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
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
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
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
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
Supervisors: Prof Wikus van Niekerk and Dr Louis de Lange
Completed March 2011