A feasibility and implementation model of small-scale hydropower development for rural electrification in South Africa

Small scale hydropower used to play a very important role in the provision of energy to urban and rural areas of South Africa. The national electricity grid however, expanded and offered cheap, coal generated electricity and a large number of hydropower systems were decommissioned. Unfortunately, la...

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Main Author: Bonthuys, Gideon Johannes
Other Authors: Van Dijk, Marco
Language:en
Published: 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57207
Bonthuys, GJ 2016, A feasibility and implementation model of small-scale hydropower development for rural electrification in South Africa, MEng Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/57207>