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Gustav Melin CEO, Swedish Bioenergy Association

(SVEBIO)

Moderator

Contact details: [email protected]

Swedish Bioenergy Association (SVEBIO)

www.svebio.se/en/

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Africa-EU Renewable Energy Cooperation Programme (RECP) A European Platform for Private Sector Investments in Africa’s RE Markets

Alexander Huppertz

What is the RECP?

The RECP is a African-European platform for promoting renewable energy market development and investment in Africa

Funded by the European Commission, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Finland

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Background: Key Market Segments for RE in Africa

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Large / Meso- scale on-grid

(IPP) Ticket size: XX-XXX US$m (meso: X-XX

US$)

Key regulations: PPA (FiT)

Small on-grid (captive power) Ticket size: 0.X-X US$m (bundled X-XX US$m)

Key regulations: FiT / Net-Metering

Off-Grid (Mini-Grids) Ticket size: 0.X-X US$m (bundled X-XX

US$m)

Key regulations: Licences, Tariffs, Grid-connection

standards

Off-Grid (Standalone Systems) Ticket size: X-XX US$m (“bundled”)

Key regulations: Standards, Import Tax / Duties

How can the RECP provide support?

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Well structured and accessible Market Information

Identifying Project Opportunities in Partner Countries

Match-Making Events in Africa and Europe

Project preparation support and access to financial support

Successful Access to Financing

+ complementary policy advisory

+ support to skills development and innovation


Access to market information

Web-based market briefings introducing the political and economic situation, the

electricity sector and the RE potential

Market Studies with “how-to”-information, providing an in-depth analysis of a certain market segment (e.g. Captive-Power/Self-Consumption in Nigeria)

Project scouting: through in-country partners, and consultants

Information events: workshops that introduce certain markets; organized through partners

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Access to potential business partners and project opportunities

RECP matchmaking helps you identify your next project/partner

Meet technology suppliers, project developers, service providers

Meet potential clients and business partners from African markets

Meet potential financiers

Events are organized standalone or attached to other events, through partners (African and European industry associations or equivalent), with structured match-making sessions

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Selected Upcoming Opportunities

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Day 2 organised by RECP’s partner SolarPower Europe

Focus: All things solar / On-Grid and Off-Grid

B2B organised by RECP’s partner AEBIOM

Focus: Biomass and Biogas


Information on Financing Opportunities

RECP’s finance database helps you identify sources of funding:

Information on more than 50 individual sources of funding; currently gathering data on funds

Initial risk-mitigation instruments included, to be expanded

Inclusion of local banks is planned

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Advisory to Project Developers: the “Finance Catalyst”

Provides advisory support to project developers on project development, structuring and access to finance (“bankability TA”)

Cooperation (“two-way-street”) with existing financing instruments (ElectriFI, REPP, SEFA, and many others): “feeding into” as well as “upstream referral”

Delivered through a team of highly experienced professionals

Standardized and fair access procedure through an “intake” on the RECP website

Time “budget” of up to 100 hours per project (deviations possible)

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Initial Results

Finance Catalyst is supporting projects in accessing finance since August 2016.

First 7-months of operation resulted already in over 130 applications!

Clear need in the market for this type of early-stage project preparation support!

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PV 52

SHS 15

Biomass 14

Biogas 12

Small Hydro

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Applications by Market Segment

Initial Results

Finance Catalyst is supporting projects in accessing finance since August 2016.

First 7-months of operation resulted already in over 130 applications!

Clear need in the market for this type of early-stage project preparation support!

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PV 52

SHS 15

Biomass 14

Biogas 12

Small Hydro

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Applications by Technology

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How can the services and products be accessed?

