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      <journal-title-group><journal-title>SET Proceedings</journal-title></journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2978-4387</issn>
      <publisher><publisher-name>Caravel Press</publisher-name></publisher>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.65582/set.2013.010</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2013.010</article-id>
      <title-group><article-title>South African Stochastic Electric Power Forecast, Consumption Evaluation and Analysis</article-title></title-group>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes">
        <name><surname>Onunka</surname><given-names>Chiemela</given-names></name>
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        <email>connadoz@gmail.com</email>
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      <contrib contrib-type="author">
        <name><surname>Eloka-Eboka</surname><given-names>Andrew C.</given-names></name>
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      <aff id="aff1">Mechanical Engineering Department, Mangosuthu University of Technology, Umlazi Durban, South Africa</aff>
      <aff id="aff2">Discipline of Mechanical Engineering, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban South Africa</aff>
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      <pub-date publication-format="electronic" date-type="pub"><day>26</day><month>08</month><year>2013</year></pub-date>
      <volume>12</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <isbn publication-format="electronic">9789881543950</isbn>
      <fpage>121</fpage>
      <lpage>129</lpage>
      <self-uri xlink:href="https://caravelpress.com/proceedings/set/papers/2013.010"/>
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        <date date-type="received"><string-date>26 August 2013</string-date></date>
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      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>© 2013 Copyright WSSET</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2013</copyright-year>
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      <abstract><p>Economic developments and energy consumption are inseparable entities. Power consumption in South Africa reflects the living standards of its citizens. Prospects of increasing power generation capacity to meet power demand in South Africa are measures which have been introduced in creating sustainable power in South Africa. Precise power consumption forecasts are critical steps towards creating operative and strategic plans for power utility management in the nation. The power consumption forecast plays important role in risk management across various sectors and necessitates economic measures in any country. This paper presents an analysis and evaluation of current and future power and energy consumption across South Africa. Thus this places high importance to the energy saving measures introduced by Eskom, the South African power utility company in creating sustainable power supply and demand-side management system in South Africa. The results from the power consumption forecast influences the strategic economic decisions made by various small businesses and the mining sector in South Africa. The forecast features models of power consumptions which are South African energy model derivatives. The power consumption forecast and analysis provides transparent measures with which the government and stake holders in South Africa use in evaluating the power crisis level and economic growth of the country.</p></abstract>
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        <kwd>Power Consumption Forecast</kwd>
        <kwd>Energy Consumption Forecast</kwd>
        <kwd>Energy Consumption Analysis</kwd>
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      <conference>
        <conf-date>26 to 29 August 2013</conf-date>
        <conf-name>12th International Conference on Sustainable Energy Technologies</conf-name>
        <conf-acronym>SET2013</conf-acronym>
        <conf-num>12</conf-num>
        <conf-loc>Hong Kong, China</conf-loc>
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