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TIA Energy Unit Presentation

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TIA Energy BU DriversTIA Energy BU Drivers

• Security of supply is vital for RSA

• Need for renewable energy technologiesNeed for renewable energy technologies 

• Need to support state’s efforts in reducing GHG emissions

• Need to counter energy costs by supporting development 

f t t h l iof energy management technologies

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ISO 50001 energy definition: electricity, fuels, steam, heat, compressed air, and other like media

TIA Energy BU Approachgy pp

• Strategic approach:

– Same technology, pursue: innovation, cost reduction, higher efficiencies and 

replace imports

• Proven markets, well defined routes to market and easy to penetrate

• Less marketing effort

– New technologies: novelty, cost effectiveness and market readiness

• More marketing effort

• Promote technology to potential off‐takers• Promote technology to potential off‐takers

• Need industrial partners with strong interest and R&D interests

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TIA Energy BU Approach...gy pp

• Three strategic paths:

– Intended strategic technologies: seek to actively stimulate innovation, high development gaps, relatively short time (<=3 years) to market and potentially high impact to marketyears) to market and potentially high impact to market

– Technologies of interest: maintain interest, while the technology development gap might be great, incremental improvements and impact felt in a relatively longer term (>3, =<5 years)

– Technologies to be monitored: development is very incremental, expected time to market very long (>>5 years) and maturedexpected time to market very long (>>5 years) and matured technologies (i.e., narrow development gaps and usually very expensive).

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Energy TechnologiesEnergy TechnologiesGeneration Transmission Distribution End-use

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•Wind•CHP (incl. Fuel cells)•Waste and bio energy

•Recovery• Storage• Loss minimization

• Safety

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• Storage• Efficient utilization• SafetyS l t h tI

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•Ocean power• Energy efficiency• Safety

• Solar water heaters

End use management• Coal • Oil and Gas

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•Geothermal• Clean coal technologiesM

Cross cutting technologies and Energy Service Centres

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• Consider the technology value chain well

• Core technology

– Fully developed energy solution packagey p gy p g

• Critical supply chain technologies

C iti l ti t h l i– Critical supporting technologies

– Positions the region / RSA as a leading support technology provider

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Energy Technologies...gy g

• Solar (CSP and PV): collector 

efficiencies,  HTF >>400oC, heat 

exchanger, dry cooling, 

different HT media, low 

temperature HTF, thermaltemperature HTF, thermal 

storage, resource assessment

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CSP Patent ActivityCSP Patent Activity

TIA IP Unit analysis, 29th August 2011

Energy Technologies...gy g

• Wind and Hydro:micro‐turbines, 

increase plant availability and 

reliability, wind resource 

assessment service / expertise, 

light weight turbine material,light weight turbine material, 

advanced controls, drive train, 

b tt i t t h l ibetter maintenance technologies

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Energy Technologies...gy g

• Geothermal:

– Develop technologies and combine with RSA underground 

mining / drilling expertise, and export

– EGS taking over 

• Ocean power technologies: 

– Higher energy density

– Resource specific designs, combine RSA undersea mining 

experience with tidal current turbines, exploit Eskom 

assessed resource

Attracting many VC’s / PEs

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– Attracting many VC’s / PEs

– Capital intensive

– Resource assessment techniques

Energy Technologies...gy g

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Energy Technologies...gy g

• Fuel cells: 

– Compact, light weight, long lasting, increased availability and 

reliability

– Significant potential to tap into the HySA program to create 

technology leadership

– Immediate markets: portable power, transport

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Energy Technologies...gy g

• Energy recovery, storage and efficient use 

– Energy recovery: haul trucks exhaust heat recovery technologies

– Energy storage (thermal, mechanical, chemical and electrical): Low cost, high 

energy density light weight energy storage technologies

– Improved energy consumption, energy consumption monitoring, and ensure 

safe and efficient conversion / use of energy

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Energy Technologies...gy g

• Oil and gas technologies• Oil and gas technologies

– Focus more on the demand side, to drive efficiencies and minimize wastages, 

safe consumption etc R8msafe consumption, etc, R8m

• Coal technologies

– Focus on improved combustion for residential sector – reduce health related 

issues, R8m

– Peripheral technologies around coal fired plants

– Promote non‐energy applications and derivatives

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BioEnergy Technologies• First Generation Biofuels

– Conventional biofuels made from sugars, starches, vegetable oils

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– Bioenergy from biomass

• Established technologies

F d t k ti l i lt d t– Feedstock – conventional agriculture and waste

• Readily available and easy to operate

• Potential innovation

– Mobile processing, scale down, throughput rate increase, flexible feedstock processes

Second Generation Biofuels

– Non-conventional sources; cellulosic Ethanol, algal biofuels

– GM Feedstock and processing organsims

• Innovation potential

Feedstock innovation processing organism innovation industrial enzymes process development business

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– Feedstock innovation, processing organism innovation, industrial enzymes, process development, business

model innovation

BioEnergy Technologies…• Internal collaboration

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• Agro-Processing unit

• Industrial Biotechnology

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http://www.biotechnologyforbiofuels.com

Funding Instrumentsg

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Technology InnovationExit strategy

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IP / Protection

TIA Investment Criteria• Strong alignment with the TIA mandate, Corporate and Sector Strategic objectives• Stage of technology development is beyond basic research (post-proof of concept)g gy p y (p p p )• Attractive commercial opportunity (market & industry)• Sustainable competitive advantage e.g. IP protection• Technology-based product/service/process offering must have

o strong potential for market capitalisationo strong value proposition – solution someone is prepared to pay for

• Business proof of concept i.e. viable and robust business case• Feasible business model i.e. all components in place to deliver on the value proposition• Strong Team: relevant business & technical expertise, experience, industry connectedness• Potential for high socio-economic impact – addresses national imperatives e.g. job creation• Strong potential to enhance industry competitiveness• Presence of an industry commercialisation partner where relevant• Co-Investment opportunity presented to allow risk-sharing

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• Short to medium time to market (~3 yrs)

Thank You!

energy@tia.org.za

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• Social innovationSocial innovation – Prof Sebitosi willing to contribute to setting a review criteriacriteria

– Prof Wikus introduced this subject

– TIA to take forward (to EXCo)– TIA to take forward (to EXCo)

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