This is a presentation delivered by Brendan Beck, Manager at the South Africa Centre for CCS, at the Institute’s COP 17 side event, held on November 30. The presentation reviews South Africa’s electricity sector and projected growth, as well as why South Africa has chosen to pursue CCS as a climate change mitigation option.
The importance and current status of CCS in South Africa - Brendan Beck, South Africa Centre for CCS
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The importance and current
status of CCS in South Africa
Global CCS Institute COP 17 Side Event: What is CCS
and why is it so important? - 30 November 2011
Brendan Beck – Manager
South Africa Centre for CCS
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Supply Transform Transport End use
Oil Oil Refineries Rail Liquid
Road Fuels
PetroSA Pipeline
Natural Gas Sasol
Pipeline Gas
Export
Coal “Washery” Road/Rail
Coal
Eskom
and Others Transmission Electricity
Hydro Wires
Nuclear Koeberg
Biomass Person/Road Wood
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South Africa: committed to addressing
climate change
“Developing countries are ready to play their part in
reducing global emissions, but obviously rich
countries have to take the lead”
“With financial and technological support from
developed countries, South Africa for example will be
able to reduce emissions by 34% below business as
usual by 2020 and 42% by 2025”
“We want a complete and legally binding agreement”
- President Jacob Zuma, Copenhagen 2008
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Long-term mitigation scenarios
Mt CO2 equivalent
Source: SA
long-term
mitigation
scenarios
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South African CCS Roadmap
•2004 2010 2016 2020 2025
x 10,000t
x 100,000t
x 1,000,000t
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South African CCS Roadmap
2004 2010 2016 2020 2025
DONE DONE
x 10,000t
x 100,000t
x 1,000,000t
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Objectives
• Demonstrate CO2 storage in South
African conditions
• Gain experience and develop South
African capacity in handling and storing
CO2
• Provide an educational facility for public
and stakeholders
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Context
• Builds on South African experience
• Council for Geoscience
• Industry (PetroSA, Sasol, Afrox, etc)
• Academia
• Draw on international experience
• Test Injection Scoping Study underway with BGS and
TNO
• Capacity building trips to Australia, UK, Norway
• Members of IEA GHG, CSLF, GCCSI
• Bilateral discussions with project developers
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Work programmes
Technical Management
Financial Legal
CO2 Test
Public
Injection Capacity
engagement building
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SACCCS international support
• EuropeAid • IEA
• UK Government • IEA GHG
• EU Government • World Bank
• Norwegian • CSLF
Government • IPAC-CO2
• Global CCS Institute