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2010/08/21
D Peters on wind power technology as source of energy
Ms Dipuo Peters, MP, Minister of Energy today (Saturday, 21 August) rejected outright the suggestion by Dr O'Connor, Chief Executive Officer of Mainstream Renewable Energy Power, that wind is the only source of energy.
Minister Peters was responding to remarks made by Dr O'Connor at the business breakfast organised by the Mail and Guardian which are published in this week's edition of the same newspaper.
"I reject with the contempt Dr O'Connor's ...
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2010/07/31
D Peters: Black Management Forum gala dinner
Programme director
My colleagues, Minister Tina-Joemat Pettersson and Premier Jenkins
The leadership of BMF
Ladies and gentlemen
I want to thank the leadership of this premier and progressive organisation, the Black Management Forum, for inviting and bestowing us with such illustrious honours.
Samora Machel wrote a paper for Frelimo on 4 March 1973 in which he dealt with this issue of women. Women ... [highlighted result]
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2010/07/30
D Peters to receive Black Management Forum (BMF) excellence award, 31 Jul
Members of the media are invited to attend and cover the awards ceremony held under the auspices of the Black Management Forum in the Northern Cape.
These excellence awards will be bestowed on women to recognise and honour them for their contribution to the economic development of the province through their political, business, arts, education, health, sports, science and technology, humanities and philantrophical endeavours.
Ms Dipuo Peters, who is the ...
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2010/07/30
D Peters: Bilateral agreement on energy efficiency
The purpose of this agreement shall be to provide financial support to the Department of Energy (DoE) in order to contribute to the energy efficiency monitoring and Implementation project. This is in line with the South African Strategy for Energy Efficiency launched in 2005 but implementation was constrained by lack of capacity at national, municipal and the sector practitioners level. By monitoring the energy efficiency achievements, tools can be generated to support the ... [highlighted result]
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2010/07/29
D Peters to sign agreement on energy efficiency monitoring project, 30 Jul
Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters will sign a bi-lateral agreement on energy efficiency monitoring project on behalf of the South African government with the Swiss Confederation. The Confederation will be represented by the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation is funding a R120 million Climate Change Mitigation Programme in South Africa. The purpose of this Agreement shall be to provide financial support to the Department of... [highlighted result]
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2010/07/21
D Peters: Clean energy ministerial meeting
South Africa used the platform to announce the achievements and programmes as its contribution to climate change initiatives.
South Africa has initiated a programme to roll out 1 million solar water heaters. In the endeavour to reduce green house gas emissions, South Africa is completing a Wind Atlas. At the Clean Energy Ministerial Meeting, South Africa has endorsed the development of wind and solar global atlas currently led by Demark, Spain and German. [highlighted result]
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2010/07/14
D Peters to switch on electricity in Nongoma, 15 Jul
will switch-on electricity to about
1 000 houses in Ngolotshe area ward 11 in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal.
The event is part of the minister's Public Participation programme where she visits communities and gets first hand information on service delivery related issues and address them urgently.
Media is invited to cover this event which will be held as follows:
Date: 15 July 2010
Venue: Ngolotshe sport grounds
Time: 10h00
Enquiries:
Zodwa Batyashe
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2010/07/13
D Peters: International Youth Nuclear Congress (IYNC)
Mayor of the City of Cape Town, Mayor Plato
Director-General of Science and Technology, Dr Phil Mjwara
CEO of Nuclear Energy Cooperation of South Africa (Necsa), Dr Rob Adam
CEO of the National Nuclear Regulator, Advocate Boyce Mkhize
Chairperson of the National Youth Development Agency, Mr Andile Lungisa
Areva Dr Yves Guenon
University of Pittsburg Professor Larry Foulke
Deputy Director: Idaho National Laboratory, Dr Kathryn McCarthy
Members of the ... [highlighted result]
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2010/07/13
D Peters to address International Youth Nuclear Congress, 13 Jul
South African Young Nuclear Professionals in conjunction with the Department of Energy with the Society (SAYNPS) will host the International Youth Nuclear Congress in Cape Town. Other speakers on the day will include the Department of Energy Director-General Ms Nelisiwe Magubane, Deputy Director-General Mr Tseliso Maqubela, National Youth Development Agency Chairperson, Mr Andile Lungisa, the International Youth Nuclear Congress President, and other national and ... [highlighted result]
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2010/07/09
D Peters on payment of municipal services
The Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters would like to make an urgent plea to government departments, the business community, household consumers and all South Africans who earn a living and public servants to pay for their municipal services so as to avert any possible disconnections.
