Salford company switches on South Africa’s biggest landfill gas generation scheme

Salford-based Ylem Energy has switched on South Africa's biggest landfill gas-to-power project.

Ylem's South African subsidiary ENERGY Systems has begun generating renewable power at the Robinson Deep landfill site in Johannesburg - providing enough green electricity to supply more than 5,500 homes.

This is the first stage of Ylem's £7.2 million investment in five landfill gas generation plants in Johannesburg - and is the largest project of its kind ever developed in South Africa.

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