OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of Energy in Southern Africa is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01.)

Article	Citations
International procurement policies influencing renewable energy siting – implications for South Africa	14
Determination of country-specific greenhouse gas emission factors for South African liquid and gaseous fuels	10
An empirical analysis of volatility in South African oil prices	10
Cost-benefit analysis of wind power integra-tion in distribution networks	7
Factors influencing the use of firewood post-electrification in rural South Africa: The case of Ga-Malahlela village	7
Integration of waste heat in thermal desalination technologies: A review	7
Determining the causes of electricity losses and the role of management in curbing them: A case study of City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, South Africa	7
The South African informal sector’s socio-economic exclusion from basic service provisions: A critique of Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality’s approach to the informal sector	6
Socio-economic factors affecting smallholder farmers’ willingness to adopt biodigester technology in South Africa	6
Outlook for the biomass energy sector in Mozambique: Policies and their challenges	6
A cost-benefit analysis of implementing a 54 MW solar PV plant in a South African platinum mining company: A case study	5
The feasibility of using biogas generated from livestock manure as an alternative energy source: A South African perspective	5
The extent, characteristics and potential of solar powered irrigation systems in South Africa	4
Improving reliability of the power distribution system in Goma (DRC) using solar distributed generation	4
moderating and mediating role of local government in the community engagement strategy of a renewable energy company in South Africa	3
An overview of the socio-economic impacts of the green hydrogen value chain in Southern Africa	3
Evaluating factors influencing firewood consumption in households at the Thulamela Local Municipality, South Africa	3
Absorbed power density approach for optimal design of heaving point absorber wave energy converter: A case study of Durban sea characteristics	3
An evaluation of variable selection methods using Southern Africa solar irradiation data	3
Socioeconomic determinants of household hybrid electricity adoption on Bugala Island in Uganda	2
A review of the adoption of renewable energy technologies by hotels in Malawi	2
An empirical analysis of the co-benefits of integrating climate change adaptation and mitigation in the Namibian energy sector	2
Determinants of household energy fuel choice in Lesotho	2
Effective selection of countries in sub-Saharan Africa for new market entry by independent wind power producers	2
Design and application of a distributed generation hosting capacity algorithm	2

The nexus between energy poverty, social capital and well-being in Gauteng, South Africa	2
Outlier detection in ground-measured solar resource data using statistical classification models	2
Electric energy planning in Namibe, Angola: Inserting renewable energies in search of a sustainable energy mix	2
Modelling emissions from Eskom's coal fired power stations using Generalised Linear Models	2