SANEDI & Energy in South Africa
Presenter: Dr Karen Surridge Talbot
Centre Manager RECORD
17 July 2014
SANEDI function and mandate
The Energy Act, 2008 (No.34 of 2008) establishes the
South African National Energy Development Institute
(SANEDI)
SANEDI has 2 main functions:
– Energy research and technology development
– Energy efficiency measures implementation
SANEDI may be viewed as the merger of SANERI and
NEEA
SANEDI strives to bridge the gap between R&D and
demonstration & implementation
A combination of state, donor and private sector funding
would allow for key projects to be accelerated, leading to
faster deployment and more employment and local
manufacturing opportunities
SANEDI project involvement
Pre-feasibility
Feasibility Detailed design
Demo/Pilot Commercial
SANEDI SANEDI/Private
sector
SANEDI/State owned
entity/Private Sector
SANEDI structure
RE Research and Demo
Centre
EE Research and Demo
Centre
Green Transport
Research and Demo Centre
Fossil Fuels, CCS Research
and Demo Centre
Centre for Energy
Systems Analysis & Research
Working for Energy
SANEDI
Management
Wind Atlas; Solar
(PV&CSP); BioEn; Ocean
National Targets;
Monitoring &
Verification
LPG, CNG & Electric Vehicles
Carbon Capture and Storage; Clean Coal Technologies; Oil & Gas
Starting up with energy data
management and smart grids
Predominantly off-grid; energy for poverty
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South African Energy Chain
Main End Use – Electricity and Liquid Fuels
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SUPPLY TRANSFORM TRANSPORT END USE
Oil
Natural Gas
Coal
Gas
Electricity
Eskom
and Others
Coal
PetroS
A
Export
Sasol
Road/Rail
Pipeline
Oil Refineries Rail
Road
Pipeline
Liquid
Fuels
Biomass Wood Person/Road
Hydro
Nuclear
Transmission
Wires
“Washery”
Koeberg
Sasol
Context
Global renewable power generating capacity reached
26% and supplied 21.7% of global electricity demand by
end 2012 (Ren21 GSR, 2013)
Total renewable power capacity worldwide exceeded
1470GW by end 2012 (Ren21 GSR, 2013)
SA among highest emitters of carbon dioxide in the
world:
– More than 75% of primary energy requirement from
fossil fuels
– SA ranked 12th in the world in terms of top emitters
per capita
Context
Urgent need:
– Reduce fossil fuel dependency
– Reduce carbon footprint
– Diversify energy mix and supply
Possible solution???
– Renewable Energy (RE) – resources abundant,
sustainable, can be quickly implemented, offer work
opportunities and have a much lower impact on the
environment
Drivers
Increasing energy equity, reducing poverty and
using energy for job creation
Climate Change
– Global warming
– CO2 emissions
Energy supply diversification
– Imbalance of reserves
– Energy security
Global Solar resource
http://www.altestore.com/howto/Solar-Electric-Power/Reference-Materials/Solar-Insolation-Map-World/a43/
South African Solar resource
http://www.solar-focus.co.za/includes/thumpimage. php?pid=18&action=contpic&nwidth=500
Global biomass resource
Crop residue, 489.5 Mtoe
Wood, 1908 Mtoe
Energy crops, 3253 Mtoe
Animal waste, 994 Mtoe
Municipal waste, 516
Mtoe
Adapted from data found in: Karekezi S., Lata K. and Teixeira S. (2004). Traditional Biomass Energy: Improving its use and moving to modern energy use, International Conference for Renewable Energies, Bonn
South African biomass resource
Agricultural 12.3 Mt/a
Forestry 5 Mt/a
Energy Crops 67 Mt/a
Invasive Plant spp.
8.7 Mt/a
Lynd et al. 2003. Plant Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Commodity Chemicals in South Africa: A Third Chapter? South
African Journal of Science 99: 499 – 507.
Exploitable RE resources in South Africa
SA has a reasonable wind energy resource,
geographically dispersed allowing for security of supply
SA has a world-class wave energy resource,
predominantly along the south and west coasts
SA has one of the best solar regimes in the world - most
abundant renewable resource in the country
SA biomass and hydro energy resources are restricted
due to limited water
Energy from waste more readily available and exploitable
Barriers to Rapid Deployment
Policy/incentives
Skills development
Support for R&D
Support for pilots and demonstration
Awareness/market demand
Development of standards
RECORD work packages
Coordinate Renewable Energy
Research
Facilitate RE research & collaboration
Contribute to RE skills development
Marketing and awareness creation of
RECORD and RE in SA & Support RE
business development
Current collaborative Projects
Solar Roadmap (collaboration DOE, SANEDI, DST, GIZ and IEA)
• Mapping solar technologies and the way in which they fit in SA’s long term
energy plan
• Done in parallel with the DST solar technology study and the DOE IRP
Renewable Energy Testing, Training and Demo Facilities (collaboration
SANEDI, GIZ, CSIR, TIA, Green Cape, CPUT, SU, NMMU)
• Centre for Solar Technology, Development and Innovation (CSTDI) spread
across country at centres of excellence
• South African Renewable Energy Technology Centre (SARETEC) at CPUT
• Centre for Energy Research (CER) at NMMU PV testing and research facility
Waste to energy pilot plant (collaboration)
• Construction due to be completed at end of 2014
Solar measuring station project (collaboration GIZ, SANEDI, DST, SU, NMMU,
SAWS, USTDA, Eskom)
• Construction of solar MET stations in specific locaions in SA
• Ultimate goal to produced a verified ground meansurement solar map of the
resource available in SA
International Collaborations
REEEP – Southern African Secretariat
Contract to be renewed (next 6 months)
2 people
IEA – 3 Implementation Agreements
OES (co-membership with Eskom) (ExCo 2013)
Bioenergy (ExCo 2013)
SHC
EU FP7 – National Contact Point
Road shows on the 2013 Energy call
Achieved in 2013
Hosted IEA BioEnergy (May 2013) and
Ocean Energy Systems (Oct 2013) ExCos
Established Algal biofuel research platform
on basis of completed published “State of
Algal Bioenergy Research in South Africa”
study
Achieved in 2013 (cont.)
Continual relevant info shared with industry and
action on special requests therefrom viz. hosting
of industry association (SASTELLA, SAPVIA,
SOLTRAIN, SACAA) stakeholder engagements
and networking events
RE awareness raising through school art
competition resulting in a calendar
“State of Energy Research in SA”
study in final stage
Achieved in 2013 (cont.)
SARETEC established (by all partners) with an
advisory board constituted and first batch of wind
energy technicians trained in Germany (July
2013) and first batch of Train-The-Trainers
completed in Germany (Oct-Dec 2013)
Support (financial & technical) to Solar energy
technology roadmap (SETRM)
Wind energy and surveilance radar research
continued and coordinated between RECORD,
SAAF & CSIR
Achieved in 2013 (cont.)
NMMU/SANEDI/RECORD PV expertise and
training initiative
Ocean energy resource reports complete, edited
and in public domain for comment
– Establishment of MEASA (in process)
Catalysed Eskom and SARETEC collaboration
discussions for training of 2000 PV energy
technicians
DBREV bursary supported for 2nd consecutive
year
RECORD RERE award through SANEA