10.15493/BEA.DATA.10000024
Wim Hugo
ORCID, 0000-0002-0255-5101
AWB-COF: All Woody Biomass - Co-Generation
South African Environmental Observation Network
2015
on
chipping
co-generation
feasibility
model outputs
pelleting
steam turbine
woody biomass
Bioenergy
Energy
South African Environmental Observation Network
2015-01-01
en-US
0f29b971f66ad6596de0abea6c4f03bb
http://datacite.org/schema/kernel-3
Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)
* Technical Challenges - ESKOM may have some risks associated with introduction of co-firing at power stations, and may elect to do so only at selected sites. The most feasible location is in Mpumalanga Highveld, but the availability of biomass is somewhat dependent on maize residues which may be highly variable. Western Cape option may not be feasible since power stations have been decommissioned. * Cost Challenges - Costs are acceptable comparable to current electricity from coal costs. * Policy Challenges - The projects are feasible, and well aligned with existing expertise and infrastructure in respect of `Working for Water` programmes. Integration with DEA `Working for Energy` required and incorporation into IPP programmes needed. * Environmental Challenges - The net impact on greenhouse gas emissions is sizable, despite land use change effects, given the significant reduction in GHG as CO2 equivalents in comparison to coal. If natural vegetation replaces invasives at more or less the same annual increment, LUC effects are near zero.
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