ON 13th and 14th May 2008 the SA Cities Network (SACN) convened a Summit on Renewable Energy at the Spier Conference Centre in Stellenbosch in the Cape Winelands to enable local government decision makers to consider and discuss the merits of a range of leading practices in promoting the shift to a renewable energy future. The Summit was hosted in association with the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP), SA National Energy Research Institute (SANERI), Alliance to Save Energy (ASE), Sustainable Energy Africa (SEA); and with the support of the Royal Danish Embassy, USAID and ABSA.

Presentations and documents:

• Front Page
• Renewable Energy City Summit Programme
• Attendance list

Session 1

• A Case for Local Action
• Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Programme
• Douglas Banks CV
• The City of Cape Town’s Renewable Energy Strategies and Experience

Session 2

• Renewable Energy:International Experience
• Wind Energy and Finance
• Integrating Wind and Hybrid Generation for Energy Security
• Becoming Green and Gold:Applying the CDM to Wind Energy
• South Africa Wind Energy Programme (SAWEP) Full Size Project
  • Case Study: Wind Energy Deployment in Africa
  • Cape Point (windlab) [bmp, 2.5Mb]
  • Cape Point (windlab) [jpg version]
• Case Sutdy: Solar Water Heating
• Case Study: Integration of Solar Systems
• Case Sutdy: Janisch and Annegarn Enerkey SWH

Session 3

• Water and Energy Efficiency in Municipalities Presentation
• Bioenergy in South African Cities
• Eastern Cape Integrated Cropping & Biofuel Development Programme
• Integrated Waste Management using Biogas Technology Spier
• Greg Austin Resumé
• Mathews Ethanol Gel Fuel Cape Town
• Van Niekerk Other technologies Introduction
• Case Sutdy: Olivier Bethlehem Hydro
• Anton-Louis Olivier Biography
• Case Sutdy: Pedersen Wave Power for the Western Cape
• Kenneth Pedersen Bio
• Case Sutdy: Realising visions
• Case studies: SWH Mass Implementation Approaches
• Case Sutdy: Reddy
• Case Sutdy: Traffic Signal Programme
• Water and Energy Efficiency in Municipalities
• Dohrman Waste to energy

Session 4

• Financing Renewable Energy solutions through Partnerships & Borrowing
• Colin King Biography
• Chauke Funding through the fiscus
• Mbanga Local govt action summary

Mayors' Round Table

• Mayors' Round Table Programme
• Presentation1: Local Government action to promote renewable energy
• Presentation2: The case for RE development in SA D Banks
• Graham Richards Biography
• Presentation3: Lessons from Denmark T Sorensen
• Result Mayors declaration Final