A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system
| dc.contributor.author | van Es, D | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bennett, K F | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-02-05T09:54:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-02-05T09:54:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-02-03T08:22:25Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper examines how existing standby generators may benefit the South African electricity system. Eskom, the national electricity utility, supplies 92% of South Africa’s electricity needs at a price to consumers that is the lowest in the world, making it virtually impossible for alternative generation to compete. Installed electricity generation capacity is 38 154MW with a reserve margin of 8-10%. Eskom would prefer a margin closer to 15% but demand growth for the next year will reduce the margin further, to 3.75%. One response has been to introduce a demand management programme The country has begun to suffer more frequent outages, particularly during winter when demand is highest. One aspect of the management programme is to shift the two daily peaks to the ‘valleys’. Eskom estimates a possible 3 000MW capacity available from standby generators. The research should deliver a more accurate figure, as well as the location of these generators, particularly with respect to network constraints. Also considered are issues of synchronisation with the grid, emissions, noise and other environmental impacts associated with the operation of distributed generation, as well as the contractual conditions under which such an arrangement may be possible. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | van Es, D., & Bennett, K. F. (2007). A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system. <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/07VanEs-Bennett_Standby_generators.pdf</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16806 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | van Es, D, and K F Bennett "A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system." <i>http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/07VanEs-Bennett_Standby_generators.pdf</i> (2007) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16806 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Van Es, D. & Bennett, K.F. (2007) A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system. Proceedings of the 4th European Congress Economics and Management of Energy in Industry, 27-30 November 2007, Porto, Portugal. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - van Es, D AU - Bennett, K F AB - This paper examines how existing standby generators may benefit the South African electricity system. Eskom, the national electricity utility, supplies 92% of South Africa’s electricity needs at a price to consumers that is the lowest in the world, making it virtually impossible for alternative generation to compete. Installed electricity generation capacity is 38 154MW with a reserve margin of 8-10%. Eskom would prefer a margin closer to 15% but demand growth for the next year will reduce the margin further, to 3.75%. One response has been to introduce a demand management programme The country has begun to suffer more frequent outages, particularly during winter when demand is highest. One aspect of the management programme is to shift the two daily peaks to the ‘valleys’. Eskom estimates a possible 3 000MW capacity available from standby generators. The research should deliver a more accurate figure, as well as the location of these generators, particularly with respect to network constraints. Also considered are issues of synchronisation with the grid, emissions, noise and other environmental impacts associated with the operation of distributed generation, as well as the contractual conditions under which such an arrangement may be possible. DA - 2007 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/07VanEs-Bennett_Standby_generators.pdf LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2007 T1 - A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system TI - A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16806 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16806 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | van Es D, Bennett KF. A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system. http://www.erc.uct.ac.za/Research/publications/07VanEs-Bennett_Standby_generators.pdf. 2007; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16806. | 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.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/07VanEs-Bennett_Standby_generators.pdf | en_ZA |
| dc.subject.other | Eskom (Firm) | |
| dc.subject.other | Emergency power supply | |
| dc.subject.other | Demand-side management (Electric utilities) | |
| dc.subject.other | Electric power | |
| dc.title | A case for incorporating standby generators into the South African electricity system | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | South Africa | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | electricity supply constraints | en_ZA |
| uct.subject.keywords | standby generators | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |