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IDCOL Biogas and Bio-fertilizer Program
IDCOL has been implementing a biogas programme in Bangladesh since 2006 with support from the World Bank, KfW Development Bank and SNV Netherlands Development Organization, financing over 56,500 biogas plants through December 2020 across 38 partner organisations.
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Storage of manure for biogas plant, in RDA Bogra Geographic context.Location context · Ibrahim Husain Meraj · CC BY-SA 3.0 · 2016 · Resized; display cropImage source ↗Licence ↗
OperatorIDCOL, with 38 partner organisations (including Grameen Shakti)
EcosystemHousehold and farm biogas digesters
Standardfinanced via World Bank, KfW Development Bank and SNV support; National Domestic Biogas and Manure Program (NDBMP) officially recognised May 2010
StatusActive
LocationNationwide, Bangladesh
Overview
Inside the project
IDCOL has been implementing biogas program in Bangladesh since 2006 with support from the World Bank, KfW Development Bank, and SNV Netherlands Development Organization.
The programme reports it saves 54,200 tons of firewood every year, worth an estimated USD 4.27 million, and reduces 216,400 tons of CO2 consumption per annum.
56,500+ biogas plants
Financed through Dec 2020
60,000 plants
Target by 2021
216,400 tons CO2
Reduced per annum
Objectives
- Finance household and farm biogas plants nationwide
- Reduce firewood use and CO2 emissions from cooking fuel
Approach
- IDCOL finances household and farm biogas plants through 38 partner organisations, supported by the World Bank, KfW and SNV.
Sources
Inspect 2 sources
- idcol.org ↗https://idcol.org/home/dbiogas
- arsbd.org ↗https://arsbd.org/biogas-program/
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