Difference between revisions of "South Africa Energy Situation"
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Capital''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Capital''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | Pretoria |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Official Languages(s)''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Official Languages(s)''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | 11 Official languages with Zulu being the most spoken language. |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Government''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Government''' | ||
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''President''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''President''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | Jacob Zuma |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Total Area''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Total Area''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | <span data-scayt_word="km2" data-scaytid="4">km2</span> | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | <span data-scayt_word="km2" data-scaytid="4">1219090 km2</span> |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Population''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Population''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | 50586757 |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Rural Population''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Rural Population''' | ||
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''GDP (Nominal)''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''GDP (Nominal)''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | US $ ( | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | US $ 471178 Billion (2011) |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''GDP Per Capita''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''GDP Per Capita''' | ||
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Currency''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Currency''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | Rand |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Time Zone''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Time Zone''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | < | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | <font color="#454545" face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height: 19px;">UTC/GMT +2 hours</span></font> |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Electricity Generation''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Electricity Generation''' | ||
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Access to Electricity''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Access to Electricity''' | ||
| − | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | % | + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | 75 % |
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Wind energy (installed capacity)''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Wind energy (installed capacity)''' | ||
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| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Solar Energy (installed capacity)''' | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Solar Energy (installed capacity)''' | ||
| style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | MW (year) | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | MW (year) | ||
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| + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''Literacy Rate''' | ||
| + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | 89 % | ||
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| + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" colspan="3" | '''South African currency against Euro''' | ||
| + | | style="width: 250px; background-color: rgb(219, 229, 241);" | <div>1 Euro ~ 11 South African Rand (ZAR)</div> | ||
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= Overview<br/> = | = Overview<br/> = | ||
| + | <div>The South African energy supply is dominated by coal.</div><div><br/></div><div>•Coal supplies 65.7% of the primary energy* </div><div><br/></div><div>•Followed by crude oil with 21.6%</div><div><br/></div><div>•Renewable and wastes with 7.6 % </div><div><br/></div><div>•Gas with 2.8%</div><div><br/></div><div>•Nuclear 0.4%</div><div><br/></div><div>•Hydro 0.1%</div> | ||
| + | *<span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Primary </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">Energy: </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">an </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">energy form found in nature that has not been subjected </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">to </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">any conversion or transformation process </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">to become electrical </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">energy</span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">, refined fuels, or synthetic fuels such as hydrogen </span><span style="line-height: 1.5em; text-indent: 0in; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(0, 32, 96); letter-spacing: 0pt; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline;">fuel</span> | ||
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Revision as of 12:53, 7 November 2013
| South Africa | |||
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| Capital | Pretoria | ||
| Official Languages(s) | 11 Official languages with Zulu being the most spoken language. | ||
| Government | |||
| President | Jacob Zuma | ||
| Total Area | 1219090 km2 | ||
| Population | 50586757 | ||
| Rural Population | (year) | ||
| GDP (Nominal) | US $ 471178 Billion (2011) | ||
| GDP Per Capita | US $ (year) | ||
| Currency | Rand | ||
| Time Zone | UTC/GMT +2 hours | ||
| Electricity Generation | TWh/year (year) | ||
| Access to Electricity | 75 % | ||
| Wind energy (installed capacity) | MW (year) | ||
| Solar Energy (installed capacity) | MW (year) | ||
| Literacy Rate | 89 % | ||
| South African currency against Euro | 1 Euro ~ 11 South African Rand (ZAR)
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Overview
The South African energy supply is dominated by coal.
•Coal supplies 65.7% of the primary energy*
•Followed by crude oil with 21.6%
•Renewable and wastes with 7.6 %
•Gas with 2.8%
•Nuclear 0.4%
•Hydro 0.1%
- Primary Energy: an energy form found in nature that has not been subjected to any conversion or transformation process to become electrical energy, refined fuels, or synthetic fuels such as hydrogen fuel
Energy Sources
Hydropower
Solar Energy
Biomass
Biogas
Wind Energy
Geothermal Energy
Fossil Fuels
Key Problems of the Energy Sector
Policy Framework, Laws and Regulations
General Energy Policy, Energy Strategy
Important Laws and Regulations
Specific Strategies
(Biomass, Renewable Energies, Rural Electrification, Energy Access Strategy, Poverty Reduction Strategy etc.)
Institutional Set-up in the Energy Sector
Activities of Donors and Implementing Agencies
Further Information
References
