Following her mission to Mozambique, Commissioner for Energy, Kadri Simson, will be in South Africa today and tomorrow (Friday 24) to discuss opportunities for investments in wind generation, hydrogen and electricity grids and exchange on South Africa’s efforts to deliver on its just transition programme and progress towards a cleaner energy system.
In the run-up to COP28, the EU is rallying countries across the globe to sign up to global targets to triple installed renewable energy capacity and double the rate of energy efficiency improvements by 2030. It is also taking forward work to implement Just Energy Transition Partnerships with international partners.
Commissioner Simson will meet with representatives of South Africa’s Presidency, business associations and South African energy agencies to discuss energy investments, with a particular focus on offshore and onshore wind, renewable hydrogen and critical minerals. This discussion with international partners comes in the midst of the European Hydrogen Week 2023. The Commissioner delivered a video address yesterday on the importance of actions to support hydrogen infrastructure.
Commissioner Simson will also hold a series of bilateral meetings, with the Minister for Public Enterprises, Pravin Gorhan; Minister for Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Blade Nzimande and Minister for Trade, Ebrahim Patel.
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- Publication date
- 23 November 2023
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- Directorate-General for Energy