Renewable Energy Auctions: Lessons from the Global South - Hardcover

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Anton Eberhard, Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar, University of Cape Town,Wikus Kruger, Research Lead, Power Futures Lab at the University of Cape Town

Anton Eberhard is a professor at the University of Cape Town where he directs the Power Futures Lab (formerly Management Programme in Infrastructure Investment, Reform and Regulation) at the Graduate School of Business. His research and teaching focuses on governance and regulatory incentives to improve utility performance, the political-economy of power sector reform, investment challenges, and linkages to sustainable development. He has worked in the energy sector across Sub-Saharan Africa, and other developing regions, for more than 35 years and was the founding director of the Energy and Development Research Centre. In 2012, he received the SA National Energy Association's award for outstanding and sustained contributions to the enhancement of the South African energy environment.


Wikus Kruger is a research lead in the Power Futures Lab, based at the Graduate School of Business of the University of Cape Town. His research focuses on independent power producer (IPP) and emerging power investments in Africa, especially focused on renewable energy and energy access. Wikus previously worked as a research officer in the energy, poverty and development thematic group, at the Energy Research Centre, based at the University of Cape Town. Wikus holds a Master of Science in development evaluation & management, Master of Philosophy in sustainable development planning & management, Bachelor of Philosophy in sustainable development planning & management, and a Bachelor of Arts in value & policy studies.