Shell and bio-bean have collaborated on an innovative project that will see waste coffee grounds converted to biofuel to give big city buses some extra boost. The B20 biofuel contains a 20% bio-component which contains part coffee oil. While the...
Founded by a medical doctor who wanted to improve his township patients’ health, Buhle Waste has its roots in healthcare so it was only natural that it should grow to become a leading medical waste management company. Thabang Sekete, business...
Already the continent’s largest producer of renewable energy, South Africa is moving to further reduce its reliance on hydrocarbons by expanding private sector investments in solar and wind projects, and introducing biofuels. Under the Renewable...
Can energy crops such provide fuel and raw materials for the chemical industry? With flying cameras and three-dimensional nuclear spin imaging Ulrich Schurr is studying the growth of energy crops like rapeseed, sugar beets, China grass. ...
Two leading airline companies are collaborating to make sustainable aviation biofuel from a new type of tobacco plant. This initiative broadens cooperation between South African Airways (SAA) and Boeing to develop renewable jet fuel in ways that...
In October 2013, the Minister of Energy determined 2015 as the date by which crude oil refining companies will have to blend biofuels into petrol and diesel on a mandatory basis. The Department of Energy will focus on finalising the subsidy...
Three companies have formed an alliance to increase the production of environmentally sustainable crops for use in biofuel in Southern Africa. The Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB), Boeing and South African Airways (SAA) have launched an...
Used cooking oil from the Spur Corporation is now being converted into biodiesel. More than a million litres have already been sued to power a range of fishing vessels, trucks and mining equipment. Spur has run this initiative for around six years...
Greener fuel will finally come to South Africa with the announcement by the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) that R5.1 billion will be made available to develop liquid biofuels. The money will be used to support the production of 300...
