Biogas
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Sweet and sour future for sugar power in eSwatini
Companies in the country are using dry sugarcane waste to generate electricity
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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
Jozi’s biogas plant goes to waste
The Northern Works sewage plant could generate 4.2MW of power but is operating at 20% capacity
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.
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.