AFREPREN/FWD & Sotik Tea Company
Regional Training Course on Renewable
Energy and Biomass Cogeneration
Technologies
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Cogen for Africa Project
• UNEP/AfDB/GEF initiative
• Objective is to promote cogeneration
(biomass-based mainly) in eastern and
southern Africa
• Initial focus on biomass-based agroindustries but subsequent phases could
include promotion of cogeneration in
sectors that use other fuels
• To build on success of Mauritius & relevant
elements of EC-supported Cogen Asia
initiative
• Initial 6 year phase to cover 7 countries
which have endorsed project (Kenya,
Uganda, Tanzania, Sudan, Ethiopia, Malawi
and Swaziland) – later phases could expand
to other regions of Africa
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Planned Cogen Installations
20 MW
pipeline
projects
40 MW
additional
installed
capacity of
cogeneration
promotion
projects
6 year project period
200+ MW additional
cogeneration
capacity
Beyond 6 years
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Cogen for Africa – Key Objectives
• Objective 1: Develop capacity of
project developers, agro-industries,
policy makers and financiers
interested in cogeneration
• Objective 2: Promote and increase
favorable financing for cogeneration
investments
• Objective 3: Promote policies that
are supportive of cogeneration
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Training Workshop Objectives
• Provide best practices in cogeneration operations
• Share and exchange knowledge and expertise
on overcoming technical barriers to cogeneration
project development and operation
• Learn how to develop a bankable cogeneration
project
• Identify cogeneration investment opportunities
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Resource Persons
• Eng. Vivian Gaiqui, Mauritius –
 30 years experience in sugar industry
 Worked with 2 different sugar factories in Mauritius
 In charge of a major utility-level cogeneration plant in
Mauritius for 10 years
 Working experience in cogeneration, sugar industry and
engineering in Niger, Guinea and Mozambique.
• Eng. Punyatma Dwivedi, India –
 15 years of experience in bagasse fired cogeneration in India
 Expertise covers construction, commissioning, operation and
maintenance of boilers and cogeneration plants.
 Worked in 3 different sugar factories in India
 Currently managing a large cogeneration plant that is selling
power to the national/state electricity grid.
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Resource Persons
• Eng. Harrie Knoef, Netherlands
 Holds an M.Sc. Degree in Chemical Engineering
 Currently a senior international biomass expert at the Netherlandsbased Biomass Technology Group BV (BTG)
 25 years of expertise in biomass energy technologies and
project development.
 Worked in bioenergy power plants projects (combined with
carbon credits), monitoring and energy conservation projects
in several type of industries including the tea sectors of
Indonesia and Burundi.
• Eng. Rabiel Ulomi, Tanzania –
 An engineer with 20 years of experience in both the sugar and pulp
and paper industries.
 Worked as boiler engineer, shift engineer and mechanical maintenance
engineer and power plant manager in charge of a 2.5 MW woodfired cogeneration plant selling electricity to Tanzania's national
power utility
 Principal local/resident engineer involved in construction,
commissioning and operation of a 2.5 MW wood fired cogeneration
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power station
Resource Persons
• Mr. Stephen Karekezi, Kenya –
 20 years experience in renewables and power sector in eastern and southern
Africa.
 An engineer with postgraduate qualifications in management and economics.
 Coordinated several teams of researchers, utility personnel and policy-makers in
assessing the Mauritian cogeneration industry for the last 20 years.
 Currently coordinating a major regional cogeneration promotion project financed by
the African Development Bank (AfDB), UNEP and the Global Environment Facility.
 Credited with over 100 publications, articles and reports on energy and
sustainable energy development in Africa
• Mr. John Kimani, Kenya –
 A renewable energy expert and a power/utility expert at AFREPREN/FWD.
 Has wide skills in renewable energy and the electricity industry in Africa - 16 years
of experience in renewable energy, power sector policy, tariffs and reform
issues.
 Has worked in 12 eastern, southern and northern African countries, 6 European
countries, China and Thailand as well as undertook a fellowship at the International
Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France
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Resource Persons
• Eng. Bothwell Batidzirai, Zimbabwe
Electrical engineer with an MSc in Energy Studies from
the University of Utrecht, the Netherlands.
Has experience in 15 African countries and 5
European countries working on sustainable
energy and power utility management issues
Has undertaken innovative work on the impact of
cogeneration on national grid performance as well as
related CDM initiatives.
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Other Participants Persons
• Ministry of Energy, Malawi – Senior Policy
Maker
• Sotik Tea Company – Senior Management and
Technical Team
• Ethiopia Sugar Factory – Senior Management
• Kenya Sugar Factory – Senior Management
• Uganda – National Forest Authority
• AFREPREN/FWD Cogen for Africa project staff –
Power Sector, Cogeneration and Renewables
Experts
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Agenda
• 2 day training and interactive session
• Field Visits – to tea factories in Sotik and
Kericho
• Presentations and Discussion
Introduction to cogeneration, associated utility-level
management issues, power sector reform and
renewables
Cogeneration Project case studies – Problems
faced and Lessons Learnt
• Panel & Discussion Sessions
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Key Websites
• Cogen project:
http://cogen.unep.org
• Training Workshop webpage:
www.afrepren.org/sotiktraining/
• AFREPREN/FWD website:
www.afrepren.org
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