A first-generation ethanol plant with electricity co-generation from bagasse has an ethanol selling price of US$ 0.84/l, which was highly dependent of the cane price, and reduced significantly when second-generation production from hemicelluloses of bagasse and trash was incorporated. The selling ...
South Africa, like any other coal-abundant country, is susceptible to huge environmental crises, due to over-reliance on coal-generated electricity (Baker and Sovacool, 2017, Klausbrucker et al., 2016). Coal-fired power plants account for over 90% of electricity production in South Africa (...
Investments in additional production and transmission capacity are needed to cope with the growing demand. Although there is a large potential for solar energy in South Africa, investments are lacking while large investments in new coal-fired power plants are being executed. These coal power plants ...
Electricity Production in Switzerland reached 6,805 GWh in Oct 2024, compared with 6,391 GWh in the previous month. Electricity Production data of Switzerland is updated monthly averaging at 5,242 GWh from Jan 1990 to Oct 2024. The data reached an all-time high of 9,241 GWh in Jul 20...
This is necessary as electricity is an essential input for production, and hence it affects the competitiveness of the country. Calculating the electricity intensities, defined as the ratio of electricity consumption to total output, we found that South Africa's electricity intensity has more than ...
Scientists from South Africa are experiencing the pain of the country’s ongoing power outages and are concerned about the impact the crisis is having on their research output.
This study explores the implications of a renewable energy target, with South Africa setting and achieving 15% of electricity generated from renewables by 2020 We report the effects of 15% renewable electricity on the total cost of electricity production, investment in electricity infrastructure, and ...
Thus, this study explores the roles of electricity use and government policy in the economic growth of the selected four South Asian countries over the period from 1980 to 2014. The study includes the government policy variable in the extended Cobb–Douglas production function of the electricity ...
In this Perspective, we present trends in Africa’s RE development and access on a national level and discuss the respective country-specific capacities to lead the transition to sustainable RE for all. If all existing wind, solar and hydropower plants operate on full capacity and all proposed ...
Description:The map below shows how Electricity production from hydroelectric sources (% of total) varies by country. The shade of the country corresponds to the magnitude of the indicator. The darker the shade, the higher the value. The country with the highest value in the world is Albania,...