Submitted to
School of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Built
Environment, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
24 August 2016 / The recent significant discoveries of gas in Mozambique could provide a much needed
solution to the South African electricity crisis, but at what cost? This research report seeks
to determine the economic viability of utilising Mozambican Gas to produce electricity by
using data from the Integrated Resource Plan 2010-2030 Update of 2013 in a levelised
cost of electricity model.
The Mozambican gas fields are yet to be developed and the final price at which gas will be
available is unclear, but a price range determined by ICF international in a study for the
World Bank is assumed for the purposes of the study, with the results yielding a range
levelised cost of energy.
The results of the levelised cost determine that Mozambican gas can be utilised to
provide an economical solution to the south African electricity crisis, but the price at
which gas is available will determine the type of generation, either peaking power, midmerit
and or baseload generation. / MT2017
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/22701 |
| Date | January 2016 |
| Creators | Brown, Stuart |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | Online resource (97 leaves), application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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