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Reported by Jaycee Krüger in South Africa

A UK-based renewable energy firm is set to begin work on a South African project designed to convert harmful landfill gases into electricity. The company said that it has linked a partnership with a South African firm, and a public consultation process will start immediately with work on the project the $3m project at Pietermaritzburg, near Durban expected to start this February.

The project, the third such initiative in South Africa, will see harmful landfill gases such as methane captured and used to power a generator of two to three megawatts – enough power for up to 1,900 households.

Mr. Dave Cornish, general manager of the joint venture company formed to manage the project, stated that the extraction of methane will dramatically reduce the potential of fires and odours on the site, because there will be active gas management. With the extraction of landfill gas, the smelly gas - hydrogen sulphide - is not released because it is captured along with the landfill gas.

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Jaycee Kruger International Correspondent South Africa Jaycee Krüger, PMP, PrTechEng, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today in South Africa. He is also the Managing Director of the CMSS, trading as Construction Management Support Services. He has over 29 years of experience in project environments with increasing responsibility, on power, industrial and mining projects, including shutdowns and projects in remote locations. A Civil Engineer by training, Jaycee is active in the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering International (AACE), Project Management Institute (PMI), Project Management South Africa (PMSA), and the South African Institute of Civil Engineering (SAICE). Jaycee is based in Heidelberg, Gauteng, Johannesburg region, and can be reached at jckruger@greybeards.co.za. For additional information about Jaycee Krüger, visit http://www.pmforum.org/pm%20forum%20team/index.htm#Kruger.