hydrogen south africa (hysa)
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Hydrogen South Africa (HySA)
Cordellia Sita, PhD
Hydrogen South Africa
Department of Science & Technology
11th Fuel Cell Forum 26-27 September 2011
Stuttgart, Germany
…Presentation Outline
• Global Context
• South Africa Context
• Global PGM Resources
• Strategy in Brief
• Strategic Goals
• HySA Implementation
• Implementation Agencies and Model
• Role of PPPs
• Ultimate Goal
Global Context
• Environmental Protection
– reduction in greenhouse gas emissions through
energy diversification, in line with the Climate Change
– reduction in global primary energy use (through
energy efficiency and demand side management)
– Increased use of renewable energy in the overall mix
(introduction of alternative drive systems and bio-
fuels for automobiles)
• Security of Supply
– Mitigate dependency on energy imports
• Competitiveness
– Open and liberalised market
South African Drivers
• informed by the need for the South African
economy to migrate from a resource based to
a knowledge based economy;
• the need for South Africa to extract more
value from its natural resources
• DST developed the National Hydrogen and
Fuel Cell Technologies Research
Development and Innovation Strategy
(Hydrogen South Africa) acronym HySA
PGM Resources
World platinum resources: Cawthorn, 1999
Zimbabwe
Finland
Russia
North America
South Africa
Fuel cells catalytic properties, substitutions investigated,
platinum still shows superior properties
Current investment in R&D is equivalent to billions of US$
annually (outside of SA)
Additional Pt resources likely
• Old data was based on 1.2km max depth
• Northam Platinum already mine at 2+km
• Bushveld drilled down to 3.3km
• Gold Mines in SA operate at ~4km already
• Some estimates* say 64000 tonnes Pt in SA
TIAX Study D0034 “Pt Availability & Economics for PEMFC Commercialisation” December 2003
…The Mining and Minerals
Sector Downstream Dimension
“We have always been a supplier of minerals to the world,
what we are now finding is that the world economy is
changing rapidly and is expecting an economy such as ours
to be able to produce higher-value manufactured products.
(Min. Alec Erwin)
• SA holds a significant share of the worlds minerals
resources and production
• However, we have not been able to use this comparative
advantage to attain a satisfactory economic and social
performance
Our Hydrogen Vision
“ to create knowledge and human resource
capacity that will develop high value commercial
activities in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies
utilising local resources and existing know-how”
From a burden to an opportunity for economic growth
and job creation
TECHNOLOGY IS A KEY ELEMENT IN REACHING
ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
OBJECTIVES
Strategic Goals
• Develop local cost competitive hydrogen generation solution based on existing know-how
• Wealth creation through value added manufacturing of PGM catalysis, goal-supply 25% of catalysts demand by 2020
• Promote equity and inclusion in the economic benefits of South Africa’s resources
DST
NWU / CSIR UCT / MINTEK UWC
HySA Implementation
Hub & Spokes Model
International
Companies
International
RDI centres
HUB
H2 generation,
delivery &storage
PGM Catalysis
For HFCTSystems
Integration &
Technology
Validation
HySA
Systems
HySA
Infrastructure
HySA
Catalysis
Advantage: bringing global and South African expertise together
Overall Structure
Why hub and spoke
model
• Hub establishment-top down directed
process
• a mechanism to ensure partnerships of
leading South African scientists, research
institutions, private sector companies, and
selected international partners to deliver
on the long term goals of HySA
Why hub and spoke
model (continued)
• Spoke establishment competitive
process allowing any of the players to
lead in their areas of expertise
• Ongoing calls for project proposals
Objectives of the Centre
Deliberate Government active participation(15 year funding commitment) in the establishment of a new industry
clusters in HFC technologies
• Encourage industry participation at both R&D and commercial level with an emphasis on new industry development
• Competence Centres are far more than networks they involve
– contractual relationships between the parties
– clear short, medium and long-term innovation objectives
– the establishment of specialised infrastructure
– shared staffing between partners
– shared RDI agenda with clearly defined product outputs
– commitment to commercialisation from the starting point
– proactive attention to intellectual property issues
Private
Equity
Basic Research Applied Research Tech Development Manufacturing
Innovation Chain
IP V
alu
e
Bridging the
“Chasm”
Science Councils
UniversitiesIndustry
Pe
rfo
rme
rs
DST Participation
Establishment of PPPS
Inter-
governmental
Committee
Industry
Research Grouping
(academia &private sector)
DST
R,D&C PPP
SA Gov
DTI DSTDoE DMR DPE.
Inter-Governmental Committee
DST
(Custodian of HySA)
R&D Commercialisation
Industry GroupingPrivate Sector
HySA Centres
DEDDNT
PGM Producers
Infrastructure developers
Potential investors
End users(utilities, cellphone
towers etc)U&SC
PPP Overview and role of
each grouping
Advantages of PPPs
• Bridging role between industry and U&SC by government, whilst being responsible for the coordination of the efforts of each grouping to ensure the constant flow of expertise, investment, intellectual property and revenues from the commercialisation of IP between all three
• Co-ownership of the IP created between public and private partners stimulates a stronger bond between the two and is a catalyst for both parties to invest more in R&D
• Facilitates the development and growth of expertise and knowledge transfer in the local economy.
• Such a structure will ensure the development of local industry clusters in strategic geographical concentrations.
• Government will eventually exit and sell her equity to private investors to ensure successful industrialisation
DST
R&D FundingInvestment
JV Co
CSP
PGMD
Fund
3rd Party
Investments
IP Co Op Co
NewCo1
(CoC 1)
NewCo2
(CoC 2)
NewCo3
(CoC 3)
Sub JV
3rd Party
Investments
CSP
R&D
COC 1 COC 2 COC 3
HUB & Funding
Agreements
CommercialisationR&D
UNW CSIR
R&D SP
International
R&D SP local
R&D Spoke
Agreements
Technology transfer &
HCD Agreements
Technology
Partner
POBoard
IMC
Ultimate Goal
Advantages
• Interaction at an R,D&C level between the
private sector and the academia
• Ensure that an Industrial Cluster is
established in HFCT
• Create Jobs for the human Capital being
developed by the Centres of Competence
• Equity and Wealth sharing through
participation of SME in the resulting joint
venture companies
THANK YOU