Improving the electricity efficiency in South Africa through a benchmark-and- trade system

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  • Roula Inglesi-Lotz
  • James N. Blignaut
چکیده

South Africa has undergone major political, social and economic changes during the past two decades. Partially, as a result of these, the country has begun to experience serious electricity supply shortages [1] and critical energy predicaments. The electricity crisis in 2008 was, among others, attributed to the mismatch between the supply and the demand for electricity and affected the whole economy considerably [2].

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تاریخ انتشار 2014