USTDA Introduces U.S. Carbon Capture and Recycling Technology to South Africa
August 18, 2017
(USTDA)
Cape Town, South Africa – Today, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency awarded
a grant to Swayana (Pty) Ltd, a Pretoria-based energy project developer, for a
feasibility study that will use innovative U.S. technologies to convert waste
gas – also known as off-gas – into a valuable commodity at a plant in South
Africa’s Mpumalanga province. The project will use proprietary technologies
from Illinois-based LanzaTech, Inc. to create ethanol from off-gas generated as
a byproduct of ferroalloy smelting.
“USTDA is pleased to support this cutting-edge project, which is creating new
opportunities for innovative U.S. technologies that will support South
Africa’s commitment to reduce pollution in energy-intensive manufacturing
industries,” said USTDA’s Acting Director Thomas R. Hardy.
“This project will open up a new low-carbon footprint fuels and chemical
industry in South Africa,” said Joseph Zinyana, Director of Swayana. “The
potential for this technology in South Africa is huge because we have many
minerals beneficiation plants producing carbon-rich off-gases, but need the
technology to turn them into useful products.
Acting Director Hardy signed the grant along with Mr. Zinyana at the American
Corner at the Central Library in Cape Town, South Africa. Consul General at U.S.
Consulate General Cape Town, Virginia Blaser, witnessed the signing.
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