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.
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 an injera kitchen, grain milling, irrigation, a lighted study area, refrigeration, phone charging, and other commercial opportunities for community members. This is currently under development along with a larger, community digester that will produce saleable fertilizer and electricity, including several proposals to the IDRC of Canada, Eco Energy Fund of Finland and The New Venture Fund from the USA.
Current Partners and Collaborators
- Debre Tabor University Technology Transfer, Ethiopia
- Addis Ababa Science and Technology University, Ethiopia
- Debre Tabor University Chemical Engineering, Ethiopia
- Debre Tabor University Internet of Things, Ethiopia
- Lettinga Associates Foundation, The Netherlands
- CUSO International, Canada
- Energy Office of Ethiopia