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Large-scale rollout of concentrating solar power in South Africa

Author: Edkins, Max ; Winkler, Harald ; Marquard, Andrew Date: 2009 As part of Climate Strategies ‘International Support for Domestic Climate Policies’ project this paper assesses the large-scale rollout of CSP in South Africa. Described as a Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action (NAMA), the scale of CSP ... Read more c b
Making a difference: Reflections on the first ten years of the Energy and Development Research Centre at the University of Cape Town

Author: Marquard, Andrew Date: 1999 Read more
Methodologies for carbon budgets in South Africa

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Marquard, Andrew Date: 2012 The paper reviews previous work at national and sectoral level. Previous work on mitigation potential included the LTMS, on consideration of which Cabinet outlined its vision and strategic direction for emissions to peak, plateau and decline. ... Read more c b
The origins and development of South African energy policy

Author: Marquard, Andrew Date: 2006 Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-429). Read more
Potential contribution of solar thermal power to electricity supply in Northern Nigeria

Author: Ogunmodimu, Olumide Oluwaseun Date: 2012 Energy is an essential requirement for a reasonable socio economic development in a country; however, its provision depends on availability of energy sources and the require d investment. Nigeria possesses abundant deposits of energy sources ... Read more
Putting a price on carbon: economic instruments to mitigate climate change in South Africa and other developing countries

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Marquard, Andrew ; Jooste, Meagan Date: 2010 There has been extensive debate among researchers in developed countries whether an emissions trading scheme or carbon tax is the best means to ‘put a price on carbon’. Other economic instruments could contribute to mitigation of greenhouse ... Read more
Quantifying SD-PAMs: National energy models and international allocation models for climate change mitigation: South African case study. Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town.

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Marquard, Andrew ; Manley, Jonathan ; Davis, Stephen ; Trikam, Ajay ; den Elzen, Michel ; Höhne, Niklas ; Witi, Jongikhaya Date: 2008 Sustainable development policies and measures (SD-PAMs) are an approach to stimulating action on climate change mitigation in developing countries. Instead of starting from explicit climate targets, the approach deliberately sets out to start ... Read more
Restructuring South African electricity supply industry

Author: Tinto, Easterboy Sihlangabeze Date: 2001 The primary objective of this dissertation is to describe and analyse the proposals from the different stakeholders since government called for the restructuring of the electricity supply industry (ESI) in South Africa. Secondly, this will ... Read more
The role of industrial policy in pursuing climate change mitigation objectives in South Africa

Author: Burton, Jesse Date: 2011 This thesis has drawn on Fine and Rustomjee's (1996) notion of the Minerals-Energy Complex (MEC) as a tool to analyse the relationship between industrial policy, energy use, and climate change mitigation policy in the South African context. ... Read more
South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations

Author: Bekker, Bernard ; Gaunt, Trevor ; Marquard, Andrew ; Eberhard, Anton Date: 2008 This paper documents South Africa’s electrification programme from the late 1980s to the present. The primary aim of the paper is to present the reader with an overview of the policy, institutional, planning, financing and technological ... Read more
South Africa's renewable energy policy roadmaps

Author: Edkins, Max ; Marquard, Andrew ; Winkler, Harald Date: 2010 South Africa’s renewable energy policy to date has largely been driven by a 10,000 GWh target by 2013 and renewable energy project subsidies offered through the REFSO. In 2009 a REFIT was published, which has resulted in a great interest by ... Read more c b
University of Cape Town carbon footprint

Author: Letete, Thapelo ; Mungwe, Nothando ; Guma, Mondli ; Marquard, Andrew Date: 2010 The aim of this analysis was to determine the carbon footprint of UCT, not only to give a tangible number with which the university’s carbon sustainability level can be compared with other academic institutions, but also to provide the much ... Read more c b
US energy policy and its position in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) negotiations: a theory-guided historical analysis

Author: Azarch, Anna Date: 2019 The multilateral negotiations aimed at securing international cooperation on climate change and its mitigation have widely been criticised as a political deadlock since the establishment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ... Read more
Verification of gridded seasonal wind speed forecasts over South Africa.

Author: Nchaba, Teboho Date: 2013 The Climate System Analysis Group (CSAG) at the University of Cape Town produces provisional global and Southern African seasonal wind forecasts generated using the United Kingdom Meteorological Office Atmospheric General Circulation Model ... Read more
Who picks up the remainder? Mitigation in developed and developing countries

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Vorster, Shaun ; Marquard, Andrew Date: 2009 A fair, effective, flexible and inclusive climate regime beyond 2012 will need several political balances. Mitigation and funding will be at the heart of the agreement. The IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report indicates that absolute reductions ... Read more