Joburg commissions first of five gas-to-energy projects

"The City of Johannesburg commissioned its first landfill gas-to-energy project, with a further four sites to follow over the next 12 months."..."Through the Infrastructure and Services Department (ISD), Johannesburg initiated the landfill gas-to-energy Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in 2007."..."The project would make use of five of the city’s landfill sites including Marie Louise, Robinson Deep, Ennerdale, Linbro Park and Goudkoppies landfills."..."The Robinson Deep landfill gas-to-energy project, which would be fully operational by June, was the first to be completed, and would be followed by the commissioning of Marie Louise landfill in August, and the rest by June 2012."..."It was expected that the renewable energy generated would be fed into the municipal grid, thus off-setting largely coal-derived electricity."..."“When completed this will be the biggest landfill gas-to-energy project in South-Africa,” said Johannesburg ISD representative Palesa Mathibeli." Extracted from this Engineering News article