Manure-to-Power Plant in Heidelberg

Independent Power Producer (IPP) Lesedi Biogas Project (LBP) is planning to build one of the world’s largest open-air feedlot manure-to-power projects in the world, in Heidelberg, near Johannesburg, Gauteng. The proposed power generation station, which would have a mid-merit output rate of about 5,3 MW. The project will cost about R150-million to develop. The project would be situated at the Karan Beef Feedlot, with the beef and beef product supplier supplying all the manure from its feedlot to the IPP. Karan Beef had initially agreed to supply LBP with 110 000 t/y of manure, which would result in the production of 3,8 MW of base-load power and 6,2 MW of peaking power.