New Africa Clean Energy - Makhado South Africa bioenergy training

About this project

Norad supports New Africa Clean Energy with training of technical staff for the operation and maintenance of itsTimbadola bioenergy combined heat and power plant, is positioned to be the first biomass-based CHP built within the solid wood products industry of Southern Africa. The plant will burn waste products from local forestry and supply electricity into the grid, as well as heating to the local processing. In addition to allowing NACE to us local staff to operate the plant, training engineers in the plant's construction and maintenance may allow them to more heavily rely on local expertise when scaling up several more plants in the future.

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 7Affordable and Clean Energy
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13Climate Action

Published by

Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation · Government

Countries

South Africa

Sectors

Biofuel-fired power plants

Focus

Environment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Main focus

Funded by

Norwegian Government

Implemented by

New Africa Clean Energy Ltd.

Passes funds through

Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation

Published by Norad - Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 15 Dec 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: NO-BRC-971277882-RSA-24/0004.

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