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Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2015

Author: Calitz, Joanne R ; Mushwana, Crescent ; Bischof-Niemz, Sebastian T Date: Aug 2015 The report provides the presentation of the financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2015. South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints. At the same time, Department of Energy is procuring new generation capacity ... Read more
Financial benefits of solar and wind power in South Africa in 2015

Author: Bischof-Niemz, ST Date: Oct 2015 South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints with load shedding that occurred during 82 days in the first half of 2015. The Department of Energy is procuring new generation capacity and has already allocated a total of ... Read more
Implications of renewables on energy planning

Author: Bischof-Niemz, T Date: Oct 2015 Renewables have, until today, been mainly driven by the United States, European and Chinese markets. This presentation reflects on the actual results by the South African Department of Energy on the cost comparativeness of South African solar ... Read more
Quantifying system-wide financial costs and benefits of PV in South Africa

Author: Bischof-Niemz, T ; Roro, Kittessa T Date: Sep 2015 The South African power system is currently under severe constraints. Controlled load shedding occurred several times in 2014. Diesel-fired gas turbines, which are meant to be the barely-ever-used “safety-net” of the power system, ran at more ... 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
Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa’s wind and solar energy resources

Author: Mushwana, Crescent Date: Oct 2015 In the past, renewables were mainly driven by the US, Europe and China, but South Africa is slowly picking up. This presentation discusses South Africa's wind and solar resources as alternative energy resources. Read more

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