Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa
Climate change, energy security and achieving universal electricity access for all households are all pressing issues that South Africa must address. These objectives need not be trade-offs, however, and achieving electricity access for the poor does not justify the building of large coal-fired powe...
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| description | Climate change, energy security and achieving universal electricity access for all households are all pressing issues that South Africa must address. These objectives need not be trade-offs, however, and achieving electricity access for the poor does not justify the building of large coal-fired power stations or threaten South Africa’s climate change objectives. This paper estimates the electricity demand from the residential sector to 2020 resulting from universal access, and finds that electricity for low-income households would constitute only a small addition to total electricity demand and would represent only a minor portion of output from the coal-fired power station, Medupi. Furthermore, emissions from the additional electricity consumed by newly connected households would have a negligible impact on South Africa’s emissions profile. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f4a65caee3848a8a7e08f32e2aa175e2022-12-21T21:53:08ZengUniversity of Cape TownJournal of Energy in Southern Africa1021-447X2413-30512017-10-0123481710.17159/2413-3051/2012/v23i4a31743174Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South AfricaLouise Tait0Harald WinklerUniversity of Cape TownClimate change, energy security and achieving universal electricity access for all households are all pressing issues that South Africa must address. These objectives need not be trade-offs, however, and achieving electricity access for the poor does not justify the building of large coal-fired power stations or threaten South Africa’s climate change objectives. This paper estimates the electricity demand from the residential sector to 2020 resulting from universal access, and finds that electricity for low-income households would constitute only a small addition to total electricity demand and would represent only a minor portion of output from the coal-fired power station, Medupi. Furthermore, emissions from the additional electricity consumed by newly connected households would have a negligible impact on South Africa’s emissions profile.https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3174emissionsclimate changeuniversal accesselectrificationhousehold |
| spellingShingle | Louise Tait Harald Winkler Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa Journal of Energy in Southern Africa emissions climate change universal access electrification household |
| title | Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa |
| title_full | Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa |
| title_short | Estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in South Africa |
| title_sort | estimating greenhouse gas emissions associated with achieving universal access to electricity for all households in south africa |
| topic | emissions climate change universal access electrification household |
| url | https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3174 |
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