Waste turned into biogas for household
Type de pratique Recover
Nom de la pratique Waste turned into biogas for household
Nom de l’acteur principal BIOTECH, agency of the Indian Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources in Kerala, South India
Type d’acteur(s) ONG
Pays India
Etape de mise en œuvre Fin de vie
Année de mise en œuvre 2005
Opérations déjà accomplies/en cours BIOTECH is an agency of the Indian Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources in Kerala, South India. It develops and installs plants
that generate biogas from domestic biodegradable waste such as cooked food waste, vege table waste and
waste water from kitchens (5 kg of kitchen waste produce one cubic meter of biogas, which is enough to meet
about 50 percent of daily cooking needs for a family of 3 to 5 people). BIOTECH has also established decentralized
plants for the anaerobic digestion of organic market waste or municipal solid or slaughterhouse waste. The
electricity generated from the decentralized plants is used for street lightning and distributed to households.
Furthermore, in 2003, the Appropriate Rural Technology Institute (ARTI) developed a compact biogas plant for
the treatment of organic waste at the household level. It requires 1–2 kg of food waste per day and is compact
enough to be used by both rural and urban households. Approximately 2 000 such plants are currently in use
in households in Maharashtra, India, and a few ARTI biogas plants have also been installed in Tanzania.
Résultats et impacts Anaerobic digestion represents a great source of clean energy, able to replace carbon intensive traditional energy sources.