Doctor Silas Mulaudzi
Energy Leadership
Dr Silas K. Mulaudzi has substantial experience in the energy sector (renewable energy, energy efficiency, Just Energy Transition) in South Africa. He has served in in all spheres of government in management positions and also in the academic institutions. Dr Mulaudzi vast experience gained in various institutions that are Department of Energy, City of Tshwane, Western Cape Provincial Government, University of South Africa, and he occupies a Specialist position responsible for Sustainable Energy at the South African Local Government Association and a Lecturer: Energy at the African Energy Leadership Centre at the Wits Business School.
Dr Mulaudzi specialises in Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI), energy policy and regulatory framework, embedded generation policy and regulatory design, renewable energy power procurement and energy transition.
He holds PhD in Renewable Energy (Newcastle University, United Kingdom), MSc Environmental Sciences (Wits University, RSA) and BENVSc Hons (University of Venda, RSA). He is a registered Professional Natural Scientist (Pr. Sci. Nat).
He has published a number of papers in the renewable energy and embedded generation streams, his publications are as follows:
- Journal for Creativity, Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship Tshwane University of Technology, 2021, Contribution of South African Local Government Association in the uptake of municipal small scale embedded generation, Vol. 5, No. 1, 2021 - ISSN 2521-0270
- African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, 2021, Potential of households’ solar PV consumption in South Africa
- Trace Gas Emissions from Domestic Biofuel Combustion in Southern Africa, 2020, Cited in Biomass Burning in Sub-Saharan Africa (pp.43-55)
- African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development, Vol 4, No. 4, 2012, pp. 236-259. Investigation of the solar energy production and contribution in South Africa
- (Renewable Energy Congress (IREC), 2016 7th International), IEEE, An assessment of the potential of solar photovoltaic (PV) application in South Africa, May 2016