Benefits of Investment in Biofuels Twofold
by Halima Frost (Creamer Media’s Engineering News) The South African biogas sector can attract up to R250-billion in local and international investment and contribute to a 15% reduction in the total greenhouse-gas emissions generated by the country, says Southern African Biogas Industry Association (Sabia) general secretary Alberto Borello.
“The local biogas sector in 2020 includes 30 industrial-scale biogas plants and about 300 micro digesters, with the potential to establish 2 400 industrial biogas plants by 2030.”
Currently, the installation of 1 250 MW may be financially viable, and can contribute to the creation of 30 000 permanent jobs and 142 000 temporary jobs.
Speaking at the inaugural World Biogas eFestival, hosted online by the World Biogas Association (WBA), last month, Borello said the amount of organic waste that South Africa is collecting and disposing to landfills could easily be converted into biogas and generate more than 10 GW of power.
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He also discussed the recent ban on the disposal of organic liquid into landfills and the implementation of a separate collection for organic by-products in the major urban areas. This will then necessitate the construction of plants to process the organic liquid and transform the municipal organic waste into a resource. READ MORE