AWB-BIC: All Woody Biomass - Biomass Integrated Combined Gasification Cycle

* Technical Challenges - Existing expertise and infrastructure in respect of `Working for Water` programmes and in respect of harvesting and eradication projects required for conversion to electricity. It may be simpler and less risky to generate new sources of renewable electricity rather than converting existing power stations to co-firing. * Cost Challenges - There may be as many as 40 viable projects, all having a 20-year lifetime - with significant capital investment required. Since residues from plantations, sugar bagasse, and agricultural residues are also included, some plants may have a longer viable lifetime. * Policy Challenges - The projects are feasible and well aligned with existing expertise and infrastructure in respect of `Working for Water` programmes. Integration with DEA `Working for Energy` required and incorporation into IPP programmes needed. * Environmental Challenges - The net impact on greenhouse gas emissions is sizable, despite land use change effects, given the significant reduction in GHG as CO2 equivalents in comparison to coal. If natural vegetation replaces invasives at more or less the same annual increment, LUC effects are near zero.