Renewable Energy in South Africa

"Can renewable energy be an economically viable option for South Africa?" "Renewable energy is energy that is not depleted when used." "Availability means a successful operation" (Soanes, Hawker & Elliot et al., 2005) In other words, renewable energy is a reasonable and successful alternative for South Africa. South Africa uses 3% of the world's total energy every year. The main source of energy in South Africa is coal, but a quarter of the coal we have mined is exported to other countries.

The country has abundant wind energy resources and the highest level of solar radiation in the world. Renewable Energy White Paper (November 2003) will maintain and maintain renewable energy expansion in South Africa with the goal of generating 10,000 GWh of renewable energy for final energy consumption by 2013. By using the PESTLE framework, we can conclude that South Africa 's macro climate is generally strong and the possibility of expansion is high. The main weakness that became clear is that it is definitely necessary for further investigation by the management team. However, considering that the company is fully aware of the obstacles involved, the technology department entering the country may succeed.

According to the wind energy statistics of South Africa in 2004, there are about 30,000 windmills in our country. Wind energy is one of the fastest growing renewable energy sources and is one of the cheap renewable energy available. It may quickly become the cheapest way to produce energy on a large scale, but it may be more expensive than other energy sources. In regions with adequate climatic conditions, ecological benefits make it a very acceptable energy source (Draper, 2006). (Draper, 2009) pointed out that the growth of green energy in South Africa is very large. Responding to the increasing demand for electricity in response to the pressure of climate change and reducing carbon emissions means to exploit the country's vast potential for wind and solar resources

Winkler (2003) argues that renewable energy and energy efficiency are important to mitigate the economic, social and environmental adverse effects of South African energy production and consumption. Renewable energy contributes relatively little to primary energy and energy consumption for commercial energy is low. Renewable energy is unlimited, so it's a good choice. Fossil fuel eventually exhausts the electricity that they currently rely on, so it will not run out. Another great advantage of using renewable energy is that many of them do not pollute our air and water by burning fossil fuels (Hick, 2007).