On this page you will find information on courses given by FACT.

 

 

FACT Intensive Course on Biofuels – Indonesia

From 18 until 31 january 2010, Winfried Rijssenbeek  and Ywe Jan Franken from FACT have  given a succesful training on biofuels to a selection of lecturers from Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY). This training was  accommodated by the many demands from the community and small industries in Yogyakarta and Central Java to UMY to help them to reduce their energy cost by replacing fossil fuel by renewable and sustainable energy. At the end of the course all participants had gained a sound understanding of feedstock, conversion routes, uses of bioenergy, socio-economics, sustainability issues and project proposals.

Altogether the lectures (including guest lectures from prominent Indonesian biofuel specialists) and several excursions inspired the participants to produce several very promising proposals for bio-energy in the region. FACT will continue to give follow-up assistance in the future.UMY so far lacked sufficient knowledge about bio-energy subjects to supply this demand. Eindhoven Center for Sustainability (TU/e) and UMY take part in a joint project for Indonesia Facility (INDF) - EVD to build a BIO Energy Center of Excellence which runs from 2009 until 2011. FACT was asked to supply the knowledge on biofuels.

 

 

 

The sheets from the course can be found here:

Bioethanol
Biofuel Technology Options
Course Setup
Dual Fuel
Financial Economical
Gasification
General Organisation
Indonesia Grass Biogas
Organising Projects
Political Legal Aspects
World Renewables

 

Training course on Cultivation of Jatropha

On September 14 2009 FACT held its first first training course on Jatropha Cultivation, which washeld in Bilibiza, Cabo Delgado (near Pemba) Mozambique, from 14 to 26 September 2009. 

The course is aimed at capacity building, with both theoretical and practical hands on training, of practitioners project leaders, extension officers and other people involved in similar projects, working with small farmers,  within SADC countries, having an agricultural background in education and/or practical experience.