bio-waste Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:48:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Waste-to-Energy Plant Coming to South Africa https://www.greenoptimistic.com/waste-energy-plant-coming-south-africa-20160804/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/waste-energy-plant-coming-south-africa-20160804/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2016 19:48:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=60336 Exciting news coming from South Africa: a renewable energy project is underway that will provide electricity to households through waste management. The engineering company Black & Veatch, which originates from the U.S. and has existed for over 50 years, will be assisting the upcoming waste-to-energy (WTE) plant that will be stationed in Drakenstein. Sub-Saharan Africa […]

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