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"Nullius in Verba"

"Take nobody's word for it" (Latin)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

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Academic Publications 
Other Publications and Discussion
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2024

What is Power System Curtailment?

Jarrad Wright, Lauren Streitmatter, Barbara O'Neill

[Technical Report]

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2024

Evolving Competitive markets in SAPP: Leveraging Competitive Wholesale Electricity Markets To Drive Renewable Generation Capacity in the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP)

Jarrad Wright, Christina Simeone, Faith Martinez Smith, Mbiko Banda

[Technical Report]

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2024

Powered by: Transmission Planning

Jarrad Wright

[Slide deck]

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2024

Options for Meeting Data Center Demand in Virginia: Focus on GETs and Reconductoring

Jarrad Wright, Ram Pandian

[Slide deck]

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2022

Technological developments to address climate change in South Africa and their potential economic impacts, WP 22/07

J.G. Wright

[Working paper]

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2021

Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in H1-2021

J. Calitz, J.G. Wright

[Slide deck]

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2021

The impact of lockdowns on load demand in South Africa - What actually happened?

J.G. Wright

[Slide deck]

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2021

Power sector statistics and the changing energy mix

J. Calitz, J.G. Wright

[Slide deck]

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2021

Least-cost energy systems... or not?

J.G. Wright

[Slide deck]

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2021

Statistics of utility-scale power generation in South Africa in 2020

J. Calitz, J.G. Wright

[Slide deck]

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2021

Written response to public consultation: Consultation Paper on Concurrence with the Ministerial Determination on the procurement of 2 500 MW generation capacity from nuclear

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Technical Report]

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2021

CSIR Response: Consultation Paper on Concurrence with the Ministerial Determination on the procurement of 2 500 MW generation capacity from nuclear

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Slide deck]

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2021

Renewable hydrogen and green powerfuels opportunities for South Africa

T. Roos, J.G. Wright

[Summary Report]

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2021

Renewable hydrogen and green powerfuels opportunities for South Africa

T. Roos, J.G. Wright

[Technical Report]

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2021

CSIR Response: Consultation Paper on Concurrence with the Ministerial Determination on the procurement of 2 500 MW generation capacity from nuclear

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Slide deck]

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2020

Loadshedding over the next three years: Magnitude and Mitigation

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Conference Slide deck]

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2020

Accelerating South Africa’s energy transformation and economic recovery

J.G. Wright

[Conference Slide deck]

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2020

System value and contribution of storage in a decarbonising South African power system

J.G. Wright

[Workshop Slide deck]

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2020

Setting up for the 2020s: Addressing South Africa’s electricity crisis and getting ready for the next decade... and now Covid-19

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Webinar Slide deck]

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2020

Systems analysis to support increasingly ambitious CO2 emissions scenarios in the South African electricity system

J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

[Executive Summary]

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2024

The National Transmission Planning Study

U.S. Department of Energy, Grid Deployment Office

Report

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2024

clicSAND for OSeMOSYS: a user-friendly interface using open-source optimisation software for energy system modelling analysis

Carla Cannone, Lucy Allington, Nicki de Wet, Abhishek Shivakumar, Philip Goynes. Cesar Valderrama, Vedran Kapor, Jarrad Wright, Rudolf Yeganyan, Naomi Tan,Long Seng To, John Harrison, Mark Howells

Energies 2024, 17(16), 3923

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2023

A general method for estimating zonal transmission interface limits from nodal network data

Patrick R. Brown, Clayton P. Barrows, Jarrad G. Wright, Gregory L. Brinkman, Sourabh Dalvi, Jiazi Zhang, Trieu Mai

Preprint

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2023

Carbon pricing and wholesale electricity markets - key impacts and trends from around the world

Anthony GIACOMONI, Diego ALVARADO, Livia AMORIM, Kenneth BRUNINX, Brian JOSEPH, Anes KAZAGIC, Rodrigo MORENO, Subhendu MUKHERJEE, Yoann THOMAS, Jarrad WRIGHT

CIGRE Technical Brochure

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2022

Carbon pricing and wholesale electricity markets - key impacts and trends from around the world

Anthony GIACOMONI, Diego ALVARADO, Livia AMORIM, Kenneth BRUNINX, Brian JOSEPH, Anes KAZAGIC, Rodrigo MORENO, Subhendu MUKHERJEE, Yoann THOMAS, Jarrad WRIGHT

CIGRE Session 2022

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2021

System adequacy metrics: International review and potential applications for South Africa

Calitz, J.R. Wright, J.G.

10th CIGRE Southern Africa Regional Conference

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2021

A solar PV Procurement Method for Self-Consumption: Lessons Learned from a Commercial Installation at the CSIR

Pratt, L. Basappa-Ayanna, M. Wright, J.G. Fourie, R.

Sustainability Handbook: Volume 2

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2019

Contributing to South Africa's future energy mix and the just transition

J.G Wright, J. Calitz, N. Ntuli, R. Fourie, M. Rampokanyo, P. Kamera

CSIR Science Scope

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2019

Long-term electricity sector expansion planning: A unique opportunity for a least-cost energy transition in South Africa

J.G. Wright, T. Bischof-Niemz, J.R. Calitz, C. Mushwana, R. van Heerden

Renewable Energy Focus, 30(00):21-45

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2019

Assessing the value of improved variable renewable energy forecasting accuracy in the South African power system

J.G. Wright, G. Landwehr, E. Chartan

Journal for Energy in Southern Africa, 30(2):98-108

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2018

System adequacy in the Southern African Power Pool: A case for capacity mechanisms

J.G. Wright, J.M. van Coller

Journal for Energy in Southern Africa, 29(4):37-50

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2018

Assessing the value of improved variable renewable energy forecasting accuracy in South African and U.S. power systems

J.G. Wright, G. Landwehr, E. Chartan

WindAc 2018 (Cape Town)

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2018

Evidence-based and participatory processes is support of shale gas policy development in South Africa

G. Shreiner, M. de Jager, L. Snyman van der Wlat, A. Dludla, P.A. Lochner, J.G. Wright, D. Atkisnon, P. Hardcastle, S, Esterhuyse

Chapter in Governing Shale Gas: Development, Citizen Participation and Decision Making in the US, Canada, Australia and Europe

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2018

Developments in Variable Renewable Energy and Implications for Developing Countries

C. Arndt, F. Hartley, G. Ireland, K. Mahrt, B. Merven, J.G. Wright

Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports, 10.1007/s40518-018-0121-9

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2018

Municipal energy transition: Opportunities for new business models and revenue streams

G. Lekoloane, J.G. Wright, C. Carter-Brown

AMEU Technical Convention (Pretoria)

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2018

System inertia and Rate of Change of Frequency (RoCoF) with increasing non-synchronous renewable energy penetration

G. Chown, J.G. Wright, R. van Heerden, M. Coker

CIGRE Science and Engineering, Vol. 11, June 2018

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2018

Quantifying the system value of variable renewable energy (VRE) forecasting for a range of penetration levels and weather systems in South Africa

G. Landwehr, J.G. Wright

International Conference on Energy Meteorology (ICEM), (Shanghai, China)

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2018

Energy storage and sector coupling for high renewable power generation scenarios for South Africa

P. Klein, C. Carter-Brown, J.G. Wright, J. Calitz

SAIEE Africa Research Journal

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2018

The political economy of the energy transition: planning & policy (Some perspectives)

J.G. Wright

Windaba 2018 (Cape Town)

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NOTE: Further publications back to 2010 are available upon request

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