Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorTait, Louise
dc.contributor.authorWinkler, Harald
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-08T13:25:40Z
dc.date.available2016-02-08T13:25:40Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-03T12:55:46Z
dc.description.abstractClimate change, energy security and achieving universal electricity access for all households are all pressing issues that South Africa must address. These objectives need not be trade-offs, however, and achieving electricity access for the poor does not justify the building of large coal-fired power stations or threaten South Africa’s climate change objectives. This paper estimates the electricity demand from the residential sector to 2020 resulting from universal access, and finds that electricity for low-income households would constitute only a small addition to total electricity demand and would represent only a minor portion of output from the coal-fired power station, Medupi. Furthermore, emissions from the additional electricity consumed by newly connected households would have a negligible impact on South Africa’s emissions profile.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTait, L., & Winkler, H. (2012). Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa. <i>Energy Research Centre</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16908en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTait, Louise, and Harald Winkler "Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa." <i>Energy Research Centre</i> (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16908en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTait, L., & Winkler, H. (2012). Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa. Journal of Energy Southern Africa.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Tait, Louise AU - Winkler, Harald AB - Climate change, energy security and achieving universal electricity access for all households are all pressing issues that South Africa must address. These objectives need not be trade-offs, however, and achieving electricity access for the poor does not justify the building of large coal-fired power stations or threaten South Africa’s climate change objectives. This paper estimates the electricity demand from the residential sector to 2020 resulting from universal access, and finds that electricity for low-income households would constitute only a small addition to total electricity demand and would represent only a minor portion of output from the coal-fired power station, Medupi. Furthermore, emissions from the additional electricity consumed by newly connected households would have a negligible impact on South Africa’s emissions profile. DA - 2012 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Energy Research Centre LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2012 T1 - Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa TI - Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16908 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16908
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTait L, Winkler H. Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africa. Energy Research Centre. 2012; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16908.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherEnergy Research Centre, University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_ZA
dc.sourceEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.subject.otherClimatic changes
dc.subject.otherElectrification
dc.subject.otherSustainable development
dc.titleEstimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsgreenhouse gas emissionsen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsaccess to electricityen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordssouth africaen_ZA
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uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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