Grappling with a half-hearted policy: The case of renewable energy and the environment in South Africa

Energy Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2513-2516

  Sebitosi, A B ^a   Pillay, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy; Environment; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INDUSTRY; ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLANNING;

ENERGY POLICY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY MARKET; ENERGY POLICY; PARADIGM SHIFT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 44649126702     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2008.03.011     Document Type: Article

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