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

Bischof-Niemz, Tobias2019-01-222019-01-222015-02Bischof-Niemz, T. 2015. 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. Presentation delivered during February 2015http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10628Presentation delivered during February 2015This 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 energy” they have avoided that would have been necessary without them.enEnergy costsFinancial 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 systemConference PresentationBischof-Niemz, T. (2015). 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. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10628Bischof-Niemz, Tobias. "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." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10628Bischof-Niemz T, 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; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10628 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Bischof-Niemz, Tobias AB - 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 energy” they have avoided that would have been necessary without them. DA - 2015-02 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Energy costs LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - 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 TI - 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 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10628 ER -