Aggregation and internalisation of electricity externalities in South Africa

dc.contributor.authorThopil, George Alex
dc.contributor.authorPouris, Anastassios
dc.contributor.emailgeorge.alexthopil@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-05T05:26:24Z
dc.date.available2015-06-05T05:26:24Z
dc.date.issued2015-03
dc.description.abstractEnergy-environmental impacts associated with non-renewable electricity generation have attained critical importance in South Africa. These impacts are quantified in order to obtain a monetary cost relative to local electricity prices. The methodology used to perform the analysis is the Impact Pathway Approach. Numerous energy-environmental external impacts have been evaluated in this study. The primary externality contributors were found to be GHG (green-house gas) emissions and public health effects from coal combustion. Other minor but important contributors to externalities are also identified and mentioned within the paper. Aggregated central externality costs were found to range from 5.86 to 35.36 SA c/kWh (1.31e7.95 US c/kWh), with central externalities estimates at 13.43 SA c/kWh (3.02 US c/ kWh). These central estimates were found to be 68.5% of average electricity prices during the year 2008. Conversion of externality costs from South African currency to US currency has been made with purchasing power parity exchange rates for the year 2008. This study provides sufficient methodological parity for countries with similar electricity generation backgrounds in Southern Africa and Africa as well as other developing countries, considering South Africa generates roughly 45% of the electricity on the African continent.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2016-03-31en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipSouth African National Energy Development Institute.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.elsevier.com/locate/energyen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationThopil, GA & Pouris, A 2015, 'Aggregation and internalisation of electricity externalities in South Africa', Energy, vol. 82, pp. 501-511.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0360-5442 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1873-6785 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.059
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45412
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherElsevieren_ZA
dc.rights© 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Notice : this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Energy. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Energy, vol. 82, pp. 501-511. 2015. doi : 10.1016/j.energy.2015.01.059en_ZA
dc.subjectElectricityen_ZA
dc.subjectExternalitiesen_ZA
dc.subjectCoalen_ZA
dc.subjectNuclearen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleAggregation and internalisation of electricity externalities in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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