Struggling to wean a society away from a century-old legacy of coal based power: Challenges and possibilities for South African Electric supply future

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1281-1288

  Tsikata, M ^a   Sebitosi, A B ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Energy resource diversification; Environment; Power tariffs; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; INVESTMENTS;

ELECTRIC SUPPLY; ENERGY NEEDS; FIRST QUARTER; GOVERNMENT POLICY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; POWER TARIFF; POWER TARIFFS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; STAKEHOLDER; TARIFF STRUCTURE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 76049124152     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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