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Assessing the role of solar home systems in poverty alleviation : case study of Rukungiri district in Western Uganda

Author: Julian, Hakirii Date: 2015 Not only does Sub-Saharan Africa have the highest number of people who live below the poverty line, the region has the lowest rate of modern energy access at 32%. The provision of modern energy access in rural un-electrified areas has the ... Read more
Constraints on the wide dissemination of photovoltaic solar home systems in the rural areas of South Africa

Author: Magilindane, Funekile Date: 2003 Renewable energy is becoming a key policy issue in the energy sector in most countries in the world. Considering various energy options, renewable energies are seen to be ecologically sustainable and they contribute towards conservation ... Read more
Crowd sourcing energy poverty data in South African informal settlements: the opportunity of mobile phone technology

Author: Pillay, Kimenthrie Date: 2015 Energy poverty undermines development at a large scale. It is most overtly experienced in informal settlements, where the use of fuels like paraffin, charcoal and wood prove hazardous and harmful to health and wellbeing. The expenditure on ... Read more
Do solar water heaters improve access to hot water and reduce electricity costs? : the complexities of implementing energy poverty interventions in South African Townships : a case study of Nyanga Township

Author: Maboda, Sivuyile Date: 2011 Solar energy is abundantly available in South Africa, but it is a highly under-utilised resource. One way of efficiently using the resource is solar water heating (swh), a natural process whereby hot water for domestic and/or industrial use ... Read more
Does Access to Electricity Enable the Uptake of Small and Medium Enterprises in South Africa?

Author: Prasad, Gisela ; Dieden, S Date: 14 Feb 2017 South Africa increased its electrification coverage from 36% to over 70% in the last 12 years. Predominantly poor areas, to which service provision was neglected in the past, got access to electricity. The socio-political benefits of the ... Read more
Electricity from solar home systems in South Africa

Author: Prasad, Gisela Date: 2007 In developed countries, renewable energy (RE) technologies are most often introduced for environmental reasons, to reduce GHG emissions mandated under the Kyoto Protocol – which South Africa signed in 2002. The Protocol does not commit non-Annex ... 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
Energy Sector Reform and the Poor: Energy Use and Supply: a Four Country Study: Botswana, Ghana, Honduras & Senegal (ESMAP)

Author: Prasad, Gisela Date: Mar 2006 The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global technical assistance partnership administered by the World Bank and sponsored by bi-lateral official donors, since 1983. ESMAP's mission is to promote the role of energy in ... Read more
Energy, inequality and pro-poor growth in South Africa

Author: Ngepah, Nicholas Nwanyek Date: 2010 The effect of energy on inequality and poverty is not well understood and its role in growth-inequality-poverty nexus has not been adequately studied. A country's energy mix can playa significant role in economic growth and poverty alleviation. ... Read more
Energy, water and climate change in Southern Africa: what are the issues that need further investment and research?

Author: Prasad, Gisela ; Boulle, Michael ; Boyd, Anya ; Rahlao, Sebataolo ; Wlokas, Holle ; Yaholnitsky, Ivan Date: 2012 Regional climate change projections in Southern Africa, based on GCMs comparing 2080-2099 to 1980-1999, indicate that global warming will most likely lead to greater than the global annual mean temperatures for all seasons, 3.1°C for summer ... Read more c b
An exploration of household energy use patterns among grid electrified households in low-income rural and peri-urban communities in South Africa

Author: Reddy, Yachika Date: 2008 This study therefore explores the energy use patterns of low-income grid electrified households in rural and peri-urban areas of South Africa – rural and peri-urban areas being the two areas where majority of the poor reside - as a means to ... Read more
Factors influencing the societal acceptance of new, renewable and energy efficiency technologies: meta-analysis of recent European projects

Author: Brohmann, Bettina ; Feenstra, Ynke ; Heiskanen, Eva ; Hodson, Mike ; Mourik, Ruth ; Prasad, Gisela ; Raven, Rob Date: 2007 The paper addresses the conditions for the successful introduction of sustainable energy technology projects in different geographic, institutional and cultural contexts. Our aim is to identify contextual and process-related factors influencing ... Read more
Frameworks for attaining universal energy access

Author: Louw, Katherine Date: 2014 When assessing universal access to clean, modern energy, Sub-Saharan Africa lags behind many other regions. It has an electrification rate of 32 and in rural regions, only 18 of households have access to modern energy. Within Sub-Saharan ... Read more
How best to generate carbon revenue for small-scale projects in sub-Saharan Africa

Author: Atkins, Peter Stuart Date: 2013 The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) has not worked for sub-Saharan Africa and its mainly small projects, delivering only 0.3% of the total CDM carbon offsets. This is thought to be because of the low intensity of the greenhouse gas reducing ... Read more
Impact of energy reforms on the poor in Southern Africa

Author: Prasad, Gisela ; Visagie, Eugene Date: 2006 Most poor households in sub-Saharan Africa cannot afford an electricity connection and even if they get a connection they can only afford to use electricity predominantly for lighting, television and radio. They cannot afford to use it for ... Read more
The impact of rising electricity tariffs on tariffs on the urban poor : a South African case study

Author: Franks, Lana Date: 2014 Historically, South Africans have benefited from relatively cheap electricity where tariffs have not been cost reflective and kept below inflation. Tariff structures have not fully accounted for the cost of investing in new infrastructure for ... Read more
Implementation and delivery of Free Basic Electricity in the face of the restructuring of the electricity distribution industry

Author: Dobbins, Audrey H Date: 2006 Includes bibliographical references (p. 64-67). Read more
Informal electricity re-selling: entrepreneurship or exploitation?

Author: Franks, Lana ; Prasad, Gisela Date: 2014 South African energy policies have supported universal electricity access since 1994. On 26 June 2013 cabinet approved a new electrification plan which defined universal access to electricity as 97% of all households having access. The plan ... Read more c b
Leveraging carbon revenue for poverty alleviation

Author: Atkins, Peter ; Prasad, Gisela Date: 2013 One of the intentions of the Kyoto Protocol and the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was to use markets to allow the developed countries to supplement their own greenhouse gas reduction efforts with carbon reductions made in developing ... Read more
The potential for local community benefits from wind farms in South Africa

Author: Tait, Louise Date: 2012 This thesis was motivated by the desire to explore more equitable patterns of development in South Africa and how business could contribute to wider developmental goals. It focused specifically on the emerging wind sector in South Africa, ... Read more

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