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2010/06/15
D Peters on energy efficiency during 2010 World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup has commenced on 11 July 2010 at the Soccer City Stadium and since then many games have been played and we can proudly state that as a country we have adhered to our commitment of ensuring that we host a successful World Cup.We are satisfied that at all the stadiums where the games were played, we did not experience any electricity interruptions, but more importantly that millions of our people where able to watch games at their homes and fan parks and other ... [highlighted result]
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2010/06/03
D Peters to attend Asia Oil and Gas Conference (AOGC), 6 to 8 Jun
The conference will provide a platform for participants to engage in intellectual discourse and strategic dialogue on a broad range of industry issues, particularly those related to oil and gas industry.The Asia Oil and Gas Conference was first held in 1996 and has become an annual event for the oil and gas industry. Petronas in collaboration with the Malaysian Institute of Economic Research and PFC Energy organised and managed this event over the past years. The theme of the ... [highlighted result]
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2010/06/02
D Peters to participates in Forum of Energy Ministers of Africa, 2 Jun
Minister of Energy Ms Dipuo Peters will today 2 June 2010 be participating in the Forum of Energy Ministers of Africa in Egypt.The Forum of African Ministers was formed due to challenges of scaling up energy access to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It also develops a coherent energy strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa, including re-strategising in order to increase modern energy supply access.The forum aims to promote a common approach expressed through specific, ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/26
D Peters signs nuclear agreement with Algeria
The agreement was signed today in Algiers during the occasion of the State Visit of President Zuma to Algeria. Minister Peters is accompanying the President to Algeria. The agreement makes provision for co operation in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and will also facilitate exchanges in the production of medical radioisotopes.Minister Peters said, South Africa has moved from being a pariah for its use of nuclear technology in furtherance of the objective of the apartheid state ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/13
D Peters to initiate Service Delivery Outreach programme in Noupoort, 14 May
This project is part of the departmental roll-out programme of the National Solar Water Heating programme which was launched by President Jacob Zuma in Winterveldt, outside Pretoria on 28 April 2010.
Cabinet has recently pronounced that ministers are mandated to hold at least 10 ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/13
D Peters to initiate Service Delivery Outreach programme in Noupoort, 14 May
Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters (MP), will distribute solar water heating systems to the community of Noupoort in the Northern Cape on 14 May 2010.This project is part of the departmental roll-out programme of the National Solar Water Heating programme which was launched by President Jacob Zuma in Winterveldt, outside Pretoria on 28 April 2010.Cabinet has recently pronounced that ministers are mandated to hold at least 10 Public Participation programmes where they ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/11
D Peters to launch commercial wind farm, 11 May
Minister of Energy, Ms Dipuo Peters (MP) will launch the first commercial wind farm in Coega, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape.Members of the media are invited to cover the launch of the first commercial wind farm developed by a Belgian company, Electrawinds at Coega IDZ. Electrawinds, a renewable energy company from Belgium, is the largest private company of green electricity in Belgium.The wind farm will have a total power capacity of 57.5MW which is about 10 percent of ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/11
D Peters: Dinner with National Business Initiative (NBI)
We can't continue using electricity to generate steam, when we used steam to generate electricity in the first place at 40 percent efficiency.We say energy efficiency is "first energy". I would like to suggest that, within the operations sections of organisations, energy management divisions be established to make the work of energy efficiency interventions, monitoring and verifications a lot easier. It will be a bonus if the voluntary energy efficiency processes of the NBI can ... [highlighted result]
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2010/05/11
D Peters: Dinner with National Business Initiative (NBI)
We say energy efficiency is "first energy". Energy policy and energy efficiency You will recall that as early as the era of the White Paper on Energy Policy of 1998, through to the energy efficiency strategy of 2005, a common thread of energy efficiency could be seen throughout all these major energy policy development process. As you are aware, the regulations on energy efficiency are currently being finalised through the consultative process of the Department of ... [highlighted result]
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2010/04/22
D Peters: Energy Budget Vote debate NCOP
My department will accordingly prioritise the extension of the rural electricity network capacity to ensure that the rural communities of Limpopo, KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape achieve the same level of electrification as the Provinces mentioned above.To indicate our commitment to the goal of making sure that we prioritise these provinces, 64% of the total allocation of R2.8 billion has been allocated to the three provinces.In this regard, we have identified the ... [highlighted result]
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