ENERGY SKILLS ROADMAP

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Press Release – SA Energy Skills Roadmap 2023
Launch Presentation – 27 January 2023

Database of South African-relevant green economy and energy skills based projects, initiatives, strategies and research

SECTOR	TITLE	DATE	PUBLISHER	SOURCE TYPE	URL LINK
Decarbonisation (green economy)
All	Sasol/NRF Enabling SA’s energy transition and green economy	2022	Sasol / NRF	Project report	Click here
All (focus on coal)	A framework for a just transition in South Africa	2022	Presidential Climate Commission	Strategy	Click here
Oil / Gas / Petroleum	Petrol stations, workers and the just transition	2022	Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS)
All	Green jobs for young people in Africa: Work in progress	2021	IDRC / ILO	Project report	Click here
All	Women empowerment and gender equality: Strategy for the energy sector 2021-2025	2021	Dept. Minerals Resources & Energy	Skills strategy	Click here
Coal	Estimating the cost of a Just Transition in South Africa’s coal sector: protecting workers, stimulating regional development and accelerating a low-carbon transition	2021	Centre for Complex Systems in Transition, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa [Cruywagen, M., Davies M., and Swilling, M.	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Perspectives on Advancing an Inclusive and Sustainable Green Economy in South Africa	2021	Green Economy Advisory Group (GEAG), in partnership by DFFE (SA); UNEP and BMU	Project report	Click here
Electricity	Electrical-energy in schools with a focus on behavioural and efficiency interventions	2021	Jason Samuels / Stellenbosch University	Academic thesis	Click here
All	Just transition and climate pathways study for South Africa: Decarbonising South Africa’s power system	2021	NBI/BUSA/BCG	Research Report	Click here
All	Linking education and work in the South African energy and water supply sectors	2021	EWSETA/Wits/REAL	Project report	Click here
Energy efficiency	South Africa: New learnership programme for HVAC skills development	2021	Johnson Controls	Programme	Click here
All	Effects of decarbonization on the energy system and related employment effects in South Africa	2021	Environmental Science & Policy Journal	Journal Article	Click here
Oil / Gas / Petroleum	Sector skills plan 2020-2025	2020	CHIETA	Skills strategy	Click here
Renewable	Supporting just transitions in South Africa	2020	Climate Investment Funds	Case study
Electricity	A Skills Measurement Model For The South African Energy Sector: Applying The Analytic Hierarchy Process To The South African Electric Power Industry	2019	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering/ University of the Witwatersrand	Article	Click here
Coal	Sector jobs resilience plan: coal value chain	2019	Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS), Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DFFE) & Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic)	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Future skills and job creation through renewable energy in South Africa: Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising the power sector	2019	CSIR Energy Centre, IASS Potsdam	Project report	Click here
All	Climate policies and skill-biased employment dynamics: Evidence from EU countries	2019	Elsevier	Journal Article	Click here
All	Skills development for a green economy: Industry analysis of the electrical contracting industry	2019	GIZ/SD4GE	Skills strategy	Click here
Renewable	Green economy skills audit	2019	GreenCape / AltGen	Research report	Click here
All	Skills for green jobs in South Africa	2018	ILO	Project report	Click here
All	Green Economy Learning Assessment South Africa: Critical Competencies for Driving a Green Transition	2018	PAGE / Eureta Rosenberg, Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Presha Ramsarup	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Climate jobs	2018	Institute for Economic Justice [Carnac, K. R., Naudé, L.]	Policy brief	Click here
Renewable	An overview of the employment implications of the South African power sector transition	2018	South African Wind Energy Association [Tyler, E., Steyn, G.]	Click here
Renewable	The national skills fund and green skills: Towards a generative mechanism approach	2018	George Sauls / Rhodes University	Academic thesis	Click here
Renewable	Barriers to greening the South African economy	2018	WWF / Federal ministry for the Environment, nature conservation and nuclear safety	Project report	Click here
Electricity	South African Industrial Energy Efficiency Project	2018	Dti, Gef, Unido	Project report	Click here
Renewable	A green economyindustry and trade analysis: Assessing South Africa’s potential	2018	PAGE / Dept. Economic Development / TIPS	Research Report	Click here
