Author:Bischof-Niemz, STDate:Oct 2015South Africa’s power system is currently under severe constraints with load shedding that occurred during 82 days in the first half of 2015. The Department of Energy is procuring new generation capacity and has already allocated a total of ...Read more
Author:Milazi, DBK; Bischof-Niemz, STDate:Jun 2016Outside of these critical elements, several other factors exist that have a bearing on the bankability of a utility scale renewable energy project. Among the most important of these are the financial risks that respective parties are exposed ...Read more
Author:Bischof-Niemz, ST; Mushwana, Crescent; Koopman, Stephen JDate:Jun 2016The conventional approach to assess and integrate renewable energy (RE) resource individually has its own limitations especially in areas where different energy resources get integrated to supply power to the grid. In South Africa, the Solar ...Read more