Bofinger, SMushwana, CrescentBischof-Niemz, T2017-11-082017-11-082015-10Bofinger, S., Mushwana, C. and Bischof-Niemz, T. 2015. Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources. SAIREC 2015, 4 October 2015, Cape Town, South Africahttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/9741Presentation delivered at SAIREC 2015, 4 October 2015, Cape Town, South AfricaSolar PV & wind are the cheapest new-build options per kWh in South Africa. By 2020, a mix of PV, wind and flexible gas (LNG-based) costs the same as new coal, even without any value given to excess wind/PV energy. South Africa has abundant solar and wind resources that until today are largely untapped. Costs should not be a barrier anymore, as new wind now costs 0.6 R/kWh (< 5 $ct/kWh) and new solar PV costs 0.8 R/kWh (6 $ct/kWh), based on actual PPA tariffs.enSouth African wind energy resourcesSouth African solar energy resourcesRenewable energyRenewable energy costsConference PresentationBofinger, S., Mushwana, C., & Bischof-Niemz, T. (2015). Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9741Bofinger, S, Crescent Mushwana, and T Bischof-Niemz. "Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9741Bofinger S, Mushwana C, Bischof-Niemz T, Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9741 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Bofinger, S AU - Mushwana, Crescent AU - Bischof-Niemz, T AB - Solar PV & wind are the cheapest new-build options per kWh in South Africa. By 2020, a mix of PV, wind and flexible gas (LNG-based) costs the same as new coal, even without any value given to excess wind/PV energy. South Africa has abundant solar and wind resources that until today are largely untapped. Costs should not be a barrier anymore, as new wind now costs 0.6 R/kWh (< 5 $ct/kWh) and new solar PV costs 0.8 R/kWh (6 $ct/kWh), based on actual PPA tariffs. DA - 2015-10 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - South African wind energy resources KW - South African solar energy resources KW - Renewable energy KW - Renewable energy costs LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources TI - Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa's wind and PV energy resources UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9741 ER -