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29 June 2026
The City has produced a SOEC report every five years since 2003, providing residents, industries, and potential investors with an evidence base for energy and climate planning on the back of emerging trends, complex realities and opportunities related to our metro’s energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
27 November 2025
The City, seen as a pioneer in programmes to promote diversity of energy supply and green economy investment, has been at the heart of many other solar benefits in Cape Town.
04 March 2025
The City of Cape Town is committed to its vision of achieving energy security for a prosperous Cape Town, as outlined in the City’s Energy Strategy 2050.
25 February 2025
Capetonians have broken through the R50m earnings mark since the start of the City’s Cash for Power programme in 2022/23.
15 August 2024
The City’s Energy and Water and Sanitation directorates recently completed a 990kWp renewable energy project at the Kraaifontein Wastewater Treatment Plant.
09 May 2024
The City of Cape Town is now ready to rollout the long-awaited cheaper single-phase feed-in meter to enable many more Capetonians to sell their excess solar power to us.
03 May 2024
A total of 432 Cape Town households have applied to earn cash from selling their excess solar power to the City and the applications will be assessed for eligibility
13 March 2024
With the solar power boom firmly under way in Cape Town, PV system authorisations are about to get a lot easier and faster with a new online application portal.
06 March 2024
The Energy Directorate has been engaging the German Development Bank (KfW) regarding technical assistance support to the City's Power Utility Reform programme.
26 February 2024
Cape Town businesses and households have already earned over R25,8m under the City’s Cash for Power programme.
12 February 2024
Cape Town has become the first city to enable residential households to earn cash for power from their solar PV generation systems.
02 February 2024
City Mayoral Committee Member for Energy, Councillor Beverley van Reenen, hosted a World Bank delegation to the City’s unique Steenbras Hydro Pumped Storage Scheme as the City and the World Bank looks to deepening its partnership.
30 January 2024
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has launched the City’s new Power Heroes programme during a sitting of City Council on 30 January.
10 January 2024
The City has issued the latest in a series of power-related tenders.
29 September 2023
Cape Town’s rooftop solar boom is at record levels, with August 2023 seeing the highest ever solar PV installation applications to the City.
15 September 2023
More and more Capetonians are installing solar PV and battery systems to avoid Eskom's load-shedding and take advantage of forthcoming City incentives to pay cash for power generated by residents
03 August 2023
'The rapidly changing energy environment is giving well-run municipalities such as Cape Town a chance to truly reduce their sole reliance on Eskom for power
28 July 2023
National legislation and regulations require the authorisation of all power generating systems connected to the electricity supply
19 July 2023
Our strategy builds on three commitments: to end load-shedding, alleviate energy poverty, and optimise energy use across Cape Town.
13 June 2023
The City’s draft Energy Strategy is out for public comment until 31 July 2023.
08 June 2023
The City is working to dramatically reduce the turnaround time of applications for small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) systems.
16 May 2023
South Africa is facing an enormous energy crisis, which many experts agree is primarily as a result of a shortfall in generating capacity due to breakdowns at Eskom's ageing coal-powered stations
09 May 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis, City Manager Lungelo Mbandazayo, and Alderman James Vos, Mayoral Committee Member for Economic Growth have launched the City’s new Ease of Doing Business Index, with the aim of making Cape Town the easiest place to do business in Africa.
24 March 2023
The event saw the Mayoral Committee Members present their projects and plans to operators who also shared how the energy crisis has affected them
09 March 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that February 2023 was the best month on record for new Solar PV installations in Cape Town
10 February 2023
The City is first focusing on commercial customers. The amount of energy that they can produce is limited by the size of their system which is limited by the size of their connection to the City grid
24 January 2023
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced the City can now pay cash for power fed into the local electricity grid.
27 October 2022
Council Speech by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis
25 July 2022
The City of Cape Town will now pay cash to small-scale embedded generation (SSEG) customers for the excess energy they produce and sell back to the City.
30 November 2021
The CDP annually scores cities from A to D based on their climate change response disclosure
16 September 2021
The City of Cape Town is proud to announce that it has received Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) for three of its municipal buildings
05 June 2021
In honour of World Environment Day 2021, the City of Cape Town urges residents, neighbourhoods, businesses, churches and communities to support global efforts to tackle climate change
22 April 2021
The City of Cape Town is paying tribute to all the climate action champions and especially our youth, in celebration of Earth Day, 22 April 2021
27 March 2021
To honour Earth Hour, which is taking place tonight, 27 March 2021, between 20:30 and 21:30, residents, neighbourhoods, schools, churches and communities are encouraged to act and switch off non-essential lights for an hour.
7 August - 11 September 2026, Vasco Estate (Goodwood)
The Recreation and Parks Department is responsible for 201 Civic Centres, including Community Halls, Centres, Recreation Hubs and Multi-purpose centres around the metro.
The City of Cape Town today signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Local Government Sector Education and Training Authority (LGSETA), establishing a multi-year strategic partnership to expand skills development
See all tenders received by the City of Cape Town.
The Killarney Drop-off facility accepts clean, garage or garden waste, recyclables and ru...
3 August - 4 September 2026
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