South Africa's electricity consumption: A sectoral decomposition analysis

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 4779-4784

  Inglesi Lotz, Roula ^a   Blignaut, James N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Electricity; Sectoral analysis; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRICITY-CONSUMPTION; POLICY MAKING; PRODUCTION RELATED FACTORS; RATE OF INCREASE; SECTORAL ANALYSIS; SHARP INCREASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL EFFECT;

ELECTRICITY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; ELECTRICAL POWER; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRICITY SUPPLY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY POLICY; FUEL CONSUMPTION; POLICY MAKING;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 80052263397     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.06.018     Document Type: Article

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