Renewable	South Africa’s Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy: Skills Availability Implications	2017	Pumla Myeki / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
All	The state of climate change: Science and technology in South Africa	2017	DST / Academy of Science of South Africa	Project report
All	Analysis of the skills required for green economy: The local government sector perspective	2016	LGSETA	Project report	Click here
All	Green economy learning assessment: South Africa: Critical competencies for driving a green agenda	2016	DEA / PAGE / UNITAR / Rhodes University	Project report	Click here
All	Department of Energy Strategic Plan: 2015-2020	2015	Dept. of Energy	Skills strategy	Click here
Energy efficiency	Knowledge and skills needed to implement energy managements systems in industry and commercial buildings	2013	Global Superior Energy Performance Partnership	Programme	Click here
Renewable	Green jobs: An estimate of the direct employment potential of a greening South African economy	2011	IDC / DBSA / TIPS	Project report	Click here
All	SADC Regional energy access strategy	2010	SADC	Strategy	Click here
All?	21st Century Power Partnership		Clean Energy Ministerial (incl. South Africa)	Programme	Click here
Energy efficiency	International certification programmes for the Association of Energy Engineers		Southern African Energy Efficiency Confederation (SAEEC), UNIDO	Programme	Click here
Energy efficiency	Energy efficiency and sustainability		University of Cape Town	Programme	Click here
Digitalisation (Fourth Industrial Revolution)
All	EWSETA Sector Skills Plan 2021/2022	2021	Energy & Water Sector Education & Training Authority (EWSETA)	Skills strategy	Click here
All	Ten insights into 4IR in Mining	2021	PwC	Project report	Click here
All	Economic recovery and reconstruction plan: Status updates	2021	Cosatu / NACTU / FEDUSA	Project report	Click here
All	National digital and future skills strategy	2020	Dept. Communications & Digital Technologies	Skills strategy	Click here
All	Building resilience in Africa: Enabling an inclusive digital economy and energy access for all	2020	SAIIA	Policy brief	Click here
Oil / Gas / Petroleum	Future Skills Needs in the South African Chemical Sector as Influenced by the 4th Industrial Revolution and Green Chemistry	2019	CHIETA	Project report	Click here
All	The fourth industrial revolution: Relevant skills required to survive and thrive in the fourth industrial revolution	2019	AMEU	Project report	Click here
All	Towards a digital industrial policy for South Africa: A review of the issues	2019	CCRED, dtic, University of Johannesburg	Research Report	Click here
All	Skills gap is stalling digital progress in energy sector	2019	Power Engineering International	Article	Click here
All	Status of post-graduate research training in engineering in South Africa	2018	DSI / Academy of Science SA	Project report	Click here
All	Creating South Africa’s future workforce	2018	Accenture	Research report	Click here
All	Digitalisation and energy	2017	IEA	Research report	Click here
Decentralisation (Technology – moving away from bulk generation and provision incl. storage, electric vehicles etc)
Renewable	From coal to renewables in Mpumalanga: Employment effects, opportunities for local value creation, skills requirements, and gender-inclusiveness: Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising South Africa’s power sector	2022	COBENEFITS / CSIR / IASS / IET / IKI	Project report	Click here
Solar & wind	South African Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM) (in development)	2022	DME / dtic / GreenCape	National strategy	Click here
Hydrogen	Minimum of 14,000 jobs a year from South Africa’s first hydrogen corridor	2022	FuelCellsWorks	Article	Click here
Hydrogen	Sasol & Toyota SA Green Hydrogen Mobility Corridor (concept)	2021	Sasol / Toyota	Programme	Click here
Hydrogen	Hydrogen economy will see no growth in SA without adequate investment into new skills	2021	Y. Pillay / CHIETA / Bizcommunity	Article	Click here
Renewable	Quantifying Socio-Economic Benefits related to Renewable Energy Deployment in Mpumalanga.	2021	COBENEFITS	Skills strategy	Click here
Wind	Wind Industry Internship Programme	2021	South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA) / EWSETA	Programme	Click here
Solar	Accelerators for green skills in solar PV energy transition	2021	Future Africa, University of Pretoria / Nepoworx	Programme	Click here
Gas	South African Gas Master Plan	2021	Dept. Minerals Resources & Energy	National strategy	Click here
All	EWSETA Sector Skills Plan 2021/2022	2021	Energy & Water Sector Education & Training Authority (EWSETA)	Skills strategy	Click here
Renewable	REIPPPP: Bid window 5 bidders’ conference	2021	Indp. Power Producers Office (IPPO) / DME / DBSA / National Treasury	Programme
Nuclear	Nuclear Insights: Public acceptance of nuclear	2021	Knox Msebenzi / Black Energy Association	Article	Click here
