South Africa’s first independent landfill gas-to-power project has begun generation in Johannesburg, providing 3megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity, enough to supply more than 5 500 homes. Project developer ENERGY Systems has started...
Ministers from governments across Africa have renewed their call for a strong, new universal climate change agreement and increased flows of funds, through market and finance opportunities, sufficient to fulfill Africa’s development aspirations....
The sixth Africa Carbon Forum will take place in Windhoek, Namibia at the start of next month to support Africa’s participation in global carbon markets and catalyse green investment opportunities. At this year’s forum participants will learn about...
The National Treasury has published the Carbon Offsets Paper for public comment. The paper outlines proposals for a carbon offset scheme that will enable businesses to lower their carbon tax liability and make investments that will reduce...
Promethium Carbon has received an award in recognition of its outstanding contribution to Africa’s economic growth and development evidenced by the number of Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) methodologies and projects in South Africa, Namibia and...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) is engaged in a Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Project based on landfill gas recovery and flaring at four of its landfills. The latest phase – Phase 3 – involved the expansion of the active LFG...
In response to the Infrastructurene.ws newsletter disseminated on October 25, the City of Cape Town responded with the following information with regards solid waste minimisation efforts. The reporting was incorrect on some of the detail and the...
The Department of Environmental Affairs, along with Jeffares and Green as the consultants, has launched the National Organic Waste Composting Strategy which will is aimed at all stakeholders who play a role in the management of organic waste in the...
Please click on the link below for the correction made to this story, regarding the City of Cape Town. Cape Town and Joburg come to the party for solid waste minimisation The diversion of waste to landfill is not only a focal point for...
