Lanka’s president, Maithripala Sirisena, wrote, “[Sri Lanka] has great potential to generate renewable energy, and it’s essential that we encourage and inspire investors’ focus towards it.” The statement served to reiterate the government’s commitment to the development of sustainable energy...
Articles & Analysis | Sri Lanka gets ready to tap offshore hydrocarbons resources from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
The offshore Mannar Basin has seen an influx of energy-related activity in the past decade. Since 2007 exploration carried out in Mannar – which is part of the Laccadive Sea and the Indian Ocean – has yielded evidence of considerable oil and gas deposits. As of early 2016, however, commercial production has not yet started, and Sri Lanka...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Damitha Kumarasinghe, Director-General, Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka: Interview from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
Articles & Analysis | New government sets out to rejuvenate Sri Lanka's energy and utilities from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
In a manifesto released in the run-up to Sri Lanka’s 2015 presidential election, Maithripala Sirisena, the then-presidential candidate for the New Democratic Front party, put energy sector reform at the top of the agenda, noting that “energy constitutes one of the foremost factors deciding the future of the country”. Since winning the election...
Articles & Analysis | Sri Lanka launches new long-term electricity plan from The Report: Sri Lanka 2016
In late February and early March 2016 Sri Lanka suffered a series of island-wide power outages, setting off a cascade of automatic shutdowns across the country’s power generation and transmission infrastructure. Some facilities – including the 900-MW Puttalam coal plant in Norochcholai, the largest power plant in the country – were offline for...