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This document outlines the nine strategic pillars of the Critical Minerals Mission for Sustainable Strategic Advantage (CMMSSA), a framework designed to transform South Africa's critical minerals sector. The strategy focuses on moving from raw mineral exports to local beneficiation, enhancing geoscience mapping, improving infrastructure, and fostering regional integration within Southern Africa to support the global energy transition.

The Critical Minerals and Metals Strategy for South Africa is a national roadmap designed to transition the country from a raw material supplier to a global hub for processed critical minerals and high-value end products. The strategy focuses on leveraging South Africa's vast reserves of platinum group metals, manganese, and vanadium to support the global energy transition, specifically in sectors like electric vehicles, green hydrogen, and renewable energy. It outlines six strategic pillars—geoscience mapping, value addition, R&D, infrastructure, financial instruments, and regulatory harmonisation—to drive industrialisation, job creation, and economic resilience while navigating complex geopolitical tensions and promoting regional integration within Africa.

This fact sheet by the Climate Policy Initiative proposes the creation of a California Green Bank to leverage private capital for clean energy technologies. It suggests using revenues from carbon emissions allowance auctions to fund a quasi-public institution that would address financing gaps for homeowners, small businesses, and innovators, thereby accelerating the state's transition to a low-carbon economy.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute describes the role of lithium as a critical mineral for clean energy, its global supply chain, extraction and processing methods, and the environmental and social externalities associated with its production.

This fact sheet from the Environmental and Energy Study Institute explains how the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 allows tax-exempt entities, such as nonprofits and local governments, to access clean energy tax credits through a "direct pay" (or "elective pay") mechanism.

This methodology guide describes how Ember's China Cleantech Exports Data Explorer utilizes data from the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC), mapping specific HS commodity codes to six clean technology categories.

This report by Ember examines how the closure of the Strait of Hormuz exposes the fragility of global fossil fuel dependencies, particularly in Asia, and argues that scaling 'electrotech' (EVs, solar, wind, batteries, and heat pumps) provides a viable path to energy security and economic independence.

This fact sheet by Energy Innovation analyzes the potential impacts of the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule, which mandates increasing sales of new zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) starting in 2026 to reach 100 percent by 2035. Using the Energy Policy Simulator model, the document evaluates the benefits for the 16 '177 States' that can adopt this California-led standard under the U.S. Clean Air Act.

This briefing presents preliminary results from the California Energy Policy Simulator (EPS) regarding a scenario where California reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The analysis indicates that while such a target would require an energy and industrial transition of "unprecedented speed and scope," it is achievable without new technologies and would result in significant economic gains, job growth, and public health improvements.

This guide from Energy Innovation provides a strategic framework for U.S. state policymakers to maintain momentum in electric transportation following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), which the author claims will negatively impact the U.S. economy and terminate federal EV incentives by September 2025.

This fact sheet from Energy Innovation analyzes the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on transportation electrification in the United States. It argues that while IRA incentives for electric vehicles (EVs), charging infrastructure, and domestic supply chains are a positive first step, they are insufficient on their own to align transportation emissions reductions with a 1.5 degree Celsius climate scenario. The document details specific tax credits for passenger and commercial EVs and calls for complementary state and federal actions, such as more stringent tailpipe standards and grid investments, to accelerate the transition.

This case study describes EcoBodaa, a Kenyan tech startup that designs and manufactures electric motorcycles tailored for African road conditions. With support from Persistent Energy Capital, the company has developed locally assembled bikes with lower maintenance costs and a battery-swapping model to replace petrol-powered motorcycles in the boda boda and delivery sectors.

This case study describes SolarTaxi, a Ghana-based electric vehicle manufacturer supported by Persistent Energy Capital (an FSDAi investee). SolarTaxi designs, assembles, and leases low-cost solar-powered two-wheel and four-wheel vehicles to address urban transportation inefficiencies and fossil fuel dependence in Ghana and broader Africa.

This case study by GreenCape examines an electric vehicle (EV) pilot project conducted by the City of Cape Town (CCT) between 2020 and 2022. The project compared five BMWi3 EVs with five internal combustion engine (ICE) VW Golf GTI vehicles within the CCT Traffic Services department to evaluate the business case for municipal fleet electrification.

This case study examines the piloting of electric buses by Golden Arrow Bus Services (GABS) in Cape Town, South Africa, evaluating their operational performance, cost-effectiveness, and the integration of solar energy for charging to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The document is a briefing from GreenCape detailing a 'CircEcon Intervention Map' for the City of Cape Town (CCT). It outlines a comprehensive set of current and proposed circular economy interventions categorized by resource prioritization, lifetime extension, and waste recovery, with a strong focus on green procurement, sustainable urban planning, and economic inclusion for SMMEs.

This industry brief by GreenCape examines the 'Electric-vehicles-as-a-service' (EVaaS) model as a strategy to accelerate the transition of commercial fleets, specifically light delivery vehicles (LDVs), to electric vehicles (EVs) in South Africa. It identifies key financial and operational barriers to EV adoption and proposes a bundled subscription model to mitigate high upfront costs and infrastructure requirements.

The Sustainable Mobility Market Analysis and Opportunity Report by GreenCape evaluates the potential for establishing an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing hub at the Atlantis Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) in the Western Cape, South Africa. It identifies strategic opportunities across various EV segments—from micro-mobility and public transport to heavy trucks—and emphasizes the need to move from simple assembly to local component manufacturing, particularly in battery cells and semi-conductors, to ensure economic sustainability and competitiveness.

This supplementary technical note describes the methodologies and unit cost models used to estimate the 'cost gap' for five key clean energy technologies in India: Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), offshore wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), electric vehicles (EVs), and green hydrogen (GH2). It details how these cost gaps are calculated relative to conventional benchmarks and how they are integrated into the Green Economy Model (GEM) to analyze the macroeconomic impacts of various levels of government support on GDP, employment, and emissions.

This document is an annex to the 2018 update of 'India’s Energy Transition: Subsidies for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy'. It details changes in subsidy policies since 2017 and introduces new summary tables for subsidies related to the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the Saubhagya electrification scheme, and electric vehicles (EVs) at both central and state levels.