Wind	Design and Simulation of an Optimized Small Wind Turbine	2021	Norberto Sanjimba / DUT	Academic thesis	Click here
Electric vehicles	Auto green paper on the advancement of new energy vehicles in South Africa	2021	dtic	Project report	Click here
Hydrogen	South Africa Hydrogen Valley	2021	DSI / Anglo-American / Bambili Energy / ENGIE	Skills strategy	Click here
Electric vehicles	Opportunities to develop the lithium-ion battery value chain in South Africa	2021	GEF, UNIDO, sanedi, dtic, DoT, DFFE, TIA, TIPS	Research report	Click here
Solar	Solar PV industry jobs report	2021	SAPVIA / CSIR	Research report	Click here
Solar & wind	Developing Developers programme	2020	South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) & South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA)	Programme	Click here
Gas	South African gas sector: Potential growth vision and opportunities	2020	Sasol	Project report
Biofuel	Collaboration in South Africa’s Forestry-products Biorefinery Innovation Systems: Examining the knowledge network of leverage professionals	2020	Nicola Jenkin / Wits University	Academic thesis
Solar	Socio-economic Impacts of Solar Energy in Rural Communities’ Livelihoods and the Scale/type of Technology Intervention: Case of Ingquza Hill Local Municipality, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa	2020	Sibulele Bongoza / University of Fort Hare	Academic thesis	Click here
Electric vehicles	Electric Vehicles: Market Intelligence Report 2020	2020	GreenCape	Research report	Click here
Electric vehicles	Harnessing electric vehicles for industrial development in South Africa	2020	TIPS	Research report	Click here
Storage	Energy storage technologies will unlock a ‘new gold rush’ for South Africa	2020	SANEA	Opinion piece	Click here
Renewable	Future Skills and job creation through renewable energy in South Africa : Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising the power sector	2019	COBENEFITS	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Atlantis Renewable Energy Challenge	2019	GreenCape / City of Cape Town	Competition	Click here
Renewable	Future skills and job creation through renewable energy in South Africa	2019	CSIR / IASS / IET	Project report	Click here
Solar	Investigating the root cause of solar power unsustainability in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa	2019	Bantubenzani Mdlolo / DUT	Academic thesis	Click here
All	CSIR presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Mineral Resources and Energy	2019	CSIR / Department of Science and Innovation	Project report	Click here
Electricity	An overview of the employment implications of the South African Power Sector transition	2018	SAWEA	Project report	Click here
Renewable	A talent management framework for the South African Renewable energy sector	2017	Brent Hare / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
Storage	Battery bank design and installation for PV and RE (BATRE)	2017	Energy Training Foundation	Programme	Click here
Storage	South Africa energy storage technology and market assessment	2017	US Trade & Development Agency / Stellenbosch University	Research report	Click here
Wind	Assessment of training skills needs for the wind industry in South Africa	2017	GIZ / SAGEN	Research report	Click here
Nuclear	Developing skills for neutronic modelling of nuclear power reactors in South Africa	2016	Gezekile Nyalunga; Vishana Naicker; Maria du Toit / NW University	Project report	Click here
Renewable	A comparative assessment of the socio-economic and spatial factors impacting the implementation of renewable energy in marginalised communities: the case of Inanda and Bergville	2016	Suveshnee Munien / UKZN	Academic thesis	Click here
All	EWSETA Strategic Plan 2015-2020	2015	Energy & Water Sector Education & Training Authority (EWSETA)	Skills strategy	Click here
Renewable	Utility-scale renewable energy job creation: An investigation of the South African Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPP)	2015	Sarah Stands / Stellenbosch University	Academic thesis	Click here
Wind	Sustainable training support framework for the wind power industry in South Africa	2015	Cayleigh Barton / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
Wave & current	Implementation plan for the Stellenbosch wave energy converter	2014	Stellenbosch University	Academic thesis	Click here
Solar	“Investigation of the Solar Energy Production and Contribution in South Africa “	2012	Silas K. Mulaudzi, Mammo Muchie, Rudzani Makhado / Tshwane University of Technology / City of Tshwane	Project report	Click here
Nuclear	Technician level needs and skills development guidelines for the South African nuclear energy industry.	2012	Titus P. Nampala/North West University	Academic thesis	Click here
Hydroelectric	Developing operational skills to operate and maintain hydropower plants	2010	KGRTC	Research report	Click here
