Welcome to the website of South Africa's National Energy Research Institute. SANERI is the public entity entrusted with the coordination and undertaking of public interest energy research, development and demonstration. SANERI is a relatively new body, established by the then Minister of Minerals and Energy in October 2004, as a subsidiary of CEF (Pty) Ltd, the state energy company in South Africa. The Department of Science and Technology, together with the Department of Minerals and Energy, are joint custodians of SANERI and assist in providing political and strategic focus for the company.