Domestic biogas plants in Nepal

This week I’ve been looking at some of the visionary renewable energy projects going on in developing countries. To round off the week I thought I’d highlight the work of the Biogas Sector Partnership in Nepal.

The Biogas Sector Partnership has managed the installation of more than 150,000 domestic biogas plants in Nepal. The plants use cattle manure to provide biogas for cooking and lighting. Households with biogas plants have a greatly reduced need for burning fuelwood, making significant savings on carbon emissions.

The use of cattle dung to generate biogas is well known in the Indian subcontinent, but the Nepal project is the biggest of its kind and has been a great success.

Biogas already serves one million people in Nepal (4% of the population) and the sector provides 11,000 permanent jobs. The project is a great example of how small scale can be transformed onto a much bigger scale!

Find out more about the Biogas Sector Partnership project on the Ashden Awards website - where you can also find lots of other interesting case studies.