Estimating the opportunity cost of water for the Kusile and Medupi coal-fired electricity power plants in South Africa
In South Africa, water is considered a limited source, not only because of the country’s arid nature, but also because of the relatively skew distribution of the resource and the fact that 98% of the resource is already allocated. Eskom, the South African electricity supplier, commenced with the con...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2017-10-01
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Series: | Journal of Energy in Southern Africa |
Online Access: | https://journals.assaf.org.za/jesa/article/view/3180 |