GREEN ENERGY WORKSHOP - Grand Bahama (High School)

The training workshop is designed to develop skills in Grand Bahama to produce clean biofuels/bioenergy from the abundantly available urban and agro/natural biomass in order to contribute to:

• Inclusive growth and access to modern energy for Bahamians and residents

• Creation of jobs, businesses, and industries

• Industrialization of rural areas

• Reduction of GHG emissions due to the use of charcoal, wood and fossil fuels

WHO WILL ATTEND?

This five–day training is aimed at high school students with a concentration on female students. This training will only accommodate 50 participants, on a first come first serve basis. Interested students will be invited to sign up via our website www.femstembahamas.org

TRAINING CONTENT:

• What is biodiesel? – short class

• Various uses and applications of biodiesel – short class

• Introduction to feedstocks for biodiesel production – short class + samples

• Production of biodiesel from clean cooking oil and waste cooking oil – practical

• Production of cooking oil - practical

• Varying different types of catalysts – practical

• Potential for symbiotic biogas/bio CNG and bioelectricity production – remarks

• Demonstrating use of biodiesel – practical/demo

• Care and maintenance of biodiesel micro refinery – practical

• Demonstrating the use of biodiesel – practical/demo

• Lab production and safety standards.

• The fundamentals of biodiesel business.