Tobias Bischof-Niemz, Terence Creamer

South Africa's Energy Transition

A Roadmap to a Decarbonised, Low-cost and Job-rich Future

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Produktbeschreibung

South Africa's energy transition has become a highly topical, emotive and politically contentious topic. Taking a systems perspective, this book offers an evidence-based roadmap for such a transition and debunks many of the myths raised about the risks of a renewable-energy-led electricity mix.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 155mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780367340100
• ISBN-10: 0367340100
• Artikelnr.: 56976878

Autorenporträt

Tobias Bischof-Niemz is the Head of Corporate Business Development at ENERTRAG AG, a Berlin-based global clean-energy company. He previously established and led the Energy Centre at the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Pretoria, and holds a PhD from TU Darmstadt, Germany, and an MPA from Columbia University, New York, USA. Terence Creamer is a South African journalist who has been writing about the country's energy sector since 1994. He is currently editor of Creamer Media's Engineering News and a contributing editor to Mining Weekly and Polity.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: A tipping point
Chapter Two: How did we get here?
Chapter Three: It's all about solar and wind
Chapter Four: Electrification of just about everything
Chapter Five: No showstoppers
Chapter Six: Democratisation of electricity generation
Chapter Seven: Just transition