
Week 16: Steelpoort Reaches 2,000 Plants Milestone
Our pilot project has achieved a significant milestone with over 2,000 OFI cactus plants now established across 1.2 hectares of previously degraded land in Stee
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Our pilot project has achieved a significant milestone with over 2,000 OFI cactus plants now established across 1.2 hectares of previously degraded land in Stee

On September 24, 2025, TerraFerm Africa officially broke ground on the Steelpoort pilot facility, marking the beginning of Southern Africa's first commercial-scale OFI cactus-to-biomethane project.

PIC’s newly approved gas strategy is underwriting the flexibility layer South Africa needs to scale renewables—expanding the lane for biomethane as a dispatchable, pipeline-compatible molecule produced from degraded land.


Sasol's October 31, 2025 keynote outlined a comprehensive biomethane strategy, revealing feedstock requirements, gas network integration, and partnership models that directly inform TFA's commercial deployment.
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