University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa

Overcoming acceleration challenges in the South African energy transition (ACCELERATE)

Research project The overall objective of the project is to contribute to an accelerated and just transition to renewable energy (RE) in emerging economies, including job creation and development of local communities and local industries. The project will generate n ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), South Africa South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA), South Africa Green Power Denmark, Denmark Project code: 23-M04-DTU Total grant: 9,999,701 DKK

Pathways to water resilient South African cities (PaWS) 2.0 – Harnessing blue-green infrastructure to achieve water sensitive futures

Research project The overall aim of this project is to identify opportunities for, and generate knowledge on, the functioning of a network of stormwater infrastructure within a city; and how it can be designed, expanded and aggregated in collaboration with key local, ...

Period: 2022-11-1 to 2025-10-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Project code: 21-M01-KU Total grant: 4,999,591 DKK

Towards a just energy transition in Indonesia (JUSTIN)

Research project The overall objective of the project is to contribute to promote a just transition in the energy sector of emerging economies, including sustainable development of local communities and local industries. This in turn will contribute to a cleaner envi ... First year report The project is progressing in line with the initial research plan, which has been refined but still aiming at achieving its immediate objectives in terms of ensuring that procurement policies for large-scale RE can contribute to ...

Period: 2022-04-1 to 2024-09-30 Countries: Indonesia Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Universitas Indonesia (UI), Indonesia Universitas Prasetiya Mulya, Indonesia Dala Institute, Indonesia University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa PT PLN (Persero), Indonesia Indonesia Renewable Energy Society (IRES), Indonesia Wind Denmark Project code: 21-M05-DTU Total grant: 4,999,042 DKK

Evaluation of Resource recovery Alternatives in South African water (ERASE)

Research project Resource recovery from wastewater is a rapidly emerging research area, promoting the development of several technologies that hold the promise to increase the sustainability of process operation in water treatment systems. Different types of organic ... First year report We have accomplished to develop a model library (implemented in a software prototype) focused on extracting valuable compounds from wastewaster (freely distributed) These tools will show to South African environmental engineers t ...

Period: 2019-06-1 to 2022-11-30 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), South Africa University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Project code: 18-M09-DTU Total grant: 4,960,508 DKK

Pathways to water resilient South African cities

Research project This project aims to identify opportunities for supporting the integration of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) as nature-based solutions (NBS) for increased water supply and water quality within the urban water system as part of a broader transiti ...

Period: 2019-05-1 to 2022-10-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Project code: 18-M05-KU Total grant: 4,979,683 DKK

Socio-economic Benefits of Ecological Infrastructure

Research project The overall objective is to develop an evidence-based integrated framework and prototype “investment case” for strengthening water-related Ecological Infrastructure (EI). The project will generate new knowledge by combining livelihoods and value chai ...

Period: 2018-07-1 to 2021-03-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd., South Africa DHI, Denmark University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa EkoSource, South Africa Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa Project code: 17-M07-KU Total grant: 4,982,174 DKK

Tendering Sustainable Energy Transitions (TENTRANS)

Research project The overall objective of the project is to contribute to a transition toward sustainability in the energy sector of emerging economies, including sustainable development of local communities and local industries. The project will analyse the developm ... Project completion report The research project analysed the developmental implications of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) implemented in South Africa (SA) with a focus on the effects of wind power p ...

Period: 2018-04-1 to 2021-01-1 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), South Africa Danish Wind Industry Association, Denmark Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), Denmark University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Project code: 17-M04-DTU Total grant: 5,000,000 DKK

Mobility Grant of Ms Amber Abrams

Research project The Heritage and the Anthropocene (HATA) project was conceived largely in response to the Cape Town water crisis. Pressing issues HATA will research include: people’s relationships to place and history when the environment no longer reliably provides ... Project Completion Report: One publication currently under review with the journal Environmental Humanities: Cohen, Høybye and Abrams. (Under review). Experimenting with water-focused participatory research methods: towards new forms of questio ...

Period: 2019-04-20 to 2020-12-31 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Aarhus University (AU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Project code: 18-MG03-AU Total grant: 130,995 DKK

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