1. Clean Energy solutions Accelerating Renewable Energy Deployment
Dr Thembakazi Mali
(Senior Manager)

2. Drivers for use of Renewable Energy
Overwhelming scientific climate change evidence
Fossil fuels a finite resource
Ever increasing oil price (energy security)
Aging electricity infrastructure
Significant technological advances enabling commercialisation of clean energy technologies
(Ren 21, GSR 2010)

3. A case for Renewables
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 (emitters per capita)
Urgent need:
Reduce fossil fuel dependency
Reduce carbon footprint
Diversify energy mix and supply
Possible solution
Renewable Energy (resources abundant, sustainable, can be quickly implemented, offer work opportunities and have a much lower impact on the environment)

4. Total Energy Supply

5. SANEDI involvement in project life cycle
Concept
Pre-
Feasibility
Feasibility
Detailed
Design
Pilot /
Demo
Commercial
SANEDI-Funded
SANEDI /PS
SOE / PS

6. Renewable Energy Sources
Biomass Solar Wind Ocean
Natural resources
Naturally replenished

7. Renewable Energy Technologies Characteristics
Sustainable
Lower environmental impact
Short lead times, can be implemented rapidly in models
Support distributed generation
Offer job/work opportunities
Resources are geographically dispersed

8. Renewable Energy Technologies Job Creation Potential
RE and green industries create more jobs per unit investment/capacity/production than non-renewable alternatives.
Land-based renewable industries (e.g. land restoration or conservation) create largest number of jobs.
Estimates of SA job creation based mainly on solar and wind power potential industry
If SA has share of global renewable energy jobs equal to share of global GDP/population (0.7%), then jobs in the sector today
Consistent with jobs targeted by Renewable Energy White Paper for 2013
But, only 4% of target was met by 2009
Benchmarking against leading RE market countries and correcting for population/GDP, SA could have had  000 RE jobs (UNEP/ILO)

9. Solar Resource, World

10. Solar Resource, South Africa

11. Wind Resource, World

12. Wind Resource, South Africa

13. Renewable biomass available, World
2% equivalent to400 million liters/annum
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

14. Renewable biomass available, South Africa
2% equivalent to400 million liters/annum
Lynd et al Plant Biomass Conversion to Fuels and Commodity Chemicals in South Africa: A Third Chapter? South African Journal of Science 99: 499 – 507.

15. Wave Resource, World

16. Wave Resource, South Africa

17. Renewable Energy Resources
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.

18. Renewable Energy Technology/Industry
Wind energy is a mature technology:
can be rolled out immediately in SA
has the potential to establish a local industry for tower and blade manufacturing in the short to medium term
Concentrated solar power (CSP):
most promising medium to long term technology for application in SA
significant advantages including the possibility of establishing a manufacturing industry.
Photovoltaic (PV) systems:
short to medium term
different scales, but large-scale local manufacture of PV cells and modules will be challenging.
Wave energy convertors:
still not commercially viable but may have some role in SA in the medium to long term.

19. Centres of Research and Demo (CORDs)
RE Research and Demo Centre
EE Research and Demo Centre
Green Transport Research and Demo Centre
CCS Research and Demo Centre
Centre for Energy Systems Analysis & Research (CESAR)
Advanced Materials Research and Demo Centre
SANEDI
Coordination/Management

20. Co-ordinate RE research in SA Facilitate RE research collaboration
Renewable Energy Centre of Research and Demonstration (RECORD) Core Activities
Co-ordinate RE research in SA
Facilitate RE research collaboration
Participation: standards development & technology evaluation
Contribute to RE skills development
Support RE business development
RE awareness creation 20

21. RECORD’s Service offer to Stakeholders
6. RECORD will support the role of SABS and SANAS
1. RECORD will operate along the Research value chain from concept to commercialisation
1. Product Development towards commercialis-ation
6. Standards development
RECORD
Service Catalogue
2. Education
2. RECORD will provide training to various learner groups to increase awareness, knowledge and skills with regards to renewable energy
5. RECORD will assist the SABS in the certification and assessment of renewable energy technologies
5.Technology Evaluation
3. Contract Research
4. Advisory
4. RECORD will provide advice to entrepreneurs; inventors; SMME’s and other larger industry players
3. RECORD will initiate and manage new research projects which are commissioned by paying customers

22. CES milestones WASA – collaborative project (2009 - 2012)
Establishment of RECORD
CPV Demo (2011 – 2015)
Demo Projects (2011 – 15)
Testing & development of 2nd Gen Biofuels with DST (Ongoing discussions to evaluate)
Waste to Energy using COMPS’ FT process
Housing Project (Renewable Energy integrated)
Solar Roadmap (collaboration with TIA, GIZ and IEA; R&D gap analysis)

23. In partnership with NREL & other institutions (SAWS, DST, Eskom)
Support to Solar Park
Test Facility
Outdoor test beds to characterise the performance and reliability of solar systems
Indoor testing (environmental, accelerated testing, module characterisation)
Met station (to collect high-quality solar resource and surface meteorological data)
R&D – demo (localisation) development of new designs and manufacturing processes for solar components
Training – technicians, graduates, post graduates and artisans (welders, electricians, installers, operators)
In partnership with NREL & other institutions (SAWS, DST, Eskom)

24. Collaborators
National Collaborations: Universities, CSIR, SAWS, Eskom, Risoe, DST
Donors: Royal Danish Embassy, Norwegian Embassy, GIZ, Finnish Embassy
Government Departments: DOE, DST, DEA
International Collaborations: REEEP, IEA IA, EU- South Africa Bilateral (FP 7)
Membership/Participation and information disseminated to relevant stakeholders – could benefit energy research considerably
Access to findings and influence over research direction would make available to South Africa detailed and applicable research at a lower cost than undertaking such research alone.

25. Thank you