Title :
Electrification for development in South Africa
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract :
Electrification in South Africa during the 1980s addressed the needs of commercial farmers, providing network connections to support agriculture and agricultural industry. Network extension was effectively subsidised by other electricity customers. As a result, most economic units were electrified by 1990. Electrification will continue for at least another eight years, though the annual connection targets have been reduced.
Keywords :
electricity supply industry; industrial power systems; project engineering; South Africa; economic development; electricity customers; electrification; network connections; Africa; Agriculture; Cities and towns; Couplings; Government; Incentive schemes; Performance analysis; Power generation economics; Process planning; Regulators;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 2002 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7518-1
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.2002.1043172
