Technical and economic evaluation of the utilization of solar energy at South Africa's SANAE IV base in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Olivier, Jürgen R., Harms, Thomas M., Esterhuyse, Daniël J.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: SANAE; SANAE IV; SANAE IV Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148107002108

The technical and economic feasibility of utilizing solar energy at South Africa's SANAE IV station in Antarctica was evaluated in order to estimate potential financial and external savings, and to alleviate the programme's dependence on the special blend of diesel shipped annually from Ca...