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Study launched into $8.5m Mombasa jetty prospect

By: John Muchira 15th July 2011 Spain's Alatec Consulting has been awarded a $8,5-million contract to undertake the feasibility study on the proposed second petroleum offloading jetty in Kenya. →

Acquisition strengthens group’s solid waste recycling services

24th June 2011 Engineering and technology corporation Metso has signed a contract with recycling technology company Swiss Holzmag to acquire the latter’s technology rights, for an undisclosed amount. →

Energy efficiency in SA to come under spotlight in November

27th May 2011 The Southern African Association for Energy Efficiency Convention 2011 (SAEEC2011) and exhibition will be held on November 16 and 17, at Emperors Palace, Gauteng. →

SA-linked synfuels innovation ‘ready’ for market, despite Statoil withdrawal

By: Terence Creamer 9th May 2011 Norwegian oil and gas group Statoil has withdrawn from a synthetics-fuels technology partnership with South Africa’s national oil company PetroSA and Germany’s Lurgi, saying that licensing of the Fischer-Tropsch (F-T) solution, which is reportedly ready for market, is not a core business for the... →

New quality standard important step to establishing a local biofuels industry – SABS

22nd April 2011 The publication of new South African National Standard SANS 833, entitled ‘Biodiesel production – Quality management – Producer requirements’, is an important step towards creating a local biodiesel industry. →

SA’s jobs push is putting biofuels back on the radar

By: Eleanor Seggie 25th March 2011 Despite rising food prices and the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate, biofuels are back on the South African agenda – revived by their inclusion in an emerging economic policy framework and their perceived potential for rural job creation. The country’s New Growth Path (NGP) indicates that the... →

SA’s jobs push is putting biofuels back on the radar

By: Eleanor Seggie 25th March 2011 Despite rising food prices and the ongoing food-versus-fuel debate, biofuels are back on the South African agenda - revived by their inclusion in an emerging economic policy framework and their perceived potential for rural job creation. →

Biotechnologies could play a key role in food security – US economist

By: Loni Prinsloo 11th March 2011 Modern biotechnologies and the intensification of productivity would be key to meeting the world’s future food demands, while keeping climate change threats at bay, said agriculture economist Rick Tolman on Friday. Speaking to journalists at the US Embassy in Pretoria, Tolman said about 55% of... →

Developer initiates study into $330m Moz bioenergy project

By: Terence Creamer 22nd November 2010 A newly established Mozambican agroindustrial company has issued a request for expressions of interest (EoI) from consulting engineering companies to carry out a study into a possible $330-million bioenergy and food project in the Southern African country's Manica province. The developer,... →

Joburg trial highlights carbon advantages of ethanol-fuelled bus

By: Petronel Smit 29th October 2010 The first local ethanol-driven bus, which forms part of the City of Johannesburg’s initiative to reduce air pollution in the city, was tested during October. The bus consumes 80 l /100 km travelled and produces only 125 g of carbon dioxide (CO2) for every kilometre. →

A roadmap to cleaner fuels

By: Natasha Odendaal 22nd October 2010 South Africa’s fuel has a sulphur content of up to 500 ppm and, compared with some countries in Africa where there is a fuel sulphur content of up to 5 000 ppm, it is not classified as the dirtiest fuel in the world. →

SA to look at using maize for biofuels – Minister

By: Reuters 8th October 2010 South Africa must review its biofuels policy to include maize to allow farmers to use their surplus crop for energy production, the Agriculture Minister said on Friday. The government unveiled blending ratios for biofuels three years ago but said maize, South Africa's staple food, could not be... →

First general aviation engine powers light aircraft with biofuel

By: Natasha Odendaal 10th September 2010 Local general aviation (GA) company Adept Airmotive has developed the first GA engine that is able to power a light aircraft with a range of environment-friendly alternative fuels, such as biofuels and liquid petroleum gas. →

Potential for conversion to biorefineries in SA

By: Natasha Odendaal 10th September 2010 South Africa has the potential to convert its carbon-based existing industrial refineries into biorefineries, which will benefit the country socially, economically and environmentally. →

Biofuel ready for commercial-scale production

By: Natasha Odendaal 10th September 2010 Process technology supplier Honeywell UOP is ready to move its green jet fuel into commercial-scale production within the next two or three years, and has started the certification and licensing processes. →

Biofuels technology firm seeks partners for cellulosic ethanol plants

By: Chanel de Bruyn 2nd July 2010 Biofuels technology provider Stellenbosch Biomass Technologies (SBMT) is seeking both private and public investment partners to assist in the rollout of commercial cellulosic ethanol production plants in Southern Africa. SBMT, which was launched on Friday, holds the exclusive rights to... →

Sugar price volatility fears eased

By: Eleanor Seggie 2nd July 2010 Finance was a significant concern at the recent Kingsman Asia Pacific sugar conference in Singapore, reports market analyst and broker in the world sugar and biofuels markets Kingsman. →

University unveils custom-made algal biomass reactor

By: Jacqueline Holman 11th June 2010 The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s (NMMU’s) institute of chemical technology, InnoVenton, has launched its custom-made algae biomass liquefaction reactor, which successfully converts alga biomass into a bio-oil and other products. →

SA urged to weigh fuel import benefits as refinery investment decision approaches

By: Terence Creamer 11th May 2010 South Africa would only need to secure about 2% of net exports of refined oil products from the newly-built refineries of the Middle East, India and South Korea to ensure security of supply, while diversifying its supply mix beyond its existing refinery fleet, BP chief economist Christof Ruehl... →