Countries, Partners and Access

The RECP operates „in depth“ in six African countries (Nigeria, Rwanda, Uganda, Senegal, Zambia and Mozambique)

We cooperate with and implement through a network of partners, both in-country as well as global or European industry associations

Information and support services are accessible through www.africa-eu-renewables.org

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Thank you for your attention! Suggestions & Feedback always welcome!

www.africa-eu-renewables.org

Contact: Alexander Huppertz, [email protected]

http://www.africa-eu-renewables.org/http://www.africa-eu-renewables.org/http://www.africa-eu-renewables.org/http://www.africa-eu-renewables.org/http://www.africa-eu-renewables.org/mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

Questions?

Market for Solid Bioenergy in Uganda

NOLBERT MUHUMUZA

CHAIRPERSON

April 2017 | © Biomass Energy Efficient Technologies Association (BEETA)

Located: East Africa

Area: 241,550 Km2 (15% water)

• Landlocked

Capital: Kampala

Population: 39 Million (Estimate 2015)

Rural Population: 87%

GDP: $27.5 Billion [ Agriculture: 23.1%, Industry: 26.9% and Services: 50% (2013 est.)]


About Uganda

Stable political climate

Business friendly environment

Availability of land

Under-developed bioenergy market

Strategically located to serve the EAC

Climate (weather)

Lowest median age in the world (15yrs)


Why Invest in Uganda

Not-for-profit

Membership organization

Formed in September 2010

Has over 65 members

Targets individuals, organizations, companies, and institutions

About BEETA


Mission: To promote biomass energy efficient technologies and conserve the environment.

Objectives: • Platform for information, support

& networking

• Lobby and advocacy

• Awareness

• Capacity building

• Data collection

• Development of standards

• Financial support


About BEETA

Firewood

Availability; Forest and woodland cover about 2,988,000 ha

Current Usage; 28 million tons annually; mainly cooking & industries

Supply; mainly small scale

Projects; New Forest Company & Busoga Forest Company with combined total of over 50,000 ha. (FSC-Certified)


Energy Consumption

Charcoal

Current Usage; 1.8 million tons annually; mainly Household & Commercial

Production; mainly inefficient kilns

Projects; New Forest Company


Energy Consumption

Vegetal waste

[From corn cobs, coffee husks, Ground nut shells, Rice husks, Sun Flower, Palm shells]

Availability; 9 million tons

Current Usage; 3.5 million tons mainly used in industries

Projects; briquetting & biomass power plants


Energy Consumption

Municipal waste

Availability; 360,000 tons produced annually

Current Usage; mainly dumped

Projects; Uganda Municipal Waste Compost Programme (PoA of NEMA)


Energy Consumption

Households utilize ~74% of delivered energy

The industrial sector utilizes 18%

The commercial sector takes at least 5%

Institutions utilize ~3%


Bioenergy Usage

Allocation for biomass technology increasing over the last 5 years

BEST strategy (2014) addresses; • Policy and regulatory issues

• Supply management interventions

• Demand management interventions

• Cross-cutting issues

* Allocation in Billion Shillings


Budget Allocations

Energy Policy (2002)

Renewable Energy Policy (2007)

Biofuels Bill

National Biomass Energy Strategy (NBEST), 2014

Sector Strategic Investment Plan (2015)

National Development Plan Phase II

Supportive Regulatory Framework for Bioenergy


Awareness

Investment

Affordability

Inadequate awareness of the availability

of appropriate technologies to harness

the biomass

There is low investment in bioenergy in

Uganda despite its economic importance

and significance as a major fuel

High upfront cost is a critical barrier to

adaptation of improved biomass

technologies

Important Considerations


Solution: engage government and development partners to support awareness

Solution: affordable and easy access to funding esp. for manufacturers

Solution: work with distribution structures to support affordable plans

Biomass power plants

Pamoja - 40 KW since 2012 (uses agro-waste)

Mandulis Energy Ltd – 28MW biomass plants

[off-grid – 8MW; Grid-connected – 20MW]

[ ~$1M investment]

