Typical projects 

Here are a few examples of projects we've recently worked on:

1.    Pre-feasibility Study: “Biomass to Electricity and Biochar”.
  For ChemCity and Sasol Synfuels.
  By Gaia Carbon Sciences
  Completed March, 2011

2.    Feasibility Study: “The Use of Municipal Solid Waste [MSW] for Electricity Generation and Biochar Production Using a Hybrid Fast Pyrolysis Process”.
  For The Waste Group
  By Gaia Carbon Sciences and MBB Consulting Engineers
  Completed November, 2010

3.    Feasibility Study: “Feasibility of Woody Biomass for Co-firing at Eskom Power Stations”.
  For ESKOM
  By the CSIR
  Completed May, 2012
  See www.biossam.org for info on sustainable bioenergy from invasive plants

4.    Feasibility Studies: Project REG4006 “Regional Agricultural development, Biomass and Food Crop Cultivation for Electricity Generation and Biochar Production and Food Security” in the Mpumalanga Province of RSA, Mozambique and Tanzania.
  For EEP S&EA Programme
  By Gaia Carbon Sciences partnership
  To be completed August, 2013

5.    Co-Supervising a MIng Thesis by J.G. Potgieter at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Stellenbosch on “Agricultural Residue as a Renewable Energy Resource – Utilization of Agricultural Residue in the Greater Gariep Agricultural Area as a Renewable Energy Resource”.
  Supervisors: Prof Wikus van Niekerk and Dr Louis de Lange
  Completed March 2011