South Africa’s electricity consumption: A sectoral decomposition analysis

Roula Inglesi-Lotz and James Blignaut

Applied Energy, 2011, vol. 88, issue 12, 4779-4784

Abstract: South Africa’s electricity consumption has shown a sharp increase since the early 1990s. Here we conduct a sectoral decomposition analysis of the electricity consumption for the period 1993–2006 to determine the main drivers responsible for this increase. The results show that the increase was mainly due to output or production related factors, with structural changes playing a secondary role. While there is some evidence of efficiency improvements, indicated here as a slowdown in the rate of increase of electricity intensity, it was not nearly sufficient to offset the combined production and structural effects that propelled electricity consumption forward.

Keywords: Decomposition; Electricity; South Africa; Sectoral analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.06.018

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