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South Africa is not yet actively involved in big scale biofuels production. Interest is high and the industry is eagerly awaiting the formal announcement of the official policy on biofuels, which will set the stage for the development.

This report is a complete coverage of the ethanol and biodiesel market in South Africa.

Biofuel is any fuel that is derived from biomass – recently living organisms or their metabolic byproducts, such as manure from cows. It is a renewable energy source, unlike other natural resources such as petroleum, coal, and nuclear fuels.

Ethanol is manufactured from microbial conversion of biomass materials through fermentation. Ethanol contains 35% oxygen. The production process consists of conversion of biomass to fermentable sugars, fermentation of sugars to ethanol, and the separation and purification of the ethanol. Fermentation initially produces ethanol containing a substantial amount of water. Distillation removes the majority of water to yield about 95% purity ethanol, the balance being water. This mixture is called hydrous ethanol. If the remaining water is removed in a further process, the ethanol is called anhydrous ethanol and is suitable for blending into gasoline. Ethanol is “denatured” prior to leaving the plant to make it unfit for human consumption by addition of a small amount of products such as gasoline.

Biodiesel fuels are oxygenated organic compounds – methyl or ethyl esters – derived from a variety of renewable sources such as vegetable oil, animal fat, and cooking oil. The oxygen contained in biodiesel makes it unstable and requires stabilization to avoid storage problems. Rapeseed methyl ester (RME) diesel, derived from rapeseed oil, is the most common biodiesel fuel available in Europe. In the United States, biodiesel from soybean oil, called soy methyl ester diesel, is the most common biodiesel. Collectively, these fuels are referred to as fatty acid methyl esters (FAME).

Table Of Contents :

List of Figures and Tables 3

Executive Summary 4

What are Biofuels? 6

Introduction to Biofuels 6
Biomass Power Systems 8
Background 10
What are the Major Biofuels? 11
Utilization of Biofuels 14
Analysis of Ethanol 16
Analysis of Biodiesel 18
Advantages and Disadvantages of
Biofuels 19
What the Future Holds for Biofuels
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South Africa�s Energy Industry 26

Overview 26
Oil Market 26
Natural Gas Market 32
Coal in South Africa 33

Biofuels in South Africa 34

Introduction 34
Biofuels in South Africa vs Rest of the World 34
Government Policy towards Biofuels 36
Market Profile 37
Biofuel Value Chain Analysis 41
Feedstock Production 42
Production Costs 44
Environmental Effect of Biofuel Production 44
Challenges Facing the Industry 47
Growth Drivers for Biofuels in South Africa 47
Is Biofuel Production a Threat to Food Security in South Africa? 48

Biodiesel Market in South Africa 56

Market Size 56
Policies Favoring the Development of the Market 58
Capital Investment 63
Manufacturing Costs 68

Major Players 73

Ethanol Africa 73

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Sasol 75
Biodiesel One 76

Appendix 77

GLOSSARY 84

Abbreviations 84
Units of Measure 87
Terms 88

About the Publisher 92

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

Figures

Figure 1: South Africa Crude Imports, 2006 27
Figure 2: South Africa’s Oil Production and Consumption, 1986-2006 28
Figure 3: South African Oil Refinery Capacity 2007 29
Figure 4: Top Recoverable Coal Reserves Holders 33
Figure 5: Diagrammatic Value Chain 41
Figure 6: Capital Investment Needed for a Biodiesel Plant 67
Figure 7: �Net Feedstock Costs� per ton Biodiesel of the Different Feed Stocks 71
Figure 8: Cost Contribution to Total Manufacturing Cost of a SEBP Plant 72
Figure 9: Average Potential Ethanol Produced (1988/89 – 2005/06) 77
Figure 10: The World’s Largest Producers of Ethanol 78
Figure 11: Biofuels: A Subset of Renewable Energy 80
Figure 12: Global Ethanol Production, 2006 81
Figure 13: Biofuels Immediate Value Chain 82
Figure 14: Relative Global Production Economics for Ethanol 83

Tables

Table 1: South Africa Produced 244 Million Liters of Liquid Fuel Products in 2006 42
Table 2: Quantity of Feedstock Use in Biofuels Production 45
Table 3: Estimated Biofuels Production/Consumption/Trade 45
Table 4: Estimated 2006 Production Costs 44
Table 5: Saving of GHG Emissions and Associated Value to Credit the Production Process 51
Table 6: Future Biodiesel Needed to Replace Fraction of Fossil Diesel in South Africa 64
Table 7: Fixed Capital Cost for a Biodiesel Production Plant 71
Table 8: Total Capital Investment for Biodiesel Plants in South Africa 73
Table 9: Manufacturing Costs of a SEBP Plant Using Canola as Feedstock 76
Table 10: Manufacturing Costs of a SEBP Plant Using Soybeans as Feedstock 77
Table 11: Forecasts for World Ethanol Market 2010 79

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