Bioenergy Cases


- Opportunity-

Only 20% of Uganda uses electricity for lighting; 61% use

kerosene

Un-Carbonized Briquettes

Kampala Jellitone Suppliers Ltd & Bulungi Bwansi Ltd

Each with capacity of 3 Tons/ Hr

Utilizing Coffee & Rice husks, Sawdust, Ground nut shells, wastes from Cereals


Bioenergy Cases

- Opportunity -

Households, Industries, Commercial businesses and institutions

require 44 million tons of biomass annually

Carbonized Briquettes

Many small (Cottage) producers

A few large producers mainly in Kampala

Sector rely heavily on charcoal dust

No proper documentation on production procedures

Urban markets require ~ 16 million tons annually


Bioenergy Cases

- Opportunity -

Increasing urbanization will increase demand for carbonized

briquettes

OTHER Bioenergy efforts

Pellets; Pilot project by Bioburn Switzerland, otherwise made for chicken feed

Wood chips (mainly as research projects) – small project in Gulu


Bioenergy Cases

- Opportunity -

Bush, grasses, agro waste and vegetal waste constitute 49% of

annual biomass supply

Invest in fast-growing tree plantations

Improved cookstoves, charcoal kilns & power generation

Investment in energy crops

Ethanol & biodiesel


Investment Opportunities

Nolbert Muhumuza

+ Chairperson, BEETA

+ Co-founder & CEO, Awamu Biomass Energy


P: +256-776-346724 | [email protected] |

www.awamu.ug, www.beetatec.org

mailto:[email protected]://www.awamu.ug/http://www.awamu.ug/

Questions?

Capitalising on Opportunities: GoodFire Ltd Uganda

Virginia Ssemakula,

Director, GoodFire Ltd

[email protected]

April 2017

About GoodFire Ltd

Largest producer of carbonized charcoal

briquettes.

Installed Capacity: 8 tonnes a day

Employs: 9 staff, 4 women, 5 men

Works with 65 women micro entreprenuers who

help in sourcing the char dust

Market: Business to business, households

Distributes: Improved cook stoves and solar

home systems.

Ugandan owned, woman led, renewable energy

company and social enterprise that produces

clean energy by transforming waste char dust

into carbonized briquettes.

When it started : 2012

Why we started: address challenges of

cooking fuels

Indoor air pollution

address deforestation issues

Where: 23km out of Kampala city in a

rural area

Why: access to raw materials

Cheap labour

availability of market

How we started: buy back waste model

and convert it into renewable energy

Impact to date • Over 500 tonnes of briquettes produced

• 1,200 Households supplied

• About 6500 mature trees saved to date

• Over 4,500 tonnes of Co2 emissions

saved

Challenges & Solutions • Sun-drying is a production bottleneck. Slows order-

fulfillment & cash flows. Need automated tech –

hybrid between Solar & Biomass dryer.

• Low public awareness about the efficacy and

potency of renewable-energy technologies. Need for

Behavioural Change Awareness campaigns & mass

marketing

• Inefficient Distribution system – cost & distance to

scattered household market. Need sustainable

neighborhood 3rd party retail agency networks

• Sustainable feedstock – investment in short rotation

energy crops & agricultural waste recycling

technologies.

Challenges & Solutions

• Average household income in Uganda is low.

Need for low cost energy efficient technologies.

• Innovative Financing mechanisms to support investments in

renewable energy projects and to address the affordability of

consumers.

Future Plans & Potential partnership opportunities

• Training school to bridge knowledge gap in manufacture of

cookstoves and other renewable energy technologies

• Explore use of short rotation energy crops like bamboo and

elephant grass.

• Manufacture of cook stoves and water boilers using

alternatives sources of fuel eg Briquettes, pellets

• GoodFire hence seeks collaborative partners in the above

mentioned opportunities.

Virginia Ssemakula, graduate, practitioner in the

Biomass energy sector for over 6 years.