Algal biofuels seen as having potential, but much research still needed

By: Jacqueline Holman 23rd April 2010 Is the large-scale production of algal biofuels a viable alternative and should South Africa be pursuing it as a liquid- fuels option? Proponents suggest that it could indeed be a viable endeavour, and estimate that an industry could emerge within five to ten years, or sooner, should there be an... →

Algal biofuels seen as having potential, but much research still needed

By: Jacqueline Holman 23rd April 2010 Is the large-scale production of algal biofuels a viable alternative and should South Africa be pursuing it as a liquid-fuels option? Proponents suggest that it could indeed be a viable endeavour, and estimate that an industry could emerge with in five to ten years, or sooner should there be an... →

Work said to be under way on $600m Zimbabwe ethanol venture

By: Barnabas Thondhlana 23rd April 2010 The Zimbabwe government – in partnership with two investors – has embarked on a $600-million ethanol project at Agricultural and Rural Development Authority-owned estates about 200 km south-east of the capital, Harare. →

Zim hopes to implement commercial-scale ethanol blending plan

By: Barnabas Thondhlana 23rd April 2010 The Zimbabwe government has set up a team of experts to finalise modalities on full-scale commercial blending of petrol and ethanol produced from sugar cane at Triangle, in south-east Zimbabwe, in a bid to cut back on fuel imports.  The Triangle ethanol plant resumed production in 2008 following... →

Global technology group extends energy efficiency offering to SA

By: Petronel Smit 23rd April 2010 The recently launched local branch of ABB Global Consulting’s energy efficiency consultancy service guarantees industrial energy savings of between 5% and 20%, depending on the current state of a company’s energy management practices. →

$320m ‘soft’ Japanese loan for Kenyan geothermal project

By: John Muchira 12th March 2010 Kenya has received a $320-million soft loan from Japan to boost investments in the energy sector. →

Ingérop Africa has been appointed by HCB to provide technical support and project management for the Refurbishment of the Cahora Bassa dam Spillway Gates - Mozambique

6th November 2009 Ingérop Africa (in association with its subsidiary Ingérop Moçambique) has been awarded the "REABDESC PROJECT MANAGEMENT - TECHNICAL CONSULTING SERVICES" regarding the repairs and refurbishment of 8 spillway gates and one surface gate with the associated equipment installed at Cahora Bassa Dam in... →

Global body launches alternative-fuels service

By: Leandi Kolver 23rd October 2009 A dramatic growth is expected worldwide in the use of compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and hybrid vehicles, more than doubling their use in the next decade in helping address the issues of climate change and energy security, according to the International Fuel Quality... →

Second-generation biofuels on the brink of commercial breakthrough, says study

By: Leandi Kolver 23rd October 2009 Pretreatment and gasification technologies are on the verge of making second-generation biofuels a commercial reality, according to new analysis from Frost & Sullivan, entitled ‘Worldwide Market Analysis of Second Generation Biofeedstock’. →

Global slowdown curbing African biofuels exports

By: Leandi Kolver 16th October 2009 The financial crisis is hindering African biofuels exports, Hart Energy Consulting’s (Hart) Global Biofuels Centre (GBC) director for Biofuels Europe and Africa Maelle Soares Pinto tells Engineering News (EN). →

SA has signficant bioenergy production capability – academic

By: Leandi Kolver 9th October 2009 South Africa has the intellectual capital and natural resources to produce renewable bioenergy to power cars, contribute to the national power grid and create thousands of jobs, according to Stellenbosch University’s Professor Johann Görgens. →

Biogas recovery project  to reduce fossil fuels  dependence

2nd October 2009 Brewing company SABMiller’s Alrode plant has developed a biogas recovery project to reduce dependence on fossil fuels to provide energy for the plant. →

Work advancing on commercialisation of algal biofuels

By: Leandi Kolver 11th September 2009 The technical maturity and commercial viability of algal biofuels is a much debated topic, with estimates ranging from three years to multiple decades, says US alternative and renewable energy company Diversified Energy president and CEO Phillip Brown. →

Waste vegetable oil biodiesel refineries planned for KwaZulu-Natal

By: Carla Thomaz 11th September 2009 Biodiesel production company First In Spec (FIS) Biofuels has issued an initial public stock offering (IPO) to raise funds for the first of its three waste vegetable oil (WVO) biodiesel refineries in South Africa. →

Critical for Africa to be part of the biofuels revolution

By: Carla Thomaz 11th September 2009 Africa’s low productivity of existing farming systems, combined with the large stretches of suitable cropland, is making it the world’s highest energy crop-production potential for the burgeoning global biofuels market; and it is critical to the continent’s future to be part of this revolution,... →

Local company commits to renewable energy in Africa

11th September 2009 Equipment design, project management and engineering specialists Bosch Projects, is committed to developing and implementing renewable energy solutions in Africa. →

Biofuels now at a crossroads as  maize shortfalls are highlighted

By: Leandi Kolver 4th September 2009 Biofuels production today can be more harmful than helpful, says the Worldwatch Institute’s ‘Red, White, and Green: Transforming US Biofuels‘ report co-author Jane Earley.  She explains that concerns about energy security and climate change, as well as a range of US government incentives, fuelled... →

'Maize-based ethanol can reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 50%'

By: Leandi Kolver 28th August 2009 Newer corn ethanol facilities show that modern processes can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by about 50% compared to petrol, according to the ‘Improvements in Life Cycle Energy Efficiency and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Corn-Ethanol’ analysis. →

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