Bischof-Niemz, T2015-11-202015-11-202015-02Bischof-Niemz T. 2015. Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014. Presentation excluding conference presentationshttp://www.csir.co.za/docs/Financial%20benefits%20of%20Wind%20and%20PV%20in%202014-%20CSIR%20-%2021Jan2014_FINAL.pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/8296Copyright 2015 CSIR. Presentation excluding conference presentationsSouth Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints, with power generators meant to be the “barely-ever-used” safety net for the system (diesel-fired gas turbines) running at > 15% average annual load factor, and with one controlled load shedding in early March 2014, and several more in late 2014. At the same time, the Department of Energy is running a procurement programme to expand the generation capacity in the country. It has already procured close to 4 000 MW of renewable capacity (mainly wind and solar) from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) of all 4 000 MW have been signed between the IPPs and Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power company, as the off-taker/buyer. By end 2014, approximately 1 600 MW of wind (600 MW) & PV (1 000 MW) projects had been commissioned and are feeding energy into the grid. 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.enEnergy renewablesEskomPower system constraintsFuel costsConference PresentationBischof-Niemz, T. (2015). Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014. CSIR. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8296Bischof-Niemz, T. "Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8296Bischof-Niemz T, Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014; CSIR; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8296 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Bischof-Niemz, T AB - South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints, with power generators meant to be the “barely-ever-used” safety net for the system (diesel-fired gas turbines) running at > 15% average annual load factor, and with one controlled load shedding in early March 2014, and several more in late 2014. At the same time, the Department of Energy is running a procurement programme to expand the generation capacity in the country. It has already procured close to 4 000 MW of renewable capacity (mainly wind and solar) from Independent Power Producers (IPPs). The Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) of all 4 000 MW have been signed between the IPPs and Eskom, South Africa’s state-owned power company, as the off-taker/buyer. By end 2014, approximately 1 600 MW of wind (600 MW) & PV (1 000 MW) projects had been commissioned and are feeding energy into the grid. 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 renewables KW - Eskom KW - Power system constraints KW - Fuel costs LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014 TI - Financial benefits of renewables in South Africa in 2014 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8296 ER -