Workshop on Opportunities for Bioenergy in South Africa, November 2014

Workshop on

Opportunities for Bioenergy in South Africa

Tuesday 4 November 2014,
9:00
– 15:00

ESKOM Megawatt Park, Johannesburg.

Workshop rationale and aim

IEA Bioenergy Task 32 and ESKOM jointly organised an expert workshop on the opportunities for bioenergy in South Africa. The workshop aimed at discussing the potential for applying various bioenergy technologies in the South African economy.

Time	Lecture / speaker
9:00	Registration and Coffee/Tea
9:30	Welcome and Introduction, Yokesh Singh, Eskom
	Session I: South African Context for Biomass Utilization
9:40	Biomass Action Plan for electricity generation in South Africa, a bilateral G2G project, Kees Kwant, RVO, Netherlands
10:10	Biomass Availability in South Africa, William Stafford, CSIR
10:40	Coffee / Tea Break
11:00	Municipal Waste to Energy, Thembakazi Mali, SANEDI
11:30	Overview of Biomass Related Activities at Eskom, Yokesh Singh, Eskom
12:00	Lunch Break
	Session 2: Biomass Co-firing and Combustion Technologies
12:45	Torrefaction, Jaap Koppejan, Procede Biomass BV, Netherlands
13:05	Biomass Cofiring and Full Conversion, Mark Beekes, DNV-GL, Netherlands
13:25	Industrial Biomass Combustion – reached developments and future outlook, Ingwald Obernberger, Graz University of Technology, Austria
13:45	Rural Energy: Improved Charcoal Production and Woodstoves, Michael Temmerman, CRA Gembloux, Belgium
14:05	Coffee/Tea Break
	Session 3: Discussion
14:20	Opportunities and Barriers for Utilization of Biomass for Electricity Production in South Africa
15:00	Closing

Jointly organised with Eskom