External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity
| dc.contributor.author | Edkins, Max | |
| dc.contributor.author | Winkler, Harald | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marquard, Andrew | |
| dc.contributor.author | Spalding-Fecher, Randall | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-08T09:16:00Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-08T09:16:00Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-03T09:55:07Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The international studies on energy externalities and the local studies in South Africa suggest that the high impact areas for power generation are impacts of climate change and health impacts of outdoor air pollution. Climate change impacts are by far the greatest. The health costs due to outdoor air pollution are considered quite low based on national studies, though these may be underestimated. Damage cost from acid mine drainage is also thought to be significant, and could be substantially higher than reported here. External costs of electricity generation are a necessary factor in modelling the IRP 2. To be consistent, external costs must be added to the modeller’s reference case and to all policy cases or scenarios. In the multiple criteria decision-making process, the external costs should be reported as a distinct criterion. The weighting of this criterion relative to others (cost, carbon, and access) should be discussed with stakeholders. Although the external cost presented here are appropriate for input into the IRP 2, an extensive national review must be completed for future IRPs. Furthermore, the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) should take additional factors into account: health impacts of indoor air pollution (important in poor households, as well as industry); noise from transport, and other poverty-related issues such as wealth impacts of paraffin fires and burns, and social costs of fuel wood scarcity. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Edkins, M., Winkler, H., Marquard, A., & Spalding-Fecher, R. (2010). External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity. <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/10Edkinsetal-External_costs_IRP2.pdf</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16882 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Edkins, Max, Harald Winkler, Andrew Marquard, and Randall Spalding-Fecher "External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity." <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/10Edkinsetal-External_costs_IRP2.pdf</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16882 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Edkins, M; Winkler, H; Marquard, A; Spalding-Fecher, R. (2010) External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity. Cape Town, Energy Research Centre. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Edkins, Max AU - Winkler, Harald AU - Marquard, Andrew AU - Spalding-Fecher, Randall AB - The international studies on energy externalities and the local studies in South Africa suggest that the high impact areas for power generation are impacts of climate change and health impacts of outdoor air pollution. Climate change impacts are by far the greatest. The health costs due to outdoor air pollution are considered quite low based on national studies, though these may be underestimated. Damage cost from acid mine drainage is also thought to be significant, and could be substantially higher than reported here. External costs of electricity generation are a necessary factor in modelling the IRP 2. To be consistent, external costs must be added to the modeller’s reference case and to all policy cases or scenarios. In the multiple criteria decision-making process, the external costs should be reported as a distinct criterion. The weighting of this criterion relative to others (cost, carbon, and access) should be discussed with stakeholders. Although the external cost presented here are appropriate for input into the IRP 2, an extensive national review must be completed for future IRPs. Furthermore, the Integrated Energy Plan (IEP) should take additional factors into account: health impacts of indoor air pollution (important in poor households, as well as industry); noise from transport, and other poverty-related issues such as wealth impacts of paraffin fires and burns, and social costs of fuel wood scarcity. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/10Edkinsetal-External_costs_IRP2.pdf LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 T1 - External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity TI - External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16882 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16882 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Edkins M, Winkler H, Marquard A, Spalding-Fecher R. External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity. http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/10Edkinsetal-External_costs_IRP2.pdf. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16882. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Energy Research Centre | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment | |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_ZA |
| dc.source | http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/10Edkinsetal-External_costs_IRP2.pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Climatic changes | |
| dc.subject.other | Electric power production | |
| dc.subject.other | Air--Pollution | |
| dc.title | External cost of electricity generation: contribution to the Integrated Resource Plan 2 for Electricity | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | electricity generation | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | south africa | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | external costs | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |