Someone

somewhere has found a solution

The PACE project was started to help organisations in one part of Africa get the benefits from the ideas and experiences of people working in other parts. By sharing ideas we dont have to start from zero, we can learn from other peoples experiences and share our own findings with them, so everyone benefits. The film were watching today has been shared with people in 22 countries.

GOOD or BAD?
Sort these FUELS from BEST to WORST. Theres no right
answer so think about why youve chosen that order.
GOOD

Your legs A cowpat

Methane

A banana skin Coal A tree Sunshine

A waterfall

The North Wind

BAD

Uranium

If you were a farmer in Tanzania, would you install a biogas system?

BENEFITS TO MY FAMILY PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME

Activity 1

Find out more Also known as

(A mixture of gases)

Used for lighting and

What is it made from?

Biogas

Benefits:

How is it made:..

..

What is biogas?
A mixture of methane and carbon dioxide

CH4

CO2

Methane or swamp gas, produced naturally in What is this? swampy ponds

What is it used for?

Biogas is a fuel used as an energy source for light, heat or movement

How is it made?
Biogas is produced by the breakdown of organic waste by bacteria without oxygen (anaerobic digestion or fermentation).
Leftover food from houses,
shops, restaurants and factories

Leftover straw What types of organic waste Cow, sheep and Sewage could be turned in biogas? and crops from chicken manure farming Leftover meat and blood from abattoirs

How is it made?
Biogas is made by fermenting organic waste in a biogas digester.

Digesters vary from small household systems

.to large commercial plants of several thousand cubic metres

Holsworthy Biogas Plant, Devon

 It can also be captured from landfill sites where organic waste has been rotting under the ground

KEYWORDS
environmental greenhouse gases Anaerobic digestion
Electricity generators at Holsworthy

biogas
electricity methane organic waste

manure pollution

CREATE A SENTENCE USING THE KEYWORDS TO COMPARE THE TWO CASE STUDIES

Katakwas biogas stove