The South African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA) will be launched at the Africa Energy Indaba in February 2013 by experts who believe that biogas should no longer be lumped together with other alternative energy sources, but holds enough...
Biogas digesters, which are commonly seen in many Asian countries, are among the most viable immediate green energy prospects in South Africa. There are a number of different biogas technologies, but generally it is produced from decaying organic...
While the concept of extracting energy from organic waste is definitely not something new, most people are of the assumption that these bio-energy solutions are only reserved for large refuse dumps and industrial-sized companies. This is not true....
A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating electricity, income and well-being. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened women’s domestic burdens and even put a little money in some...
A whopping 30MW annually could be saved by cash-conscious South African municipalities should their water treatment plants decide to switch off Eskom and switch on the electricity-generating potential of methane-rich biogas. That’s according...
The agricultural and biogas sectors of South Africa are set to benefit from the revolutionary new environmentally-friendly SEPCOM solids-liquid separator introduced to the local market in 2011 by WAMGROUP, manufacturer of screw conveyors and...
Two biogas scrubbing and cogeneration – combined heat and power (CHP) plant –are scheduled for the Northern Wastewater Treatment Works and the Driefontein Wastewater Treatment Works. Until now, the biogas produced by the WWTW plants has been used...
