The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa

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dc.contributor.advisorRennkamp, Brittaen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTakuba, Raymond Chengetaien_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-02T08:27:20Z
dc.date.available2015-07-02T08:27:20Z
dc.date.issued2014en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThis thesis investigates the transportation of wind turbines in an emerging wind energy market with a focus on South Africa. The research goal is to understand how the transport and the wind energy sectors interact; as well as how turbine transportation can unfold as a barrier to wind farm development in South Africa. Turbine transportation was found to be a key part of the wind farm development process which has been hampered in South Africa by poor planning, the design of the renewable energy procurement program and low cooperation amongst industry participants. Barriers to wind farm development include a shortage of logistics equipment such as cranes and trailers, a shortage of skilled drivers and crane operators and several embedded bottlenecks in the abnormal load transportation process. These factors combined have resulted in a cost premium of 5 - 10% for the turbine transportation process in South Africa as compared to the cost in larger established wind energy markets. The study additionally finds that the wind energy industry could benefit from better coordination of transport projects through industry bodies such as SAWEA, as the transport system is unlikely to be altered in order to accommodate the needs of the wind energy industry.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationTakuba, R. C. (2014). <i>The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13261en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationTakuba, Raymond Chengetai. <i>"The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13261en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationTakuba, R. 2014. The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Takuba, Raymond Chengetai AB - This thesis investigates the transportation of wind turbines in an emerging wind energy market with a focus on South Africa. The research goal is to understand how the transport and the wind energy sectors interact; as well as how turbine transportation can unfold as a barrier to wind farm development in South Africa. Turbine transportation was found to be a key part of the wind farm development process which has been hampered in South Africa by poor planning, the design of the renewable energy procurement program and low cooperation amongst industry participants. Barriers to wind farm development include a shortage of logistics equipment such as cranes and trailers, a shortage of skilled drivers and crane operators and several embedded bottlenecks in the abnormal load transportation process. These factors combined have resulted in a cost premium of 5 - 10% for the turbine transportation process in South Africa as compared to the cost in larger established wind energy markets. The study additionally finds that the wind energy industry could benefit from better coordination of transport projects through industry bodies such as SAWEA, as the transport system is unlikely to be altered in order to accommodate the needs of the wind energy industry. DA - 2014 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2014 T1 - The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa TI - The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13261 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/13261
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationTakuba RC. The effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africa. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Energy Research Centre, 2014 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13261en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherEnergy and Development Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleThe effect of wind turbine transportation on wind farm development in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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