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One of South Africa’s biggest cities spending R93 million to turn waste into electricity | SA News

Caitlyn Hilliard-Lomas
 ·29 Mar 2026

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The City of Cape Town has allocated R93 million to a gas-to-power plant at the Coastal Park Landfill near Muizenberg, which converts waste gas into electricity.

The plant, which is powered by methane gas emissions from the decomposing refuse at the site, is part of a project that has generated enough energy to supply over 4,300 households.

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