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A Case Study of Wind Energy in Botswana and South Africa.
ASSIGNMENT 1: A CASE FOR WIND ENERGY IN BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA
2013
GEC 356: RENEWABLE ENERGY
ASSIGNMENT 1: A CASE FOR WIND ENERGY IN BOTSWANA AND SOUTH AFRICA
2013
GEC 356: RENEWABLE ENERGY

ORATILE MOKGATLA 201003248
OAGILE KEREBOTSWE 201004641
MPHO MMUTLE 201004657
MOMPATI LESELE 200802084

ORATILE MOKGATLA 201003248
OAGILE KEREBOTSWE 201004641
MPHO MMUTLE 201004657
MOMPATI LESELE 200802084

Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 BOTSWANA 3 WIND ENERGY PROSPECTS FOR BOTSWANA 6 SOUTH AFRICA 8 AN ATTRACTIVE FOUNDATION FOR WIND ENERGY IN SOUTH AFRICA 9 WIND ENERGY CAN SOLVE PROBLEMS IN SOUTH AFRICA 12 REDUCING POVERTY 12 WIND ENERGY EXPORTS 14 IMPROVEMENT OF INDUSTRIES 15 PROBLEMS CAUSED BY WIND FARMS 16 CONCLUSION 18 Bibliography 19

Figure 1: Electrification in Botswana 5 Figure 2: Wind Speed Chart example in Maun 6 Figure 3: Wind Speeds in Botswana 7 Figure 4: Supply and Demand of Electricity by Eskom 9 Figure 5: South Africa Wind Speed Chart 11 Figure 6: South African Unemployment Rates 13 Figure 7: Eskom Electricity exports 14 Figure 8: Wind Turbine Mould for I-WEC South Africa 15 Figure 9(i) Barotrauma in Bats 16 Figure 10 Showing Bats Being Killed by Wind Turbines 17

Table 1: Botswana Energy Consumption 4 Table 2: Supply and Demand of Energy in Botswana 4 Table 3: Total Energy Produced in Botswana 4 Table 4: Total Energy Generated From Wing Farms 9 Table 5: Wind Farms in South Africa 9

INTRODUCTION

With the resources of fossil fuels running low and the great irreversible effect of greenhouse effect caused by the combustion of these fossil fuels, the need for cleaner cheaper alternative means to them has been on the rise. Renewable energies are the future of the world if we all wish to exist in harmony with the various ecosystems surrounding us. The emission of greenhouse gases has seen the demise of most of these ecosystems causing an imbalance in the habitats as



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