| Follow the discussion on Business Day TV (DStv channel 412) November 14 just after 9pm; repeated on November 15, 9.30am and 9.30pm; November 18, 10.30pm |
Each Dialogue consists of an in-depth, two-hour panel discussion with expert speakers on a specific topic, hosted by a senior Business Day editor. The discussion is recorded on video. A print supplement is then published, along with an online special report, that includes a transcript of the discussion, video clips and reports on the debate and related topics written by Business Day journalists. The debate is also broadcast on Business Day TV.
Focus on renewable energy
South Africa is making progress in turning to renewable energy to help feed its national grid. The Department of Energy, for example, has just announced successful bidders in the third round of its renewable energy procurement programme.
It is another milestone on the way to diversifying the country's energy mix, reducing its reliance on coal-fired power and introducing new, cleaner energy, and new private sector producers, into the mix.
On Thursday, November 7, a Business Day Dialogue chaired by Business Day deputy editor Hilary Joffe featured a range of experts discussing the key challenges of renewable energy in South Africa: what it means for small business, funding for independent producers, the effect on conventional power generation and much more.
Our panellists
 ANTON EBERHARDProfessor, UCT Graduate School of Business |  MARK TANTONCEO, Red Cap Investments |  MICHAEL PEOHead of infrastructure, energy and telecoms, Nedbank Capital |
 NELISIWE MAGUBANEDirector-general, Department of Energy |
 BRIAN STATHAMChairman, South African National Energy Association |
 JOHAN VAN DEN BERGCEO, South African Wind Energy Association |
More reading
Bankers look beyond a simple return on their green investments
SA’s independent power producer renewable energy programme has presented banks with opportunities to generate income
Energy price war looms
Enormous opportunity in South Africa’s renewable energy sector is combined with a ‘massive pricing war’
Challenges aplenty at first home-grown wind farm
New technology, unfamiliar partners and even the forces of nature present challenges to all the companies involved
IPPs may help SA deal with unemployment levels
Independent power producers who agreed two years ago to build R28bn of generation infrastructure will start selling power to Eskom next year
SA ‘needs more locals playing the field’ in renewable energy
SA must keep eye on level of foreign investment in its renewable-energy industry, Business Day Dialogue on the sector hears
Green industry fillip for employment
South Africa’s quest to build a value chain for its renewable energy programme has begun paying dividendsVital lessons for infrastructure projects
Success of government’s renewable energy procurement process has the potential to spill over into other state infrastructure projects
Coal still key to sating SA’s energy needs, says Magubane
It is risky, however, to rely on a single energy source, Department of Energy director-general Nelisiwe Magubane says
Greening Your Business
Register for our comprehensive digital course to plan and implement your company’s sustainability.
- Have you seen our five new modules? Register here
- Visit our Green Business page for news and views on green and sustainable business
Change: -1.64%
Change: -1.60%
Change: -2.11%
Change: -0.98%
Change: -3.60%
Data supplied by Profile Data
Change: 0.15%
Change: -0.26%
Change: -1.65%
Change: 0.00%
Change: -0.17%
Data supplied by Profile Data
Change: 1.05%
Change: 0.39%
Change: 0.78%
Change: 0.74%
Change: 0.35%
Data supplied by Profile Data
Change: -2.48%
Change: -3.42%
Change: -3.72%
Change: -2.99%
Change: -1.15%
Data supplied by Profile Data