SABIA Biogas Study Tour Johannesburg · Friday 19 June 2026
Technical Study TourOperational bioenergy site visits in South Africa - Friday 19 June
A curated field programme connecting Bio360 Africa participants with real-world biogas, waste-to-energy and landfill gas projects operating across community, industrial and municipal contexts.
From community biogas to municipal methane mitigation
The 2026 Study Tour has been designed to show how bioenergy solutions are being deployed in practice, across different scales and operating environments.
3operational site visits
286 kmapproximate total route
1 dayfocused technical exchange
Sites included
Each visit brings a different lens on African bioenergy deployment: social impact, commercial-scale anaerobic digestion, and landfill gas recovery.
Site 1 · Hammanskraal
St Camillus Primary School Biogas Project
A school-based biogas project using food waste from school meals to generate gas for cooking and bio-slurry for a food garden.
Community biogasFood wasteBio-slurry
Site 2 · Bronkhorstspruit
Bronkhorstspruit Biogas Plant
A South African industrial-scale waste-to-energy biogas plant operated by Bio2Watt, digesting organic waste to generate green baseload electricity.
Industrial ADOrganic wasteBaseload power
Site 3 · Johannesburg
Robinson Deep Landfill Gas-to-Energy
A landfill gas project extracting methane from decomposing waste to generate renewable electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Landfill gasMethane mitigationMunicipal waste
Programme
Departure and return from Gallagher Convention Centre. Timings remain subject to final operational confirmation.
08:30
Meet at Gallagher Convention Centre
For 09:00 departure
Start
10:15–11:00
St Camillus School, Hammanskraal
Community-scale biogas and bio-slurry use
77.2 km · ±1h
11:20–12:30
Bronkhorstspruit Biogas Plant
Industrial-scale anaerobic digestion and electricity generation
92.1 km · ±1h10
14:00–15:00
Robinson Deep Landfill
Landfill gas recovery, methane mitigation and power generation
86.1 km · ±1h15
16:15
Return to Gallagher Convention Centre
End of Study Tour
31.1 km · ±30min
Total route: approximately 286.5 km. Total programme duration: approximately 7 hours 15 minutes.
A participation contribution will apply to cover bus transport, lunch and refreshments.
Why participate?
- See operational African bioenergy systems in real deployment conditions.
- Exchange directly with project operators, technical experts and sector stakeholders.
- Understand practical lessons around feedstocks, operations, maintenance and replication.
- Connect with a focused group of project developers, municipalities, investors, technology providers and industrial users.
Key themes explored
- Decentralised biogas and circular community systems.
- Industrial anaerobic digestion and baseload renewable electricity.
- Municipal waste, landfill gas and methane emissions reduction.
- Bioenergy project replication across African markets.
Registration opening soon
Places will be limited to maintain a high-quality technical exchange environment. Registration will be managed through SABIA.
Register here coming soon