AFRICA
Brand added : “ It was the mainstream method from around 1940 to 1960 in the former Soviet Union , which had 15 power stations and plants mining over 15 million tonnes of coal , of which one is still operational in Uzbekistan . In South Africa Eskom is operating their first UCG pilot since 2007 at Majub Power Station by cofeeding the syngas into a boiler , and is currently involved in the EIA and permit application processes to increase the size to 100 MW .”
“ About 80 percent of the energy in the coal comes out in the gas to surface , making UCG a very efficient mining process . At the
CEO Johan Brand inspecting a Theunissen coal roof exploration core
Key Personnel
Johan Brand CEO
Johan Brand is a business and project management specialist that has the ability to find commercial cost effective results and his innovation on technical and business aspects often leads to ground breaking solutions . He was previously an employee of Sasol for 13 years and held the position of UCG Business Manager between 2006 and 2009 , responsible for the establishment and management of UCG as a Sasol business unit . Brand has worked throughout South Africa , other parts of Africa and Europe for large multinationals and start-ups .
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