Months of planning and hard work have paid off for EWB-Wits’s Biodiesel team: the first batch of biodiesel fuel has been produced. The project, lead by Robert Louw, has been constructed to convert waste cooking oil from the dining halls and various vehicles that operate on Wits campus to a useable fuel. The plant is situated on West Campus and operates as a 200l batch process based on the Appelseed design.
As renewable energy, waste reduction and carbon emissions are carrying increasing weight in local conversations, the visionary team pioneered this plant to show what is possible. No doubt, it is time that projects of this nature are adopted in South Africa on a larger scale. Plans are being hatched to extend the project to other campuses across the country.
Congratulations to the project team lead by Robert Louw – this is really quite an achievement. The project is done in partnership with Oricol Environmental Services.
