Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Prasad, Gisela | |
| dc.contributor.author | Visagie, Eugene | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-05T05:27:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-05T05:27:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-03T07:40:30Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | South African energy policy priorities have always been closely linked to the prevailing political situation. Pre-democratic energy policy and planning were characterized by energy security priorities, excessive secrecy and racially skewed provision of energy services. Post-apartheid South Africa witnessed substantial revision and a strong focus on energy for development. In accordance with the Constitution (Act No. 108 of 1996) an inclusive Energy White Paper (1998) was developed. Major objectives of government’s Energy White Paper are (DME, 1998): • Increasing access to affordable energy services; • Stimulating economic development – encouragement of competition within energy markets; • Managing energy-related environmental and health effects; • Securing supply through diversity – increased opportunities for energy trade and diversity in both supply sources and primary energy carriers. Renewable energy becomes one of the areas that the government would want to consider pursuing in managing energy-related environmental impacts and diversifying energy supplies from a coaldominated system. In May 2004, the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) published the White Paper on Renewable Energy Policy. This targets the provision of 10 000 GWh (accumulative over a period of 10 years) of electricity from RE resources (mainly biomass, wind, solar and small-scale hydro projects) by 2013. This is approximately 4 % of the country’s estimated electricity demand or equivalent to replacing two 660 MW units of Eskom’s combined coal-fired power stations. At present less than 1% of the 200 000 GWh of electricity generated annually in South Africa originates from RE sources (DME, 2004). | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Prasad, G., & Visagie, E. (2005). Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa. <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Prasad-Visage-RET.pdf</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16744 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Prasad, Gisela, and Eugene Visagie "Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa." <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Prasad-Visage-RET.pdf</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16744 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Prasad, G., & Visagie, E. (2005). Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation, Initial assessment report: South Africa. Energy Research Centre, June (Cape Town, University of Cape Town). | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1021-447X | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Prasad, Gisela AU - Visagie, Eugene AB - South African energy policy priorities have always been closely linked to the prevailing political situation. Pre-democratic energy policy and planning were characterized by energy security priorities, excessive secrecy and racially skewed provision of energy services. Post-apartheid South Africa witnessed substantial revision and a strong focus on energy for development. In accordance with the Constitution (Act No. 108 of 1996) an inclusive Energy White Paper (1998) was developed. Major objectives of government’s Energy White Paper are (DME, 1998): • Increasing access to affordable energy services; • Stimulating economic development – encouragement of competition within energy markets; • Managing energy-related environmental and health effects; • Securing supply through diversity – increased opportunities for energy trade and diversity in both supply sources and primary energy carriers. Renewable energy becomes one of the areas that the government would want to consider pursuing in managing energy-related environmental impacts and diversifying energy supplies from a coaldominated system. In May 2004, the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) published the White Paper on Renewable Energy Policy. This targets the provision of 10 000 GWh (accumulative over a period of 10 years) of electricity from RE resources (mainly biomass, wind, solar and small-scale hydro projects) by 2013. This is approximately 4 % of the country’s estimated electricity demand or equivalent to replacing two 660 MW units of Eskom’s combined coal-fired power stations. At present less than 1% of the 200 000 GWh of electricity generated annually in South Africa originates from RE sources (DME, 2004). DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Prasad-Visage-RET.pdf LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 1021-447X T1 - Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa TI - Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16744 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16744 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Prasad G, Visagie E. Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa. http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Prasad-Visage-RET.pdf. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16744. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | 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.source | http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/05Prasad-Visage-RET.pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | sustainable development | |
| dc.subject.other | energy development | |
| dc.subject.other | energy policy | |
| dc.title | Renewable energy technologies for poverty alleviation - Initial assessment report: South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | Renewable energy | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | poverty alleviation | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |