South Africa biofuels capacity to expand 80 Mgy with Free State, Siyanda projects

AfricaNews published a roundup of South African biofuels development, stating that South Africa has the capability to produce 280 million gallons of ethanol, create 55,000 jobs, add 0.12% to national GDP, save 3.7 billion rand on oil imports and achieve substantial greenhouse gas emission reductions. The article also highlighted the Siyanda biodiesel project, and a 700 million Rand project in the Free State that will produce 45 million gallons of ethanol and 6 million gallons of biodiesel.

Siyanda Biodiesel had recently annoucned it would move ahead with development of its soybean biodiesel plant despite the government’s delay of the announcement of its biofuel legislative program. The project will plant its first crop of soybean next month in KwaZulu-Natal, and will ultimately produce 100,000 tons per year of biodiesel. The Siyanda project is a joint venture between petrochemicals conglomerate Sasol, the South African government-owned Central Energy Fund, and Siyanda.

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