South Africa's Integrated Resource Plan 2010 (IRP 2010) was initiated to investigate the power generation mix for South Africa until 2030. The implementation of the IRP was done by Department of Energy through competitive tenders (“REIPPPP” for renewables). The consequence of renewables' cost reduction was that solar end wind energy are the cheapest new-build options per kWh in South Africa.
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Mushwana, C. and Bischof-Niemz, T. 2015. Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa’s wind and PV energy resources for an increased share of renewables. Windaba, 5 November 2015, Cape Town, South Africa
Mushwana, C., & Bischof-Niemz, T. (2015). Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa’s wind and PV energy resources for an increased share of renewables. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9745
Mushwana, Crescent, and T Bischof-Niemz. "Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa’s wind and PV energy resources for an increased share of renewables." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9745
Mushwana C, Bischof-Niemz T, Smoothing out the volatility of South Africa’s wind and PV energy resources for an increased share of renewables; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/9745 .
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