South Africa Biogas Industry Overview · the biogas industry in Southern Africa. The focus of the...

26 September 2017 Horst Unterlechner

Treasure SABIA

www.biogasassociation.co.za

South Africa Biogas Industry Overview

SABIA was established in 2013 to represent all stakeholders in the biogas industry in Southern Africa. The focus of the association is to identify and address the barriers and challenges faced by the industry, in order for it to develop to its full potential.

"Creating a single voice to promote the multiple benefits of biogas in Southern Africa"


MISSION


Corporate member

MEMBERSHIP

Individual / private

Student

SABIA has 80 members made up of project developers, consultants, professionals, academics, students and other interested parties.


MEMBERS


SUPPORTERS


Chairman

Vice Chairman

Treasurer

Secretary

Steering Committee members

The association is run by an elected Steering Committee of 9 members. All the Steering Committee members are serving the association on a voluntary basis.

STEERING COMMITEE


• Creating a market for biogas • Organize the National Biogas Conference • Support for development of Biogas Standards and Biogas

Guidelines work, done by consultants • Training courses • Promotion of an incentive scheme for the development of

the market for biogas • Active participation of NBP Working Groups • Project Developers/Technical Forum

The Steering Committee meets the first week of every month to plan and report back about the activities

RESPONSABILITIES


CREATING MARKET FOR BIOGAS

SABIA is supported by DOE and DEA and has a direct channel of communication with different governmental agencies to promote the biogas industry and to share the peculiarities of the biogas industry, compared to other renewable energy sources, in order to find the best way to develop the biogas market.


NATIONAL BIOGAS CONFERENCE It’s the most important yearly appointment for the biogas industry in Southern Africa. In partnership with DoE, GIZ, USAID-SALED Project developers, consultants, professionals, academics, students and other interested parties 1-3 November 2017, DBSA Midrand Day 1: Legislative Environment Day 2: Industry Day Day 3: Research day


SABS STANDARDS

SABIA is now supported by UNIDO which appointed consultants for the development of Biogas Standards and Biogas Guidelines, to complement the standards. UNIDO appointed consultants after a public tender process. Work to be completed under the direct guidance of SABIA.

SABIA has been worked over the past two years to develop the first two SABS Standards for biogas.


TRAINING COURSES

SABIA now hosts training courses focusing on the immediate needs of the industry. A main focus is on the training of biogas plant operators and SABIA will hold short courses regularly. SABIA and partners are developing a biogas curriculum for tertiary institutions as part of post graduate studies.


NATIONAL BIOGAS PLATFORM

Initiated in conjunction with DOE and GIZ. Brings together public and private sector to help build capacity within the biogas sector in South Africa.

Resulted in the addition of the Biogas Information Hub on the SABIA website. Please refer to the SABIA website for more information.


PROJECT DEVELOPER FORUM

SABIA members can join the project development forum and the technical forum, to promote the market for biogas in SA. The forum aims to create the right space to share information between project developers about the difficulties and the success stories typical of every new biogas projects or plants already in operation.


TYPICAL FEEDSTOCKS

Sewerage waste: domestic, municipal, schools, hotels, etc Food waste: domestic & industrial/commercial, incl. fats and oils Manure: pig, cattle - dairy or feedlot, chicken, etc Agricultural: vegetables, fruit, maize, sugar cane, etc Commercial: abattoirs, cheese factories, breweries, wine estates, processing plants, fruit & veg packaging plants, etc


ENERGY POTENTIAL IN SA

Wastewater MWth MWe Domestic black water Municipal WWTP 842 253 Animal husbandry Feedlots (solids & liquids) 215 65 Rural cattle (kraaled at night - solids only) 3445 1035 Dairies (solid & liquid) 121 36 Piggeries (solid & liquid) 715 215 Poultry (solid only) 2976 894 Red meat & Poultry Abattoirs (liquid waste only) 55 17 Olive production 4 1 Fruit processing Waste water only, no pulp or pomace 68 20 Winery 3 1 Distillery Grain, grape & sugarcane (molasses) 70 21 Brewery 17 5 Textile industry 22 7 Pulp and paper 100 30 Petrochemical waste 48 14

8701 2613 Courtesy of: WRC Energy from Wastewater Feasibility Study ESSENCE REPORTS compiled by UCT


PROJECTS

South Africa has been one of the leading countries in the world in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s for biogas digesters built at municipal Waste Water Treatment Works. In 2006 first landfill gas to electricity project in Durban.

