Infrastructure Assessments

SAEON calculated a series of pressure maps to relate population, economic activity and biomass potential to the distribution of current and planned infrastructure. The infrastructure that was considered included: * Operational and decommissioned power stations; * Planned new energy infrastructure, based in NERSA permits; * Eskom planned and current transmission, distribution, and substation infrastructure; * Agriculture infrastructure - silos; * Sawmills and sugar mills; * Waste water treatment works and solid waste disposal sites. In each case, an assessment was made on the basis of four categories (below or over median): 1. Close to infrastructure, and high density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (possibly problematic); 2. Not close to infrastructure, and high density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (problematic); 3. Close to infrastructure, and low density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (not problematic); 4. Not close to infrastructure, and low density of population, economic activity, or biomass potential (not problematic)

SAEON构建了一系列压力分布图，用于关联人口、经济活动与生物质潜能，以及当前及规划中基础设施的分布状况。本次考量的基础设施包括：
* 已运营及退役的发电厂；
* 基于南非能源监管局（NERSA）许可的规划中新能源基础设施；
* 南非国家电力公司（Eskom）规划及当前在用的输电、配电与变电站基础设施；
* 农业基础设施——筒仓；
* 锯木厂与糖厂；
* 污水处理厂及固体废物处置场。
针对每一类评估对象，均依据四类划分标准（以中位数为界）开展评估：
1. 临近基础设施，且人口、经济活动或生物质潜能密度较高（或存在潜在问题）；
2. 远离基础设施，且人口、经济活动或生物质潜能密度较高（存在问题）；
3. 临近基础设施，且人口、经济活动或生物质潜能密度较低（无问题）；
4. 远离基础设施，且人口、经济活动或生物质潜能密度较低（无问题）