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National Domestic Biogas Programme (NDBP)

Rwanda's government has run a household and institutional biogas dissemination programme since 2007, installing 10,200 domestic digesters plus 86 institutional digesters in secondary schools and prisons, aimed at cutting wood and charcoal demand and improving health.

Nationwide, including schools and prisons, RwandaHousehold and institutional biogas digestersnone
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OperatorGovernment of Rwanda (Rwanda Energy Group / EDCL, with SNV training support)
EcosystemHousehold and institutional biogas digesters
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StatusActive
LocationNationwide, including schools and prisons, Rwanda
Overview

Inside the project

Government has put in place an elaborate programme for disseminating bio digesters in households, schools and prisons to reduce demand for wood and charcoal and improve people's health since 2007, the National Domestic Biogas Programme (NDBP).

Since the beginning of the programme, 10,200 domestic biogas digesters have been installed in households.

10,200 digesters
Domestic, installed since 2007
86 digesters
Institutional (schools, prisons)

Objectives

  • Reduce demand for wood and charcoal through biogas digesters
  • Improve household and institutional health outcomes

Approach

  • Rwanda Energy Group / EDCL implements the programme, with SNV providing training support for biogas business development.

Sources

Inspect 1 source
  1. reg.rw ↗https://www.reg.rw/what-we-do/biomass/

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