South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations

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dc.contributor.authorBekker, Bernard
dc.contributor.authorGaunt, Trevor
dc.contributor.authorMarquard, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorEberhard, Anton
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-05T11:32:15Z
dc.date.available2016-02-05T11:32:15Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.updated2016-02-03T08:50:17Z
dc.description.abstractThis paper documents South Africa’s electrification programme from the late 1980s to the present. The primary aim of the paper is to present the reader with an overview of the policy, institutional, planning, financing and technological developments and innovations that resulted in more than 5 million households receiving access to electricity between 1990 and 2007. Key aspects include the way in which a period of political change and policy disruption were essential to the programme’s initiation, and the critical role played by organisations and individuals outside of national government in helping shape new electrification policies and strategies. In addition, the paper identifies the contribution of technology development in cost reduction and achieving the social aims of the programme. Several lessons may be drawn from the institutional and planning arrangements that the South African programme has developed, the significance of the development of appropriate cost-driven technical innovations and standards, and the acknowledgement of the social function of electrification and its funding from the fiscus (rather than through cross-subsidies).en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationBekker, B., Gaunt, T., Marquard, A., & Eberhard, A. (2008). South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations. <i>http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16814en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationBekker, Bernard, Trevor Gaunt, Andrew Marquard, and Anton Eberhard "South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations." <i>http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy</i> (2008) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16814en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationBekker, B.; Eberhard, A.; Gaunt, T.; Marquard, A. (2008) South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations. Energy Policy 36(8):3115-3127en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0301-4215en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Bekker, Bernard AU - Gaunt, Trevor AU - Marquard, Andrew AU - Eberhard, Anton AB - This paper documents South Africa’s electrification programme from the late 1980s to the present. The primary aim of the paper is to present the reader with an overview of the policy, institutional, planning, financing and technological developments and innovations that resulted in more than 5 million households receiving access to electricity between 1990 and 2007. Key aspects include the way in which a period of political change and policy disruption were essential to the programme’s initiation, and the critical role played by organisations and individuals outside of national government in helping shape new electrification policies and strategies. In addition, the paper identifies the contribution of technology development in cost reduction and achieving the social aims of the programme. Several lessons may be drawn from the institutional and planning arrangements that the South African programme has developed, the significance of the development of appropriate cost-driven technical innovations and standards, and the acknowledgement of the social function of electrification and its funding from the fiscus (rather than through cross-subsidies). DA - 2008 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2008 SM - 0301-4215 T1 - South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations TI - South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16814 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16814
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationBekker B, Gaunt T, Marquard A, Eberhard A. South Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovations. http://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policy. 2008; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16814.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentEnergy Research Centreen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourcehttp://www.journals.elsevier.com/energy-policyen_ZA
dc.subject.otherElectrification--South Africa
dc.subject.otherEnergy policy--South Africa
dc.titleSouth Africa's rapid electrification programme: policy, institutional, planning, financing and technical innovationsen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsElectrification programmeen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsSouth Africaen_ZA
uct.subject.keywordsInnovationen_ZA
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