Wave & current	The role of the coastal engineering consultant in harnessing ocean energy	2008	WSP	Presentation	Click here
Biofuel	North-West University (NWU), NRF Research Chair in Biofuels	2007	NWU / Agriculture Research Council (ARC)	Programme	Click here
Renewable	North-West University (NWU), Renewable Energy Research & Development		NWU	Programme	Click here
Renewable	Nelson Mandela University (NMU), Centre for Energy Research (CER)		NMU	Programme	Click here
Renewable	Stellenbosch University, Centre for Renewable & Sustainable Energy Studies (CRSES)		Stellenbosch University	Programme	Click here
Renewable	South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETC)		Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)	Programme	Click here
Biofuel	Installation of biodigesters in rural communities to produce biogas		Agricultural Research Council (ARC) / Dept. Agric., Forestry & Fisheries (DAFF) / Norway Research Co-operation	Programme	Click here
Coal (clean)	Power plant brings reliable electricity, skills development to South Africa		Black & Veatch / Eskom	Programme	Click here
Wave & current	Prospects of risks of marine renewable energy		Blue Economy Future SA	Research report	Click here
Deregulation (market structure; regulation)
All	Local government energy efficiency and renewable energy strategy guide	2021	SALGA / Sustainable Energy Africa	Project report	Click here
All	Energy management as an element of a financial efficiency strategy: A case of the City of Tshwane	2020	Lekgatla Maubane / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
Renewable	Climate finance to transform energy infrastructure as part of a just transition in South Africa	2020	UCT / IKI GIZ / DIW Berlin	Project report	Click here
Electricity	Advancing finance revenue through sustainable electricity distribution: Emalahleni Municipality	2019	Tabisa Nkopo / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis
Renewable	The development of a socio-economic model to promote women empowerment initiatives in the renewable energy sector of South Africa.	2019	Harvey Keown / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis
All	Skills for green jobs in South Africa	2018	ILO	Project report	Click here
Renewable	A theoretical model for successful management of revenue for beneficiary communities of renewable energy companies in South Africa	2017	Ricardo Amansure / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
Renewable	New roles for South African municipalities in renewable energy: A review of business models	2017	South African-German Energy Partnership / GIZ	Project report	Click here
All	Sustainable Energy Solutions for South African local government: A practical guide	2017	Heinrich Boll Stiftung / Sustainable Energy Africa / SAMSET / USAID / Brot fur die Welt	Programme	Click here
All	The development of a green energy sector model for the Southern African Development Community (SADC)	2016	Mbavhalelo Ramagoma / Rhodes University	Academic thesis	Click here
Renewable	Renewable energy production as means for local economic development in eThekweini Municipality	2015	Thobeka Radebe / UKZN	Academic thesis	Click here
Petroleum	A critical evaluation of institutional architecture for effective policy implementation, oversight and accountability in the energy sector of South Africa: A petroleum perspective	2015	Msuthukazi Makiva / UWC	Academic thesis	Click here
Renewable	An enabling environment for independent power producers in renewable electricity	2014	Vivian Palmer / Nelson Mandela University	Academic thesis	Click here
Other useful sources, projects, research and activity – however, don’t go into skills details
Renewable	The state of renewable energy development in South Africa: An overview	2021	O. Akinbami, S. Oke, & Bodunrin	Journal article	Click here
Gas & renewable	Accelerating South Africa’s energy transition with gas power and renewables	2021	GE	Project report	Click here
All	International Just Energy Partnership with South Africa	2021	European Commission	Programme	Click here
All	2030 South Africa roadmap: Multiplying the transition: Market-based solutions for catalysing clean energy investment in emerging economies	2021	BloombergNEF / Climate Investment Funds (CIF)	Project report	Click here
All	Soft skills, hard skills: What matters most? Evidence from job postings	2021	Elsevier	Journal article	Click here
All	Fostering Effective Energy Transition 2021 edition	2021	World Economic Forum	Project report	Click here
All	Assessing policy barriers to the energy transition in South Africa	2021	Elsevier	Journal article	Click here
Coal (clean)	Making sense of jobs in South Africa’s just energy transition: Managing the impact of a coal transition on employment	2021	TIPS	Policy brief	Click here
All	Climate change and a just transition: The opportunities and risks for South Africa	2021	DFFE (presentation to Cosatu)	Project report	Click here
