17 November 2010
There is significant hype around climate change and sustainable development. These elements will play a critical role in the development of the energy mix in South Africa as well as the creation of opportunities for private investment in the monopolistic electricity industry. However, South Africa is facing a variety of development challenges and it could be rightly asked if investment in RE solutions is indeed the best for this developing economy.
| "RE in South Africa & the Outlook for Growth" |
The analysis will cover some of the major challenges facing the industry at present an look at potential energy solutions as well as the structural changes that are needed to drive the overall deregulation of the electricity industry. Some international case studies will also be presented to compare South Africa's development to that of other developing and developed nations.
Lastly a short overview of electricity pricing will be presented to describe the expected price curve and the associated impact on economic development and industrial expansion. It will look in particular at the effect of RE feed in tariffs on the overall electricity tariff.
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Presented by
Cornelis van der Waal
Programme Manager: Energy & Power Systems Africa
Frost & Sullivan
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Cornelis van der Waal joined Frost & Sullivan in 2005 and has since been engaged in several syndicated and bespoke projects on African and South African markets across several industries. These have included power generation, transmission and distribution, industrial manufacturing, fossil fuel distribution and storage, water treatment equipment and heavy equipment rental markets.
His research experience includes involvement in over 70 research projects in a broad range of energy and related industries in Africa.
Cornelis' project experience includes customer benchmarking projects, distribution channel profiling assessments, new market development and industry benchmarking studies. He has developed valuable experience through conducting research across the sub-Saharan African region in countries such as South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Nigeria, Ghana, Botswana, DRC and Angola.
Cornelis is also a sought after commentator on energy issues, and he is regularly interviewed by influential media such as Business Day, Summit TV, Talk Radio 702/Cape Talk and Engineering News. He has also presented papers at major industry conferences such as the East African Power Industry Convention 2007 in Ethiopia, the 2008/09 Power Indaba and the Energy Leadership Summit in 2010 amongst others.
Qualifications:
MBA - Stellenbosch University (South Africa)
B Com (Hons) (Business Management) - Stellenbosch University
BA (Hons) (Labour Relations) - University of Johannesburg (South Africa)
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