The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria is rapidly reducing reliance on energy supply from Tshwane Municipality with the implementation of renewable energy projects as part of its drive to demonstrate the potential of renewable energy in the South African energy industry. South Africa faces a two-fold energy challenge where it struggles to meet its electricity demand, while being one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases in Africa. One of the CSIR Energy Centre objective is to provide some expert intervention in the South African energy sector, with focus placed on expanding the energy system in order to meet demand while becoming less carbon intensive. This paper analyses the performance of CSIR's first three photovoltaic projects. The paper focuses on energy yield, performance ratio and the levelised cost of energy (LCOE).
Reference:
Simelane, S.N., Mudau, U.B. and Duma, T.C. 2018. Performance analysis of CSIR’s solar PV plants. 5th Southern African Solar Energy Conference (SASEC 2018), 25-27 June 2018, Blue Waters Hotel, Durban, South Africa
Simelane, S. N., Mudau, U. B., & Duma, T. C. (2018). Performance analysis of CSIR’s solar PV plants. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10759
Simelane, Sengiphile N, Unarine B Mudau, and Talent C Duma. "Performance analysis of CSIR’s solar PV plants." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10759
Simelane SN, Mudau UB, Duma TC, Performance analysis of CSIR’s solar PV plants; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10759 .
