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Biogas

Climate crisis: Look to circular economies
Opinion
/ 24 May 2025

Climate crisis: Look to circular economies

Producing cement, plastic, steel, aluminium and food causes greenhouse gases, but a circular economy can reduce emissions

By Helen Grange
Sweet and sour future for sugar power in eSwatini
The Green Guardian
/ 24 October 2022

Sweet and sour future for sugar power in eSwatini

Companies in the country are using dry sugarcane waste to generate electricity

By Phathizwe Zulu
FREE TO READ: Get this week’s M&G
Article
/ 8 July 2019

FREE TO READ: Get this week’s M&G

Blurb: Read the July 5 to 11 edition of the Mail & Guardian

By Staff Reporter
Raw power dumped on farms
Article
/ 5 July 2019

Raw power dumped on farms

About 500 tonnes of sewage is trucked daily across Gauteng and disposed of on mielie fields instead of being used to make biogas

By Kevin Davie
Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste
Article
/ 14 June 2019

Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste

The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity

By Kevin Davie
Waste not, want not power plant
Article
/ 29 October 2015

Waste not, want not power plant

Determined engineer Sean Thomas’s green dream of a biogas plant in Bronkhorstspruit is paying off after years of delays.

By Lynley Donnelly and Roger Friedman
Don’t pooh-pooh the benefits of biogas
Article
/ 21 December 2012

Don’t pooh-pooh the benefits of biogas

Biogas digesters, which are commonly seen in many Asian countries, are among the most viable immediate green energy prospects in South Africa.

By Teigue Payne

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