biogas | Infrastructure news - Part 2

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Biogas: The energy of the future?

It is envisaged that Johannesburg may become the first city in South Africa to convert its entire fleet of buses to carbon-free fuel. This follows a pilot project earlier this year with Metrobus that resulted in positive feedback. “The city...
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Upscaling sanitation in Kenya

The Kisumu Water and Sewage Company has received a €1.2 million grant from the African Water Facility to support an innovative project that will provide sanitation services for residents in the Manyatta settlement in Kisumu, Kenya. It will also...
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Joburg’s Green Revolution

The City of Johannesburg is conducting a Green Revolution to meet the challenged posed by climate change. During his State of the Province Address, Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau said the city would increase its efforts to combat climate change,...

Rwanda energy an opportunity for investors

Insufficient energy in Rwanda is not only one of the country’s biggest challenges, but also one of its biggest opportunities. During a working visit to Rwanda, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) President Elizabeth Littlefield said,...

Ethiopian government backs biogas packs

A biogas project in Ethiopia is taking the expense, environmental impact and back-ache out of energy generation. The biogas backpack uses a balloon-like bag to transport renewable energy to underprivileged, rural areas. Source: eNCAnews Source URL:...
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Biogas to power pilot project

The conversion of biogas to power is rapidly growing in stature across the globe. In some countries biogas is used to power vehicles, but the most common application is of biogas-to-electricity. There are numerous environmental benefits of this...
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France to receive four new biogas plants

Biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower GmbH has made the next step in its successful export strategy, as together with the partner Domaix Energie in Alsace, the company from Germany has started rolling out four agricultural biogas plant projects...