Enlit Africa 2023 Conference Agenda

Enlit Tour of Robben Island  

The Department of Tourism commissioned the solar PV project, consisting of a solar PV farm created by SOLA Future Energy combined with a lithium-ion battery storage facility and smart controllers, which produce almost 1MkWh of electricity annually reducing costs of buying diesel and transporting it to the island. The island has also embarked on a drive to reduce its own electrical consumption. Attendees will be given a chance to tour the facility and learn about the largest combined solar and lithium-ion storage that is in a historical setting.  

What to Learn?   

Similar to the difficult political history of the island, it has an energy history that is flawed by reliance on fossil fuels and environmental degradation. The solar microgrid is an inspiration and an example of how communities can and should adopt clean, efficient, and more affordable energy. 

Itinerary

07:00 – 07:30 | Participants to gather in CTICC foyer – Tea & Coffee will be served

Meeting Location: CTICC, Cape Town

07:45-08:00 | Travel to Site

Transport: Ferry Ride to the Island

09:00- 12:30 | Site Visit

Location: Robben Island Robben Island, Western Cape

13:10-14:30 |  Lunch at The Yard

Location: Silo District, Cape Town

14:30 – 15:30 | At Leisure @V&A

Attractions: Big Wheel & Zeitz Mocca Art Museum

The innovation tour compromises of a visit to the Cape Peninsula University of Technology Belville Campus, the University of Western Cape Hydrogen Project, and the Lourensford solar installation.

University of the Western Cape Hydrogen Project  

Attending delegates will view, among others, a fleet of golf carts powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology (HFCT) courtesy of UWC’s Hydrogen South Africa Systems (HySA Systems). In South Africa, UWC’s HySA Systems is leading the research into hydrogen fuel cell technology which has the benefit of being noiseless, effective and pollution free.

What to learn?  

This is an opportunity to tour a world-class state-of-the-art research and development laboratory, which is set for the preparation and testing characterisation of catalysts and catalytic devices which are set for fuel cell and fuel-to-hydrogen activities.

Itinerary

08:00-08:40 | Participants are to gather at the meeting point/venue.  Tea & coffee will be served

Location: CTICC, Cape Town

08:40-09:00  | Travel to UWC

Location: University of the Western Cape (UWC)

09:00-09:20 |  Security Clearance

09:30–10:30 | Site 1 – UWC Hydrogen test lab

Location: University of the Western Cape, Robert Sobukwe Road, Bellville, Cape Town, 7535, South Africa

Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)  

The innovation tour includes a visit to the CPUT DEECE, Energy Institute. Delegates will be welcomed into the lab of the Centre for Substation Automation and Energy Management Systems (CSAEMS), where they will have the opportunity to tour the laboratory facilities which are well-equipped with tools for performing system studies that include real-time power system analyses, real-time software- and hardware-in-the-loop simulations, advanced communication, and control typologies development, etc.

What to learn?  

The institute prides itself on facilities that are geared toward the transformation of ground-breaking scientific and technological research, where they implement solutions that will address a wide spectrum of the electric power industry’s grid modernisation needs. This laboratory attracts leaders in the field of metering, monitoring, protection, automation & control of power systems.

Programme Outline:

• Presentation covers the Introduction of the CSAEMS and RTDS centers.
• Sample of Current and completed Projects.
• Lab tour includes the RTDS and protection functional testing facilities available.
• Demo using HIL simulation.
• Q & A

Key Takeaway Objectives:

• IEC61850 communication for Substation automation
• Hardware-in-the-loop protective relaying function testing.
• IEC61850 GOOSE and Sample Value applications

Itinerary

10:45-12:15  | Site 2 CPUT

Location: DEECE, Energy Institute | Centre for Substation Automation and Energy Management Systems, Leaders in the field of metering, monitoring, protection, automation & control of power systems.

www.csaems.com

Lourensford Silo Solar Installation

Lunch will be served at the historic Lourensford vineyard in Somerset West, one of the first commercial farms in South Africa to invest in renewable energy. The initial project saw the installation of a 686kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the winery and the packing shed, which generates an average of 2,800kWh daily, enough to run the winery and feeds surplus energy to the internal grid supplying the rest of the estate. Delegates will be hosted by SPS Africa and given the opportunity to visit and see the innovative energy-efficiency solar project.

What to learn? 

Lourensford prides itself in its energy saving in the winery as well as on the broader estate. Delegates will be informed and educated on methods that the winery uses to save on energy, such as the smart metering that was installed for real-time computerised measuring of electricity usage to effectively guide future practices.  They will learn about the procedures which have been put in place regarding the main switch of the compressors on the farm and they will also be equipped with knowledge of how the winery saves energy on the broader estate. This includes homesteads on the farms being switched to prepaid meters, timers and blankets installed on geysers, inverters installed on pumps to ease start-ups, etc.

Itinerary

12:15-13:00 |  Travel to Lourensford Wine Farm

13:00-14:15 |  Lourensford Lunch

Location: Lourensford Road, Somerset West, Cape Town, 7130

14:30-15:00 | Lourensford Solar Installation Tour

Location: Lourensford Road, Somerset West, Cape Town, 3710

15:00-16:10 | Travel to back to CTICC

Steenbras Pumped Storage Power Station

The Pumped Storage tour consists of two sites that attendees will visit, namely the Steenbras Pumped Storage Power Station, where attendees will see first-hand the functioning of the power station, followed by lunch at the Lourensford wine farm, which will then include a site visit of the Lourensford solar installation

What to learn?  