Director

GoodFire Ltd

Tel: +256 772427494

[email protected]

Thank you.

mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

Questions?

Development of the Biogas/Biomass sector in

Rwanda

Presented by Dr. Ivan TWAGIRASHEMA

PhD, Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis

Chairman, Rwanda Energy Private Developers (EPD)

AEBIOM Webinar 20th April 2017

Rwanda at a glance

Africa’s most efficient government, with a clear vision for growth;

Sustained annual economic growth at 7% since 2005;

Access to market (EAC, CEPGL, COMESA), over than 700 million

individuals;

Zero tolerance to corruption

1st globally in ICT promotion

5th safest country in the world

3rd Greenest Place in the World

Global agencies have recognized Rwanda’s progressive and conducive business environment

• Most competitive place to do business in East Africa, and the 3rd

in Africa (after Mauritius and RSA )

• 2nd easiest country to do business in Africa (WB Doing Business

Report 2017)

• Rwanda’s credit rating at B+ with a positive outlook citing

strong economic growth, strong governance indicators and a strong

fiscal policy reform

• Fitch has rated Rwanda at B+ with a positive outlook due to

Government ability to access capital markets and reducing risks to

external financing.

Status of Biomass initiatives in Rwanda • 1,500 technicians were trained on different technologies

• Partnership UR, MININFRA, EDCL, WDA and SNV

• 103 companies created and supported

• Marketing, installation and after-sale services done by the companies

• Use of municipal waste for power/heat production

• use of wood pellets/briquettes for cooking. Exploring the use of peat briquettes

• schools, prisons, centers, farms …

Status of Biomass initiatives in Rwanda • Kigali city produces around 450 tons per day of solid waste of

which between 300 and 350 tons/day is centrally collected. The fraction of organic waste comes from households, restaurants, hotels and markets. Other types of waste solid waste available in the country include agricultural waste, livestock waste, water hyacinth.

• The waste is transported to Nduba landfill where it is dumped and covered with soil by using bulldozers. Kigali city council and MININFRA are in charge of waste to power projects.

• Policy, Law & Regulation

• Regulations regarding solid waste management (collection and disposal waste) have been developed by RURA and REMA.

• Kigali city has developed also the rules and directives on sanitation and hygiene promotion.

Status of Biogas/Biomass initiatives in

Rwanda • GoR is developing the strategic plans of integrated solid waste

management.

• Strategies and Solutions developed

• Closure of Nyanza landfill and opening of a new landfill in Nduba

• Construction of a new engineered landfill

• Recovery of all recoverable material from the waste stream

• Proper and sustainable waste management through 3R (Reduce, Reuse and Recycle) principles.

• Investment Opportunities

• It is estimated that 100 tons per day of raw municipal solid can produce 1MW, using traditional thermal technologies.

Status of Biomass initiatives in Rwanda • The population in Kigali is expected to reach about 2 million by

2020. It is believed that the waste collected will reach about 1500 t per day. This means there is opportunity for a 15 MW plant.

• Waste to power projects are eligible for climate change funds (eg. Clean Development Mechanism), this means that additional revenues for emission reduction can be generated by the project.

• An integrated waste to power project will not only generate the much needed power for the grid, but also contribute to addressing issues related to sanitation, health and environment.

Recap

Solid waste is considered as an opportunity for generating power in a

near future, the possibility to produce also briquettes and pellets for

cooking;

Biomass Energy Strategy is under preparation in Rwanda and will address

mainly issues linked to deforestation and availability of other

combustibles, other than wood for cooking and for heat production in tea

factories for example.

Eradication of the use of charcoal and firewood for cooking/industrial

heat will open opportunities for LPG and compressed natural gas in town;

and the use of pellets, briquettes, efficient cook stoves for secondary

cities and rural area.

Thanks! Murakoze!

Dr. Ivan Twagirashema Energy Private Developers [email protected]

Questions?

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