Biogas4All - Actual Production

Overview

The benefits of biogas production are enormous, both direct and indirect to the immediate end users, and the wider society. Clean and sustainable biogas energy is used for cooking and lighting thus saving users costs associated with other sources of energy, mostly fossil fuel energy.

► Biogas - Costs and Benefits

2012 - Actual Production of Biogas

Africa

2012		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
ESA	Ethiopia	114	92											206
	Kenya	281	271											552
	Rwanda	42	52											94
	Tanzania	78	102											180
	Uganda	85	75											160
WCA	Bukina Faso	51	38											89
	Senegal	7	2											9
	Benin	0	0											0
	Cameroun	0	0											0
	Total	658	632											1290
	ABPP tot	616	580											1196
	Monthly Growth (%)	-4%	-100%
	share	51%	49%

2011 - Actual Production of Biogas

Africa

2011		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total
ESA	Ethiopia	78	50	155	81	46	195	104	79	68	122	287	-	1265
	Kenya	182	186	171	147	156	202	210	253	257	272	254	-	2290
	Rwanda	33	50	81	65	82	84	79	80	43	73	54	61	785
	Tanzania	75	76	90	76	104	125	164	134	192	133	164	-	1333
	Uganda	103	95	103	75	93	91	146	123	118	115	102	-	1164
WCA	Bukina Faso	16	44	27	40	31	50	72	62	59	62	70	-	533
	Senegal	6	17	18	16	53	17	27	11	18	23	13	-	219
	Benin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	-	16
	Cameroon	0	0	4	2	6	4	0	1	4	2	7	-	30
	Total	493	526	649	502	571	768	802	743	759	802	967	0	7574
	ABPP tot	460	468	564	435	483	680	723	662	712	727	890	0	6804
	Monthly Growth (%)		7	23	-23	14	35	4	--7%	2%	6%		-

Further Information

• Biogas Portal on energypedia
• Cooking with Biogas
• Biogas Applicances
• Have a look at the Forecast 2014
• Further information about the african biogas program can be found at the SNV webpage / Biogas.
• Optimization of the Biogas Production Process
• Africa Biogas Partnership Programme