South Africa Energy Situation

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South Africa
Capital Pretoria
Official Languages(s) 11 Official languages with Zulu being the most spoken language.
Political Stability Democratic Republic
Climate Zone Tropical (Tropical wet and dry)
Temperature Range (
Government
President Jacob Zuma
Total Area 1219090
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)

Government and Public Authorities (having Jurisdiction)


NERSA ( National energy regulator of South Africa)

DoE (Department of Energy)

DWEA (Department of water and Environmental affairs)

Institutes (research etc)

SABS (South Africa Bureau of Standards)

SANEDI ( South Africa National Energy Development Institute)

SANERI (South Africa National Energy Research Institute)



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