Department of Energy (South Africa)

Department of Energy
Department overview
List 10 other official names: Departement van Energie (Afrikaans) umNyango wezaMandla (Southern Ndebele) iSebe leMandla (Xhosa) uMnyango wezaMandla (Zulu) Litiko leTemandla (Swati) Kgoro ya Enetši (Northern Sotho) Lefapha la Eneji (Sotho) Lefapha la Maatla (Tswana) Ndzawulo ya Eneji (Tsonga) Muhasho wa Fulufulu (Venda)
Formed	7 July 2009 (2009-07-07)
Preceding department	Department of Minerals and Energy
Type	Department
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	192 Visagie Street, Pretoria 25°45′07″S 28°11′17″E / 25.752°S 28.188°E / -25.752; 28.188
Employees	622 (2016/17)
Annual budget	R7,45 million (2016/17)
Minister responsible	Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Energy
Deputy Minister responsible	Ms Thembisile Majola, Deputy Minister of Energy
Department executive	Mr. Thabane Zulu, Director-General: Energy
Child agencies	National Energy Regulator of South Africa National Nuclear Regulator Central Energy Fund South African Nuclear Energy Corporation Electricity Distribution Industry Holdings
Key document	National Energy Act, 2008
Website	www.energy.gov.za

The Department of Energy is the department of the South African government responsible for energy policy. It was established in 2009 when the former Department of Minerals and Energy was divided into the Department of Energy and the Department of Mineral Resources.

From 2012 to 2014, the Minister of Energy was Ben Martins and his deputy was Barbara Thompson. Tina Joemat-Pettersson MP has been the Minister of Energy since 25 May 2014 . She was previously the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries from 2009-2014.^[1]

In the 2016/2017 budget the department had a budget of R7,545 million and a staff complement of 622 civil servants.^[2]

References

↑ "Statement by President Jacob Zuma on the appointment of the new Cabinet". South African Government Information. 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
↑ "Vote 26: Energy" (PDF). Estimates of National Expenditure 2016. Pretoria: National Treasury. 24 February 2016. ISBN 978-0-621-44244-1. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links

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Power in South Africa

Sectors

Companies and
organisations

Current	Eskom South African Nuclear Energy Corporation National Energy Regulator of South Africa

Defunct	Atomic Energy Corporation

Active
power stations

Coal	Arnot Power Station Bloemfontein Power Station Camden Power Station Duvha Power Station Grootvlei Power Station Hendrina Power Station Kelvin Power Station Kendal Power Station Komati Power Station Kriel Power Station Kusile Power Station Lethabo Power Station Majuba Power Station Matimba Power Station Matla Power Station Medupi Power Station Pretoria West Power Station Rooiwal Power Station Tutuka Power Station

Hydro-electric	Drakensberg Pumped Storage Scheme Gariep Dam Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Kouga Dam Power Station Ncora Dam Palmiet Pumped Storage Scheme Steenbras Dam Vanderkloof Dam

Nuclear	Koeberg nuclear power station

Oil and gas	Acacia Power Station Ankerlig Power Station Gourikwa Power Station Newcastle Cogeneration Plant Port Rex Power Station

Solar	Jasper Solar Energy Project Kalkbult KaXu Solar One Khi Solar One Lesedi Solar Park Letsatsi Solar Park SlimSun Swartland Solar Park Touwsrivier CPV Solar Project

Wind	Coega Wind Farm Darling Wind Farm Klipheuwel Wind Farm Sere Wind Farm Dassiesklip Wind Energy Facility Van Stadens Wind Farm Hopefield Wind Farm Gouda Wind Facility

Other	Johannesburg Landfill Gas to Electricity

Decommissioned
power stations

Coal	Athlone Power Station Colenso Power Station Driehoek Power Station Ingagane Power Station Kroonstad Power Station Mount Road Power Station Orlando Power Station Swartkops Power Station

Other

Category
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