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Beyond electricity: Wind power to produce carbon-neutral synthetic fuels

Author: Bischof-Niemz, Tobias ; Van den Berg, J Date: Nov 2016 Solar PV and wind are the two cheapest new-build options in South Africa per energy unit today. Significant technology cost reductions in recent years combined with world class solar and wind (>35% load factor achievable in almost 70% of South ... Read more
Comparison of IRP assumptions with actual IPP tariffs: A feed-back loop between planning assumptions & actuals

Author: Bischof-Niemz, Tobias Date: Dec 2016 This presentation compares IRP assumptions with actual IPP tariffs. Read more
Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014: Actual diesel- and coal-fuel savings and avoided “unserved energy” from the first approximately 1.6 GW of wind and PV projects in a constrained South African power system

Author: Bischof-Niemz, Tobias Date: Feb 2015 This study addressed the questions how much fuel costs the first 1 600 MW of wind & PV have saved during the year 2014 (by reducing utilisation of diesel-fired gas turbines & of the expensive part of the coal fleet) & how much of “unserved ... Read more
Long-term electricity sector expansion planning outcomes: A unique opportunity for a least cost energy transition in South Africa

Author: Wright, Jarrad G ; Bischof-Niemz, Tobias ; Calitz, Joanne R ; Mushwana, Crescent ; Van Heerden, Pieter R Date: Sep 2019 With climate change being near unequivocally linked to anthropogenic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (particularly CO2) there is an ongoing global move to decarbonise economies with the electricity sector being the predominant focus of most ... Read more
Response to ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’

Author: Brown, TW ; Bischof-Niemz, Tobias ; Blok, K ; Breyer, C ; Lund, H ; Mathiesen, BV Date: Sep 2018 A recent article ‘Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems’ claims that many studies of 100% renewable electricity systems do not demonstrate sufficient technical feasibility, according ... Read more
Update on the REIPPPP, clean coal, nuclear, natural gas

Author: Milazi, Dominic ; Bischof-Niemz, Tobias Date: Dec 2015 Copyright: 2015 Alive2Green. Due to copyright restrictions, the attached PDF file only contains the abstract of the full text item. For access to the full text item, kindly consult the publisher's website. Read more
Wind and solar PV resource aggregation study for South Africa: Public presentation of results

Author: Bofinger, S ; Zimmermann, B ; Gerlach, A-K ; Bischof-Niemz, Tobias Date: Mar 2016 CSIR, SANEDI, Eskom and Fraunhofer IWES conducted a study to holistically quantify the wind-power potential in South Africa, and the portfolio effects of widespread spatial wind and solar power aggregation in South Africa. Key result: South ... Read more

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