The Steenbras power station is reported to be the first pumped storage hydroelectric power station to be built in Africa.  For generating purposes, water is released from the upper Rockview Dam to the two reversible pump turbines located 60 metres below ground level. Surplus national generating capacity or low-cost off-peak electricity is used to pump water from the lower to the upper storage reserve. Attendees will be given insight into the process of how the City of Cape Town uses the stations for load balancing and to alleviate load shedding.  The units can also be used to pump additional water from the Palmiet River via the Rockview Dam to the Steenbras Dam to supplement the Cape Town water supply.

Itinerary

08:30-09:00 | Participants to gather at meeting point/venue  – Tea & coffee will be served

Location: CTICC, Cape Town

09:00-09:10 | Welcome and Participant Introduction

Location: CTICC, Cape Town

09:10-10:30 | Travel to Steenbras

10:30 – 12:00 | Steenbras pumped storage

Location: Gordon Bay, Hydo Street, Steenbras Power Station

Lourensford Silo Solar Installation

Lunch will be served at the historic Lourensford vineyard in Somerset West, one of the first commercial farms in South Africa to invest in renewable energy. The initial project saw the installation of a 686kWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant on the roof of the winery and the packing shed, which generates an average of 2,800kWh daily, enough to run the winery and feeds surplus energy to the internal grid supplying the rest of the estate. Delegates will be hosted by SPS Africa and given the opportunity to visit and see the innovative energy-efficiency solar project.

What to learn? 

Lourensford prides itself in its energy saving in the winery as well as on the broader estate. Delegates will be informed and educated on methods that the winery uses to save on energy, such as the smart metering that was installed for real-time computerised measuring of electricity usage to effectively guide future practices.  They will learn about the procedures which have been put in place regarding the main switch of the compressors on the farm and they will also be equipped with knowledge of how the winery saves energy on the broader estate. This includes homesteads on the farms being switched to prepaid meters, timers and blankets installed on geysers, inverters installed on pumps to ease start-ups, etc.

Itinerary

12:00-13:00 | Travel to Lourensford

12:00 – 13:30 | Lunch and wine tasting at the Lourensford wine farm.
Location: Lourensford Road, Somerset West, Cape Town, 3710

14:00-14:30 | Lourensford solar installation   Lourensford Road, Somerset West, Cape Town, 3710

This tour will take delegates to two Eskom sites in the Western Cape: A newly electrified area at Mfuleni just outside Cape Town. The group will then travel to Worcester to visit the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) installed at the Hex Substation. The Hex Substation is situated in an industrial area on the outskirts of Worcester close to the Hex River. The BESS will provide ancillary support in terms of enhanced frequency control of the network, reactive power support, and improved quality of supply performance near existing Distributed Generation Renewable Energy plants.

Babylonstoren Wine Farm

Attending delegates will then travel to the Babylonstoren Wine farm which is one of the oldest Cape Dutch wine farms that is set at the foot of Simonsberg in the Franschhoek wine valley. They will be treated to a wine-tasting lunch for the rest of the afternoon before travelling back to the CTICC.

Itinerary

07:00-07:30 | Participants are to gather at the meeting point/venue. Tea & coffee will be served  CTICC, Cape Town
07:30-08:30 | Travel to Mfuleni
08:30-09:30 | Eskom Mfuleni Electrification site visit  – Cape Town
09:30-11:00 | Travel to Worcester
11:00-12:00 | HEX BESS site visit
12:00-13:00 | Travel to Babylonstoren Wine Farm
13:00-14:15 |  Lunch and wine tasting at Babylonstoren
14:15-15:30 | Travel back to CTICC

Indemnity Reminder: Please ensure you sign the indemnity form before embarking on the Distribution Tour.

The generation innovation tour is compromises of two sites that our attending delegates will get to see. The Vinaqua Wastewater Treatment Facility for the biogas installation, as well as touring the Vrede en Lust wine farm for the solar installation.

Vinaqua Wastewater Treatment Facility

Attending delegates and site visit ticket holders will join us for a day of generation innovation in the South African beverage industry. The site tour will take attendees to the Vinaqua Wastewater, which is a Treatment Facility in Worcester. The facility was built for beverage maker Distell and their partner Brenn-o-kem to recycle wastewater produced from their distilleries and turn their organic waste into a useful resource.

Itinerary

08:30-09:00 | Participants to gather at meeting point/venue. Tea & coffee will be served  CTICC, Cape Town

09:00-10:00 |  Travel to Worcester  CTICC, Cape Town
10:00-11:00 |  Biogas installation – Distell

Indemnity Reminder: Please ensure you sign the indemnity form before embarking on the Generation Innovation Tour.

Vrede en Lust Wine Farm

Attending delegates will travel to the Vrede en Lust, where they will be first treated to a wine tasting lunch at the farm. It will be followed by a tour of the Vrede en Lust solar installation.

What to learn?

According to Vrede en Lust, they have an impressive installation of solar panels occupying an expansive stretch in the vineyards. It allows the farm to operate completely independently from the national grid during sunlight hours, supplying sufficient electricity for the running of the cellar, restaurant, offices, wine tasting and the entire hospitality division, even during high season. This installation was built in 2013, the solar installation is one of the biggest of its kind in the South African wine industry. In its first year of operation, it allowed Vrede en Lust Estate to save 297.92 TCO2 – thereby contributing towards cutting its carbon footprint by nearly half.

Itinerary

11:00-12:00 |  Travel to Vreede en Lust

12:00-13:30 | Lunch and Winetasting at Vreede en Lust/Babylonstoren

13:30-13:45 | Vreede en Lust Solar Installation

Location: Intersection R45 & Klapmuts Rd, Suimondium, Western Cape

13:45-14:45  |

14:45-16:00  | Travel back to CTICC

Indemnity Reminder: Please ensure you sign the indemnity form before embarking on the Generation Innovation Tour.