Integrated framework for green and sustainable energy resources within the South African context.
Year: 2019
Type: dissertation
Abstract: On the back of energy shortages, hiking electricity tariffs, mitigating climate change, and the \ninitiative taken by households to generate electricity through renewable resources, it is important \nto study green technology, and in doing so, understand the perceptions of the utility with regards \nto green and sustainable energy resources, uncover the drivers that impact or influence these \nresources, and in tandem, study the impact that green and sustainable energy resource have on the \nutility, industries, the economy and society. Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer \nProgramme (REIPPP) forecasts that renewable energy will contribute to almost 42% of the \ncountry’s energy in the next 20 years. \nHowever, improper integration of renewable energy resources could become a threat to the \nexisting national power supplier. Since South Africa has plenty of green energy resources \nincluding solar, wind, hydro and biomass, this study investigates the impact of sustainable energy \nresources to the utility, small industries, the economy and society in order to develop an integrated \nframework for green and sustainable energy resources within the South African context. \nOverall, the developed framework highlights the best possible way to integrate clean energy \nresources into existing power system network in a sustainable manner within the current energy \nlandscape.
Author: Nithin Isaac
Language: English
Field: Energy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3095871971