In 2014 a digesters at a WWTW in Johannesburg were refurbished and a 1.1MW biogas plant commissioned.


SMALL SCALE DIGESTERS DOMESTIC / RURAL

• Fixed Dome Digester (Chinese)

• Floating Dome Digester (Indian/Gobar Gas)

• DIY Biobag Digester Kit

• Plastic Roto moulded digesters • In-situ cast concrete digester (Puxin)

Biobag Digester

In-situ cast Puxin Digester

Brick & Mortar fixed dome digester


COMMERCIAL SCALE DIGESTERS

Application: • Feedstock: 8 -12% solids • Primarily for used for cow manure digestion.

AGRICULTURAL/INDUSTRIAL DIGESTERS: • Lagoon Digester • Plug Flow digester • Complete Mix Digesters (CSTR) • Up-flow Sludge Blanket Digester (UASB)

Lagoon type 120kW installation north of Pretoria Courtesy: Trade Plus Aid


COMMERCIAL SCALE DIGESTERS


CURRENT DIGESTER PROJECTS IN SA

The first comercial Biogas Plant 100kW Abattoir Digester: Jan Kemp Dorp

Courtesy: iBERT



400kW Abattoir Digester: Springs Courtesy: BiogasSA



135 kW Piggery Digester: Cape Town Courtesy: IBERT



190kW Piggery: Queenstown Courtesy: IBERT



4.4MW Plant, Bronkhorspruit Courtesy: Bio2Watt

NHE Waste to energy, Cape Town Courtesy: Fountain Green Energy


BENEFITS

Biogas plants do not ONLY produce electricity!

Sustainable waste management (abattoirs, manure, processing plants, cheese factories, breweries, etc) CHP from gensets (free heat energy) Digestate is an organic compost (additional revenue stream) Reduction of CO2 emissions (green houses) Carbon footprint/carbon neutrality Green jobs (5/MW compared to 0.9/MW for solar!) Skills transfer (introduction of new technology)


CHALLENGE

• No feed-in tariff or incentive scheme based on the real benefits of biogas industry (not only electricity production)

• General lack of awareness (both in government as well as private sector)

• Lack of local experience (particularly on operational side) • Challenges around financial viability, specifically on the small scale

(< 1MW)

• Long approval processes (license, EIA, PPA, wheeling agreements, MFMA, etc)

• Funding reluctance from banks (again for plants < 1MW)

• IPP process – complicated, costly, only above 1MW (most projects below 1MW)


PROS

• Establishment of the National Biogas Platform and various working groups

• Creation of the Biogas Info Hub funded by GIZ • First national biogas conference sponsored by DoE • Pro-active support from GIZ, UNIDO • Growing awareness on all levels of government • Better tariff for biogas in latest REIPPP round (R1.47/kWh) – this

could see more biogas projects applying for the Small Scale REIPPP process

• Keen interest from European biogas companies and equipment suppliers to seek business in SA

• Positive entrepreneurial spirit in SA – biogas projects being built despite the challenges faced by the industry!


The greater the number of members the stronger the SABIA voice. Great ability to lobby government to aid the firm establishment of the biogas industry in South Africa. SABIA is working hard to create sustained value for all SABIA members.

WHY JOIN SABIA?


Thank you For more information or to join www.biogasassociation.co.za

For questions please write to

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