All	Commission 2: Mining and energy	2021	Cosatu	Project report	Click here
All	New Forms of Work:Skills demand and supply in the changing world of work	2021	Department of Labour	Project report	Click here
All	Energy Risk Report 2021/22: Recommendations for decision makers	2021	EWSETA/SANEA	Project report	Click here
All	The economic contribution of the downstream oil industry to South Africa in 2019	2021	FTI Consulting/South African Petroleum Industry Association (SAPIA)	Project report	Click here
All	Circular economy as a development opportunity	2021	CSIR	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Digitalisation and sustainable energy transitions in Africa: assessing the impact of policy and regulatory environments on the energy sector in Nigeria and South Africa	2021	Energy, Sustainability and Society Journal / Fortune Nwaiwu	Journal article	Click here
All	CSIR, Siemens partner to boost South Africa’s 4IR competitiveness	2021	CSIR / Siemens	Article	Click here
Coal (clean)	Comments on potential impacts of proposed new coal generation under the South Africa 2019 IRP	2021	Centre for Environmental Rights	Research report	Click here
All	The South African economic reconstruction and recovery plan	2020	SA Government	National strategy	Click here
All	Global value chains and labour market dynamics in South Africa	2020	Sayers, Esau, Lundall, Selemani, Dudley & Emmett	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Skills for energy in Southern Africa	2020	Sida / ILO	Research report	Click here
Storage	South Africa: Eskom battery storage programme	2020	Eskom	Programme	Click here
All	Integrated Resource Plan	2019	Dept. Mineral Resources & Energy DME)	National strategy	Click here
All	A skills measurement model for the South African energy sector: Applying the analytic hierarchy process to the South African electric power industry	2019	South African Journal of Industrial Engineering	Journal article	Click here
All	National Employment Vulnerability Assessment: Analysis of potential climate-change related impacts and vulnerable groups	2019	TIPS	Project report	Click here
All	Machine learning in energy economics and finance: A review	2019	Elsevier	Journal article	Click here
All	The future of work	2019	BUSA / ILO	Project report	Click here
Coal	The end of coal? Planning a “just transition” in South Africa	2019	Stockholm Environment Institute	Research report	Click here
Storage	Large-scale battery storage opportunity in South Africa	2019	Eskom	Research report	Click here
All	Literature Review of Skill Shortage Assessment Models EnergyREV Project Report [Wendy – this should be moved to other sources below as no specific skills details, but reluctant to move and muck up the system]	2019	University of Bristol,UK	Project report	Click here
All	Green Transport Strategy for South Africa: (2018-2050)	2018	Department of Transport: South Africa	National strategy	Click here
Coal	Coal strategy	2018	Chamber of Mines	Strategy	Click here
All	Estimating the Current and Future Skills Demand of Government’s National Growth and Development Policies	2017	HRSC	Project report	Click here
Renewable	Electricity supply in South Africa: Path dependency or decarbonisation	2017	TIPS	Policy brief	Click here
Storage	Energy storage could become a future industry in South Africa	2017	IDC	Research report	Click here
All	Skills supply and demand in South Africa	2016	HRSC/DHET/UCT	Project report	Click here
Renewable	State of renewable energy in South Africa	2015	Dept. of Energy (DoE)	Project report	Click here
All	Approaches and methods for understanding scarce skills occupations in South Africa	2014	HSRC	Policy brief	Click here
Wave & current	Assessment of the ocean energy resources off the South African coast	2013	Stellebosch University	Research report	Click here
All	Regional infrastructure development master plan: Energy sector master plan	2012	SADC	Strategy	Click here
Coal (clean)	A review of the current and expected underground coal mining methods and profiles and an evaluation of the best practices associated with these	2011	Dougall, André William/Wits	Academic thesis	Click here
Biofuel	Biofuels industrial strategy of the Republic of South Africa	2007	DME	Strategy	Click here
Energy efficiency	Energy efficiency strategy of the Republic of South Africa	2005	DME	Strategy	Click here
Electric vehicles	Electric Vehicles Initiative		iea / Clean Energy Ministerial	Programme
Wind	Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA)		DMRE, SANEDI, CSIR, SAWS, UCT, DTU	Programme	Click here
Energy	Emerging themes and priorities of GH2 research to support public and private sector objectives	2023	H2.SA (Green Hydrogen South Africa), Deutsche Gesellschaft für, Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn and Eschborn, Germany and SANEDI	Research Report	Click here