Arbeitspapier
Post-apartheid electricity policy and the emergence of South Africa's renewable energy sector
This paper situates South Africa's new renewable energy sector within the context of the country's electricity system and in turn its unique political economy. I chart major developments in the country's energy policy and governance since the end of apartheid and show how electricity policy is determined by economic, political, and technological factors. I examine the contested negotiation of key policies, which have been fundamental to the introduction of a renewable energy sector. I consider how the new renewable energy sector has evolved thus far and raise key challenges and concerns for its future development.
- ISBN
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978-92-9256-058-4
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: WIDER Working Paper ; No. 2016/15
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Technological Change: Government Policy
Renewable Resources and Conservation: Government Policy
Energy: Government Policy
- Subject
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South Africa
electricity
renewable energy
political economy
policy
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Baker, Lucy
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Veröffentlichung
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The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
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Helsinki
- (when)
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2016
- DOI
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doi:10.35188/UNU-WIDER/2016/058-4
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Baker, Lucy
- The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
Time of origin
- 2016
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