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Kibo Energy signs PPA for

2.7MW plastic-to-syngas

power plant

SOUTH AFRICA KIBO Energy has signed a 10-year conditional more than 50 MW of electricity for sale to indus-
Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) to gener- trial users.
ate baseload electricity from a 2.7-MW plas- Sustineri Energy aims to develop a pipeline of
tic-to-syngas power plant in South Africa’s seven projects and will utilise pyrolysis technol-
Gauteng province. ogies to convert waste non-recyclable plastics to
The project is the first to be operated by syngas for the generation of energy.
Sustineri Energy, a joint venture between Kibo In May 2021, Kibo said that it would build
Energy (65%) and Industrial Green Energy Solu- up the project from an initial 2MW to 8 MW
tions (IGES, 35%). in 2MW phases over three years. The project
The plant would be constructed, commis- development is expected to last for no longer
sioned and operated for an Industrial Business than 16 months including construction for the
Park Developer in Gauteng. first phase of 2 MW.
The project involves burning domestic “This opportunity to enter the South African
and industrial waste. This involves using high waste-to-energy market in strategic partnership
temperature pyrolysis process, where selected with Lesedi and IGES, is a win-win for all par-
non-recyclable plastics would undergo thermal ties,” said Louis Coetzee, CEO of KIBO.
degradation to produce high quality syngas, The 50-MW project pipeline also positions
which would in turn feed gas engines to generate Kibo squarely in the new and exciting renewa-
both electricity and heat energy. ble energy industry in South Africa and places
There is also potential to sell the heat energy us firmly on a programme to production and
generated as a by-product from the gas engines revenue in the short to medium term,” Coetzee
directly to customers inside the industrial park. added in this morning’s statement. ™
The portfolio’s initial target is to generate

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