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The first shipment of product from Coega Biomass Centre, based in Gqeberha, South Africa is a fact. The shipment of 10.000 tons of chips headed to a client in Europe where it will serve as a responsible alternative for fossil … Continued

The financing of Coega Biomass Centre has formally been completed. On April 19, 2023, FinCo, Partners for Innovation and iLive signed all contracts for a strategic partnership. This means that all signals are green to bring the pellet factory in … Continued

There are many opportunities in South Africa to use harmful and surplus biomass in a sustainable way. To this end, a collaboration between Dutch and South African companies and organizations started almost three years ago. In order to  get a … Continued

The PIB South Africa – Netherlands biomass project for the application of woody biomass residues in South Africa was completed on 1 July. During the sold-out closing event in Port Elizabeth, about 50 representatives of local and (inter)national governments, entrepreneurs … Continued

As of February 2022, Pellet Tech Africa, a partnership of iLive SA and Partners for Innovation, acquired full ownership of the Coega Biomass Centre pellet factory in Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth), South Africa. This was made possible by funding from FinCo … Continued

After two years, the partnership of South Africa and the Netherlands on solid biomass pays off. The feedstock for the Coega Biomass Centre (CBC) pellet factory, that will go into operation within a year, will be made available for over … Continued

Test results indicate that Coega Biomass Centre (CBC), located in Port Elizabeth South Africa, is primed to produce first-rate pellets from biomass residue streams. The tests were conducted on two mixed batches of pellets made up of the most common … Continued

In order to start producing black pellets, Partners for Innovation and Yilkins investigate the business case for an investment in torrefaction equipment at the Coega Biomass Center in Port Elizabeth. The investment feasibility study ‘Torrefaction for black pellet production’ receives … Continued

Felled alien trees will feed multinational’s job-intensive project to produce green fuel and recapture lost water supplies. It ’s all systems go at the Coega Biomass Centre which aims to turn an Eastern Cape pestilence into a home-grown product with … Continued

In an exclusive interview in Africa’s Power Journal ESI Africa, Emiel Hanekamp, senior consultant at Partners for Innovation – one of the shareholders of the Coega Biomass Centre and one of six companies involved in the public-private partnership (PPP) with … Continued