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How bizarre! I was working with biogas strategy in Cambodia a few months back. Biogas is taking off in the area and I will forward information to you today...
- Biogas stoves have been proved worldwide as a sustainable alternative to solar, as well as tasting better!
- Biogas Stoves: DTW already produce biogas stoves in country www.dtw.org.kh. They produce them at a relatively low cost and have been distributed country wide. They are a great organisation as they are a social enterprise and positively employ people with disabilities. If you’re looking for an off-the-shelf local production this would be the place to go.
- Biogas Lamps: I think DTW sell them; if not again these should be available in Phnom Phen.
Biogas Digesters: I budgeted around $1000 for a decent digester (plus or minus). National Biogas Digester installs digesters in several counties; and will be able to provide you with further information on costs. Please be careful on maintenance and training; it is easy to install a digester but the problems occur in cultural acceptance, ownership and day-to-day running of the digester! https://www.nbp.org.kh/
If you have more specific questions please get in touch... If so please specific the following as well... • What NGO is the request coming from (we may on the off chance have an expert who has worked with them before)... • Which region you are working in? • What is currently available regionally? (Materials, labour, expertise, cultural awareness etc?) • If you could also feedback if this was useful that would be great!
Lastly I have a load of PDF docs on biogas and biogas stoves. This totals over 9 MB! This is very general information, so I don’t know if you need it. If so, I will send it through in small zipped attachments. No specifics on cost or anything like that...
Regards,
Mohammed
