A landmark project that converts gas from household waste into electricity was officially launched in Durban, South Africa, last week. While other countries have been generating energy from waste for sometime now, this project is the first of its kind in Africa. The plant captures harmful methane gas from a landfill site and produces eight megawatts of electricity.
This is good for the environment. Millions of cubic metres of greenhouse gases that would otherwise have escaped into the atmosphere each year, contributing to global warming, will now be converted into clean electricity.
Furthermore, the electricity generated from waste is expected to generate huge profits for the eThekwini Municipality. The R100 million project was funded by the city, the departments of trade and industry and energy, and the French Development Bank which lent R58 million.
According to a city official, they will be able to pay off the debt in four years and after that it will be a massive profit for the city. The national government is also greatly impressed by the project and had asked Durban to help other cities to start generating electricity from waste.
I would like to see the other cities in South Africa emulating Durban’s example. And I hope that other African countries will also learn from the South Africans.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackThis is indeed a great development and one worth emulating in all citites of the world.
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This is a great project, surely more countries and cities should also adapt a similar measure
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really nice information. every country should start this type of projects. they can save lots of money.
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Every country should start this type of projects. they can save lots of money.
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We need to embrace that idea here in the US. We import too much oil and it’s going to get worse as China and Russia start to get bigger and stronger.
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I hope other countries will follow suit. This is a worthwhile project which both helps the community and the environment.
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I was involved in this project as one of the Engineers involved in design, which started with the concept back in 2003, so I am delighted to see all the positive comments on your blog.
However, the Bisasar Road Energy from Gas installation was the last and final of three landfills which formed this project. The project overall was the first in South Africa, but energy generation actually started on the earlier sites in 2007.
I don’t know whether you allow links but this one is completely relevant. You can read a pdf about the project here: http://www.resource-india.net/CivilEngNov2007.pdf
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Clement Nyirenda says:
June 28th, 2010 at 5:01 am
Wow! Good to hear from you as one of the designers of this project. I was thrilled when I read about it. The link that you have provided gives me even more information.
I would like to know if some more projects of this nature are being earmarked for African countries.
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A great post, thank you for sharing this information! I hope it gets recognized around the world as it’s a worthwhile cause!
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This is definately the way of the future. That and solar power.
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This is good news that Africa has made another way to make use of the waste materials. This will definitely a big help in our environment and would be a better example to other countries as well.
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