University of Pretoria (UP), South Africa - UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

Title:

UP EXPERT OPINION: South Africa’s economic growth affected by mismatch of electricity supply and demand

 

Authors:

Prof Roula inglesi-Lotz & Tichinashe (Tina) Mabugu

 

Published:

University of Pretoria (UP),  21 April 2022

https://www.up.ac.za/news/post_3061018-up-expert-opinion-south-africas-economic-growth-affected-by-mismatch-of-electricity-supply-and-demand

From the article:

The political and academic debates about electricity and economic growth have tended to focus on the impact of either generation capacity or demand and consumption. We wanted instead to explore the impact on economic growth of a mismatch of electricity supply and demand. We initially thought that any mismatch – a shortage or a surplus – would probably be bad for economic growth.

 

Our study covered the South African economy from 1985 to 2019.