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A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Use in South Africa: A Case Study

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  • Eugene E. Van Dyk
  • Justin Beukes
  • Mario du Preez

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The South African government currently faces the dual problems of climate change mitigation and the rollout of electricity provision to rural, previously disadvantaged communities. This paper investigates the economic efficiency of the implementation of concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) technology in the Tyefu area in the Eastern Cape, South Africa as a means of addressing these problems. […]

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  • Eugene E. Van Dyk & Justin Beukes & Mario du Preez, 2013. "A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology Use in South Africa: A Case Study," Working Papers 343, Economic Research Southern Africa.
    • Handle: RePEc:rza:wpaper:343
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    Quantitative Methods; Technological Innovation;

    JEL classification:

    • D61 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Allocative Efficiency; Cost-Benefit Analysis
    • L94 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Transportation and Utilities - - - Electric Utilities
    • Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming

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