COP17/CMP7 Energy Sector Programme Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECTS Projects 1. Industrial Energy Efficiency 5. Demonstration of the 1-3 MW 9. Carbon Capture and Storage Programme Solar PV Project 2. Green Transport Programme 6. Working for Energy – Bio- 10. Underground Coal Gasification energy Cluster Project 3. Basa njengo Magogo 7. Utility Load Manager 11. Bethlehem Hydro 4. Demonstration of the Bisasar 8. Thermal efficiency 12. Bela Bela Project Road Landfill Gas to Electricity improvements at Eskom power Project plants
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 1 1. Industrial Energy Efficiency Programme Description The Industrial Energy Efficiency Programme has several objectives including the following: • It promotes energy management systems, and has developed the energy management standard for industries. • Conduct company energy audits and in-plant assessments • Develop capacity within industries on system optimisation and energy management • Establish energy training centres in three regional areas of South Africa Partners UNIDO/UKAID/Business/SECO/SABC/AFROSAM Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 2 2. Green Transport Programme Description The SANEDI Green Transport programme addresses conversion of motor vehicles to CNG and LPG as well as looking at electrical vehicle. Whilst NISSAN will showcase their zero-emission mobility with the Nissan LEAF, the world’s first fully mass produced and marketed electric vehicle recently announced World Car of the Year. Partners SANEDI/NISSAN Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 3 3. Basa njengo Magogo Description A new method of lighting a fire wherein the fire is lit from top to bottom, instead of being lit from below. This is arranged by laying the coals at the bottom, mixed with a few good-sized cinders, and the wood at the top with another layer of coals and some paper over it; the paper is lit. Controlled laboratory Tests by the CSIR during 2004 revealed a 80- 90% reduction in the smoke emissions, a shorter time to cooking and a reduction in the amount of coal used. Partners Central Energy Fund (CEF) Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 4 4. Demonstration of the Bisasar Road Landfill Gas to Electricity Project Description The project is owned and operated by the Municipality. The project comprises the extraction of landfill gas (comprising 40~60% methane) through gas wells and interlinking pipework installed at the Bisasar Road landfill site. Electricity is generated through purpose built 1MW engines generating a total of 8MW. Electricity generated supports households in the eThekwini Municipality. By September 2009, the Municipality generated a total of 7.5MW supplying electricity to approximately 3750 houses. Partners DoE/SALGA Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 5 5. Demonstration of the 1-3 MW Solar PV Project Description The eThekwini Municipality is currently conceptualising the installation of a 1-3 MW Solar PV Project and a number of potential sites have already been identified. The idea is to have a municipal owned piece of land used for this and issue a request for proposal from private Solar PV developers to carry out the project. It is intended that this project will have been implemented in time for COP. Partners eThekwini Municipality Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 6 6. Working for Energy – Bio-energy Cluster Project Description The Department of Energy and SANEDI initiated numerous bio-energy projects across the country in a bid to provide energy diversity and to promote renewable energy sources. The following are some of the projects that are currently operational, albeit, to different extents: • Phillipi Biogas Project (Middledrift. Western Cape) • Fort Cox College of Agriculture (Fort Cox, Eastern Cape) • Melani Village (About 15 km from Alice, Eastern Cape) • University of Fort Hare Biogas Project (University of Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape) • Partners Department of Energy • Working for Energy Programme • South African National Energy Development Institute • Silver Solutions • University of Fort Hare • Fort Cox College of Agriculture • Melani Village Cooperative • CEF Group Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 7 7. Utility Load Manager Description This is an approach to control and limit the load available to a home or business when Eskom experiences network and system supply constraints. The Utility Load Manager (ULM) is an innovative system developed in South Africa by Eskom and EON Consulting to help alleviate electricity network and system constraints by limiting residential load. The ULM system’s control methodology is regarded as a world first. It is patented locally and a global patent application is underway. ULM has been designed to operate as a virtual power station. It is a real-time residential load management system that allows the utility to limit residential loads and can integrate end-use consumption data with Eskom’s systems and infrastructure. Partners ESKOM Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 8 8. Thermal efficiency improvements at Eskom power plants Description Eskom has identified internal energy efficiency as a strategic priority. Improving the energy efficiency of existing power stations is a cost- effective and fast way to improve the reserve margin and reduce national CO2 emissions. In this way Eskom will take a leading position in the nation’s drive to save electricity, and complement the demand - side management programme of its major industrial customers. Preliminary results and expectations: • 26MW already realised at Majuba • 150MW of energy efficiency improvements expected by end of 2015 • Coal savings of ~ 400 kilotons per annum expected by end of 2015 Partners ESKOM Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 9 9. Carbon Capture and Storage Description The Minister of Energy, Ms. Dipuo Peters, launched the Atlas on Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide in South Africa (the Atlas) on 10 September 2010. The Atlas is a public-private partnership of South African entities, namely government, state-owned entities and industry; it provides an overview of the country’s economy, a roadmap on carbon capture and storage, and progress achieved. It includes geological maps with reference to the potential and estimated CO2 storage capacities of the geological formations found in South Africa. This was followed by a release of Technical report on the geological storage of carbon dioxide in South Africa in January 2011. • Partners SANEDI • South African Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 10 10. Underground Coal Gasification Description UCG, a process where coal is gasified in place, was conceived in the late 1800s and has been developed in various countries across the world. A matrix of boreholes is drilled into the coal seam, sealed wells are created, the coal is ignited and air is pumped into the injection wells. Fire is essentially used to ‘mine’ the coal and produce synthetic gas (syngas) which can be used directly as a fuel for power generation. This process avoids the need for coal mining, transportation, preparation, gasifier equipment and the transportation as well as disposal of ash, which has cost, labour and environmental benefits. Eskom’s indicative calculated levelised life -cycle cost of electricity from a commercial UCG plant compares favourably to that from a new conventional super-critical pulverised coal power station. The cost of electricity would also be shielded from commodity fuel price fluctuations as domestic energy resources would be used. Partners ESKOM Demonstration Projects
E NERGY D EMONSTRATION P ROJECT 11 11. Bethlehem Hydro Description The Sol Plaatje power station has a generating head of approximately 11m. The power station is located on the right bank of the Sol Plaatje dam. A new intake was constructed within the non-overspill flank and the power station was located immediately downstream of the intake. Water is returned to the Liebenbergsvlei river downstream of the Dam. One 2.1m diameter Kaplan turbine, attached to a generator, is installed in the power station. The station operates semi- autonomously with remote monitoring and is interconnected into the Bethlehem municipal power grid through an 11KV line owned by Bethlehem Hydro. The Merino hydropower project is located on the As River some 15km downstream from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project tunnel outlet. It operates as a run-of-river station with a diversion weir, an 800m canal and a small forebay. The powerhouse is situated mostly below ground level and houses a single double-regulated horizontal axis Kaplan turbine. The generating head is approximately 14m, and the plant is connected to the national transmission network through a dedicated 18km 22kV line . Partners NuPlanet Clean Energy Demonstration Projects
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