迈向南非生态可持续的电力组合：评估可再生能源和核能的政策影响

IF 4.4 3区经济学 Q3 ENERGY & FUELS

Utilities Policy Pub Date : 2025-06-02 DOI:10.1016/j.jup.2025.101972

Chinazaekpere Nwani, Philip Chimobi Omoke

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在满足不断增长的电力需求和尽量减少生态影响之间取得平衡，对于推进可持续发展目标至关重要。利用动态和基于核的模拟技术，我们评估了1985 - 2022年南非可再生能源和核能对生态负荷能力因子（EL）的影响。研究结果表明，以化石燃料为基础的发电对低碳能源产生负面影响，而向低碳能源，特别是可再生能源的过渡，提供了显著的生态效益。相比之下，核能所显示的效益微乎其微，而且在统计上微不足道。这些发现呼吁采取有针对性的激励措施，促进对可再生基础设施的投资，并制定管理核安全和核废料的战略。

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Towards an ecologically sustainable electricity mix in South Africa: Evaluating the policy implications of renewable and nuclear energy

Achieving a balance between meeting rising electricity demands and minimizing ecological impact is essential for advancing sustainability goals. Using dynamic and Kernel-based simulation techniques, we evaluate the effects of renewable and nuclear energy on ecological load capacity factor (EL) in South Africa from 1985 to 2022. The findings reveal that fossil-fuel-based electricity generation negatively impacts EL, while a transition to low-carbon energy, particularly renewables, offers significant ecological benefits. In contrast, nuclear energy shows minimal and statistically insignificant benefits. These findings call for targeted incentives to boost investments in renewable infrastructure and strategies for managing nuclear safety and waste.

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Utilities Policy ENERGY & FUELS-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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6.80

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10.00%

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66 days

期刊介绍： Utilities Policy is deliberately international, interdisciplinary, and intersectoral. Articles address utility trends and issues in both developed and developing economies. Authors and reviewers come from various disciplines, including economics, political science, sociology, law, finance, accounting, management, and engineering. Areas of focus include the utility and network industries providing essential electricity, natural gas, water and wastewater, solid waste, communications, broadband, postal, and public transportation services. Utilities Policy invites submissions that apply various quantitative and qualitative methods. Contributions are welcome from both established and emerging scholars as well as accomplished practitioners. Interdisciplinary, comparative, and applied works are encouraged. Submissions to the journal should have a clear focus on governance, performance, and/or analysis of public utilities with an aim toward informing the policymaking process and providing recommendations as appropriate. Relevant topics and issues include but are not limited to industry structures and ownership, market design and dynamics, economic development, resource planning, system modeling, accounting and finance, infrastructure investment, supply and demand efficiency, strategic management and productivity, network operations and integration, supply chains, adaptation and flexibility, service-quality standards, benchmarking and metrics, benefit-cost analysis, behavior and incentives, pricing and demand response, economic and environmental regulation, regulatory performance and impact, restructuring and deregulation, and policy institutions.