Coal demand for electricity generation in South Africa : analysis and conditional forecasts to the year 2020

The purpose of this thesis is to provide an analytical framework for the examination of the demand for coal for the generation of electricity where more than 50 of the coal produced in the country is consumed. More specifically, the aim of the thesis is to identify the factors influencing the demand for steam-coal, disentangle their interrelationships, and evaluate their relative influence and importance.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Year dc:date.issued

1987

Author dc:creator

• Pouris, Anastassios

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Dutkiewicz, Ryszard Karol

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8385

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/8385