South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints, and at the same time, the Department of Energy is procuring new generation capacity and has already allocated a total of 8.1 GW of renewables (mainly wind & PV) for procurement from Independent Power Producers. The CSIR conducted a study on the financial benefits of the first renewables in South Africa in 2015 and came to the conclusion that solar PV & wind is the cheapest new-build options per kWh in South Africa.
Reference:
Bischof-Niemz, T. 2015. Quantifying the system-wide financial costs and benefits of wind in South Africa. Windaba, 5 November 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Bischof-Niemz, T. (2015). Quantifying the system-wide financial costs and benefits of wind in South Africa. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9744
Bischof-Niemz, T. "Quantifying the system-wide financial costs and benefits of wind in South Africa." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9744
Bischof-Niemz T, Quantifying the system-wide financial costs and benefits of wind in South Africa; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9744 .
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