Workshop 4 - South Africa March 2011

The 4th workshop coincided with the Energy Indaba www.energyindaba.com in March 2011.

Workshop 4 - South Africa March 2011
Local Organiser	Turner & Townsend
Date	1 – 4 March 2011
Location	Sandton Sun Hotel
Title	Following the Biofuels Supply Chain
Theme of break-out sessions	Land Based Sources: Feedstock analysis, CHP Processing options, Possible Markets (SWOT Analysis), Distribution Model, Revenue Management Aquatic Sources: Feedstock production and logistics,CHP Processing options
Outputs	Attraction of investment (Upington & Namibia) Stakeholder Engagement Increased Visibility
Speaker	Organisation	Title
Patricia Harvey	University of Greenwich	Introduction to ACP Science and Technology Programme
Andre Kudlinski	Technical Infrastructure (DTI)	Production of biodiesel from canola in the Eastern Cape – DTI’s experience
Professor Emile van Zyl	University of Stellenbosch	Plant biomass for bioenergy – concept plans and biorefineries for Southern Africa
Professor Keith Cowan	Institute for Environmental Biotechnology, Rhodes University (EBRU)	Algae-to-energy systems: The concept, plans, and demonstration of sustainable renewable energy production
Noam Menczel	Seambiotic CEO	Innovations in large scale marine micro algae cultivation, using fuel gases from fossil-fuel power plant
Professor Carel Bezuidenhout	University of Kwazulu Natal	Lessons from the sugarcane supply chain: What we need to consider when configuring large industrial commodity supply chains?
Mark Wells	Peoples Power Africa	Logistics and supply chain considerations for bioenergy production
Raoul Goosen	IDC Industrial Development Corporation	Investment climate and criteria for green fuels in Africa
Marcel Steinberg	Ecofuels Renewable Energy Company	Turning industrial biomass into bioenergy –case studies & practical implementation
Vengai Chigudu	IFC International Finance Corporation	What are the requirements for obtaining Funds
Prof P. Harvey	University of Greenwich	Biofuel Supply Chains
Marco Brocken	Evodos	Low Cost Low Energy Harvesting

South African Workshop 4: Noam Menczel Chief Executive Officer from Seambiotic commented on the 6th of March 2011” “… I think the meeting was organized almost to perfection and the level of talks and ideas presented where much better than I have anticipated prior to my trip, so actually it has exceeded my original expectations”.

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