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Access and affordability of electricity in developing countries

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Alam, Mozaharul ; Rahman, Atiq ; Mwakasonda, Stanford ; Simões, André Felipe ; Rovere, Emilio Lèbre La Date: 2011 A key objective of developing countries is to provide affordable access to modern energy services in order to support economic and social development. The paper presents a number of arguments for why and in which way energy access and ... Read more
Carbon capture and storage in South Africa

Author: Mwakasonda, Stanford ; Winkler, Harald Date: 2005 Some three-quarters of South Africa’s primary energy supply and 93 percent of its electricity are derived from coal (NER, 2002; DME, 2003b). Even in more optimistic energy policy scenarios (De Villiers and others, 1999; EDRC, 2003; Banks & ... Read more c b
Developing institutions for the Clean Development Mechanism: African perspectives

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Davidson, Ogunlade ; Mwakasonda, Stanford Date: 2005 The clean development mechanism (CDM) requires developing countries to set up designated national authorities (DNAs). The DNA should be designed to both attract investment and to establish an effective regulatory framework for project ... Read more
Electricity supply options, sustainable development and climate change priorities: case studies for South Africa

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Mwakasonda, Stanford ; Garg, Amit ; Halsnaes, Kirsten ; Mukheibir, Pierre Date: 2007 This report summarizes the results of the Projecting future energy demand: Balancing development, energy and climate priorities in large developing economies project that has been managed by the UNEP Risø Centre on behalf of UNEP DTIE. The ... Read more
Energy and the World Summit on Sustainable Development: What next?

Author: Spalding-Fecher, Randall ; Winkler, Harald ; Mwakasonda, Stanford Date: 2005 Given the importance of energy issues to sustainable development, energy was a priority issue at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in August 2002. The objective of this paper is to examine the outcomes of the Summit on energy, and ... Read more
Energy policies for sustainable development in South Africa: options for the future

Author: Davidson, Ogunlade ; Kenny, Andrew ; Prasad, Gisela ; Nkomo, Jabavu ; Sparks, Debbie ; Howells, Mark ; Alfstad, Thomas ; Winkler, Harald Date: 2006 The purpose of this publication is to present a profile of energy in South Africa, assess trends and analyse some options for the future. It is divided into two parts – Part I presents a profile of energy and sustainable development in South ... Read more
Sustainability of electricity supply and climate change in South Africa

Author: Winkler, Harald ; Mukheibir, Pierre ; Mwakasonda, Stanford Date: Nov 2006 Global responses to climate change are gradually considering the potential synergies between sustainable development and climate change policies. In the coming years developing countries face great challenges in development and its impact on ... Read more