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Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa
Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2018.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/70995 Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa Van Dijk, Marco u10053141@tuks.co.za Klingenberg, Anke Carmen UCTD Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-06 SDG-06: Clean water and sanitation Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-07 SDG-07: Affordable and clean energy Dissertation (MEng)--University of Pretoria, 2018. A nation’s industrial growth as well as the quality of life is dependent on energy supply and demand. With the current situation of the supply of energy not matching the growing demand, small-scale hydropower projects could play an important role, especially in providing electricity to remote areas. Even though the experts classify South Africa as a water-scarce country, there is still abundant water for small-scale hydropower schemes which could help with the sustainable energy supply for the future (Banks & Schäffler, 2006). There are numerous small-scale hydropower plants which played an important role in providing both urban and rural areas of South Africa with energy, even though not well documented. Both Pretoria’s and Cape Town’s initial electricity was provided by small scale hydropower stations, however these stations were decommissioned due to the national electricity grid expansions (Jonker Klunne, 2009). Approximately 188 hydropower sites are currently in South Africa, which are either potential (54 sites), under construction (21 sites), operational (91 sites) or have been decommissioned (22 sites), excluding privately owned sites (Jonker Klunne, 2016). It was hypothesised that a user-friendly framework in conjunction with a Hydropower Development Assistance Tool (HDAT) could be compiled. The designed framework and the HDAT could guide the potential power producers through the process of developing new or upgrading existing hydropower facilities in South Africa. The objective of this study was to develop a framework which is designed to guide users through a decision analysis procedure regarding the refurbishment, renewal or replacement of existing hydropower sites in South Africa, as well as providing guidance for the development of these identified sites. Using a visual representation with the necessary economic evaluation to determine feasibility using an Excel-based assistance tool. The Hydropower Development Assistance Tool was tested on the Aliwal North decommissioned hydropower site. This site was chosen by the Water Research Commission (WRC) to be recommissioned. The result was a practical decision support system for the evaluation of existing or decommissioned hydropower sites in South Africa. Civil Engineering MEng Unrestricted 2019-08-12T11:18:45Z 2019-08-12T11:18:45Z 2019/04/11 2018 Dissertation Klingenberg, AC 2018, Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa, MEng Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70995> A2019 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70995 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-06 SDG-06: Clean water and sanitation Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-07 SDG-07: Affordable and clean energy Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title | Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title_full | Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title_short | Compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in South Africa |
| title_sort | compilation of a hydropower development assistance tool for evaluating hydropower resources in south africa |
| topic | UCTD Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-06 SDG-06: Clean water and sanitation Engineering, built environment and information technology theses SDG-07 SDG-07: Affordable and clean energy |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/70995 |