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The City of Johannesburg is looking to adopt technology used by an American city to generate power to help alleviate the electricity crisis in the metropolis.
This follows a visit by Mayor Parks Tau and other City officials to Oregon, Portland, to study and assess the feasibility of that city’s power generation through in-pipe hydropower systems.
Tau said the City would explore harnessing energy from water flowing through the citywide pipe system using in-pipe turbines to mitigate load shedding.
Tau was accompanied on the visit by MMC for Environment, Infrastructure and Service Delivery, Matshidiso Mfikoe; Joburg Water managing director, Lungile Dhlamini; and City Power managing director, Sicelo Xulu.
Details: Mayoral Communications 072 360 1533.