Services in ethiopia
2020
Starting in 2020, Off-Grid Gas entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Debre Tabor University in Debre Tabor, Ethiopia, with the joint goal of developing technology to process the invasive water hyacinth into biogas, electricity, fertilizer, and other products.
Services in ethiopia
2021
We have begun by building several household scale digesters on Lake Tana with the support of the Ethiopian Energy Office, and began research on the use of hyacinth pulp, including analysis and trials at Debre Tabor University. Monitoring of gas production on site has now begun, and we continue to develop technology for the efficient use of hyacinth in this context. Thank you to JAC Fund from the United Kingdom for supporting this work. Photo to the left shows bioslurry pit and overflow from the underground concrete digester built to process mashed water hyacinth and cow dung.
Services in ethiopia
2022
We also began converting local gasoline generators to produce electricity from biogas on Lake Tana, which can provide useful services such as as grain milling, a lighted study area, refrigeration, phone charging, and other opportunities for community members near Emfraz on Lake Tana.
Partners and Suppliers
- Debre Tabor University, Ethiopia
- Energy Office of Ethiopia
- Dollar's Generator Repair Shop, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
- Pro-quip Sales Inc., Calgary, Canada
Services in ethiopia
2023
See our youtube video on the JAC project, produced in February 2023
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcAxJklQrbo
Photo: head-cabbage field trials using bioslurry (digestate) fertilizer, 2023