While solar and wind energy tend to attract the most attention in the renewable energy space inSouth Africa, developments in biogas could make it an increasingly viable option.
With the help of an international partner, South African waste management company EnviroServ has developed an anaerobic digestion (AD) system, which can turn biodegradable material into biogas. This can be used as a vehicle fuel and as fossil fuel replacements in boilers. It can also be converted into electricity.
“At the right scale, the biogas can be upgraded and compressed and used to fuel everything from cars and trucks to forklifts,” EnviroServ director Pierre Fourie tells Engineering News Online.
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With the help of an international partner, South African waste management company EnviroServ has developed an anaerobic digestion (AD) system, which can turn biodegradable material into biogas. This can be used as a vehicle fuel and as fossil fuel replacements in boilers. It can also be converted into electricity.
“At the right scale, the biogas can be upgraded and compressed and used to fuel everything from cars and trucks to forklifts,” EnviroServ director Pierre Fourie tells Engineering News Online.
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