This blog post was co-authored by Phoebe Saintilan
The ‘Paris Agreement’ was adopted on 12 December 2015 at the COP 21 UN Climate Change Conference (Conference). It may potentially herald the end of the fossil fuel era and a global move towards a low carbon future and renewable energy. This will undoubtedly influence
The South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme places economic development obligations on developers. To comply with the local ownership requirement, developers may structure projects so that up to five percent of the shareholding in the project company is held by a local community.
A local community that holds in excess of