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This document is an executive summary and a set of meeting minutes from an Eskom Board Emergency Task Team submission dated 30 April 2014. It outlines the production and financial risks associated with Eskom's inability to comply with Atmospheric Emission Licences (AELs) and Minimum Emission Standards, proposing a mitigation strategy involving plant retrofits, operational changes, and government advocacy.

This document is an excerpt from the Eskom Air Quality Strategy, detailing the company's efforts, challenges, and strategic plans to reduce particulate and gaseous emissions from its coal-fired power stations to comply with South African air quality legislation and Minimum Emission Standards.

The provided text is an excerpt from the Eskom Air Quality Improvement Plan, detailing the strategic framework, financial requirements, and operational risks associated with reducing emissions at Eskom power stations. It outlines a comprehensive plan for particulate, NOx, and SO2 emission reductions through technology retrofits and air quality offsets, while highlighting significant funding gaps and organizational challenges.

This document is an excerpt from the Eskom Air Quality Improvement Plan, detailing the strategies, technical requirements, and financial implications for reducing emissions from Eskom's power station fleet to comply with South Africa's Minimum Emission Standards (MES).

This briefing document, submitted to the Eskom Board Sustainability Committee on 2 August 2013, outlines the company's inability to fully comply with South Africa's National Emission Standards without jeopardizing its sustainability. It proposes a strategy of partial compliance through targeted retrofits, legal applications for exemptions and postponements, and requests to continue operating non-compliant power stations while implementing remedies.

This document is an executive summary and board submission from Eskom dated August 28, 2013, regarding compliance with South Africa's National Emission Standards and Atmospheric Emission Licences (AELs). It outlines the financial and operational impossibility of full compliance by 2020, proposes a partial compliance strategy, and requests permission to continue operating several power stations that are currently in breach of their emission limits.

This executive summary, submitted to Eskom's Board Investment and Finance Committee on 7 March 2014, outlines the capital requirements and risks associated with meeting Minimum Emission Standards (MES). It details a phased financial plan to achieve partial and full environmental compliance, while highlighting the potential for production losses and legal non-compliance at several power stations due to the removal of emission exemptions.

This briefing, sent by Eskom to the South African Department of Environmental Affairs on 17 July 2014, provides additional information regarding an application to postpone compliance with Minimum Emission Standards (MES) for the Tutuka Power Station. It outlines planned retrofits for particulate matter and nitrogen oxides, discusses ambient air quality monitoring data from the Grootdraai and Majuba stations, and addresses data gaps regarding PM2.5 health and environmental impacts.

This document is an Atmospheric Emission License (AEL) application for the Tutuka Power Station, detailing the facility's emission sources, pollutants, and the proposed monitoring and mitigation strategies to comply with South African environmental standards.

This fact sheet by the Centre for Environmental Rights details the estimated annual water-related externality costs for the Kusile coal-fired power station and argues that the Draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (2016) misrepresents the total costs of coal by failing to account for these externalities.

This research paper by the World Resources Institute analyzes Japan's revised 2020 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target, known as the "Warsaw Target," in the context of the post-Fukushima energy policy shift. The paper evaluates the target's ambition compared to previous pledges, the current policy landscape, and the likelihood of achieving the goal through electricity-saving efforts and existing mitigation policies.

This expert perspective by Tony Maher of the Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU) discusses Australia's challenges in managing the transition from coal-fired power to low-carbon energy. It highlights the socio-economic risks to regional communities and describes a novel collaborative approach used during the closure of the Hazelwood power station to manage redundancies and redeployment across multiple private companies.