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2013 - Energy-producing waterless toilet system (waterless toilet system that is linked to anaerobic digestion and fertilizer production systems in Antananarivo, Madagascar) - Various documents on results from research grant. Gardiner, V. Loowatt Ltd, UK. [415.93 KB]

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This library entry contains background documents for a grant that Virginia Gardiner is leading and which is funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. …

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2012 - Landscape Study of Investment Funds Investing in Fecal Sludge and Resource Recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa - External report. Chowdhry, S Consultancy report commissioned by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA. [715.37 KB]

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This report is a landscaping study of investors funding fecal sludge to energy enterprises in Africa, sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In gathering information for …

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2012 - Omni-Processor Landscaping Project. Kuchenrither, R. D., Stone, L., Haug, R. T. Consultancy report by WERF (Water Environment Research Foundation), commissioned by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, USA. [879.37 KB]

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established a global development program area, Water, Sanitation & Hygiene, which focuses on sanitation that works for the poor in developing …

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2011 - 4-in-1 biogas systems - Sanitation aspects & acceptance issues. CNSS China Node for Sustainable Sanitation, Beijing, China. [1.15 MB]

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China plays a leading role in the development and dissemination of household biogas technology. One of these technologies is the 4-in-1 biogas system, which has been promoted and …

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2011 - Biogas Systems. Ecosan Club (ed.) Sustainable Sanitation Practice (SSP), Issue 9. EcoSan Club, Austria. [1.5 MB]

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The scope of the study was to assess the strengths and weaknesses of existing household level biogas systems treating toilet waste as well as organic kitchen waste. The biogas …

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2011 - A glimpse into community and institutional biogas plants in Nepal. Forte, J. [2.46 MB]

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Biogas plants have a long and successfully history in Nepal. They provide energy for cooking and light dark rooms in a country where energy is a scarce and valuable resource. …

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2010 - Technology review of biogas sanitation - Biogas sanitation for blackwater, brown water or for excreta and organic household waste treatment and reuse in developing countries. Mang, H.-P., Li, Z. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). [3.33 MB]

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Anaerobic treatment units as part of an on-site decentralised or semi-decentralised wastewater treatment system are an alternative to centralised wastewater treatment systems due …

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2009 - Technical drawings and BoQ of decentralised wastewater treatment system (DEWATS) - EU-SIDA-GTZ EcoSan Promotion Project. GTZ EU-SIDA-GTZ Ecosan Promotion Project, Nairobi, Kenya. [1.19 MB]

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Planning institution: German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) …

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2008 - Biogas Toilets and use of methane in China. Mang, H.-P. [2.43 MB]

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Overview on the exsiting biogas solutions in China including the domestic use on the household level as well as for farms. …

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2008 - Performance assessment of Institutional Biogas systems in Rwanda. Munyehirwe, A., Kabanda, P. Inclusive Business and Consultancy Ltd. (IBC Ltd.) Kigali and GTZ, Rwanda. [1.06 MB]

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In September 2008, IBC‐Rwanda was contracted by GTZ to carry out a performance assessment of institutional biogas systems in the country. The main objective was to collect …

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2008 - Second supervisor training on biogas plant construction - Handout. Ullrich, G. PSDA program (Promotion of private sector development in agriculture), GTZ and AKUT, Nairobi, Kenya. [549.62 KB]

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2008 - Biogas production in climates with long cold winters. Balasubramaniyam, U., Zisengwe, L., Meriggi, N., Buysman, E. For Women in Europe for a Common Future (WECF), The Netherlands. [1.77 MB]

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The concept behind the community based plants is the designing of a plant that can serve more households than those which are suggested for a household plant. This is based on …

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2008 - Biogas: Basisdaten Deutschland (in German) - Biogas: Baseline data for Germany. FNR FNR, Germany. [367.71 KB]

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2008 - Fixed dome Biogas plant - Overview drawing of 124 m3 fixed dome plant. AKUT AKUT Partner GmbH, Berlin, Germany. [138.14 KB]

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Planing institution: AKUT Partner GmbH …

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2008 - Biogas systems for wastewater treatment - Presentation with general data. Fall, A. GTZ, Eschborn, Germany. [2.62 MB]

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2008 - Small-Scale Biogas Sanitation Systems - Ecosan Training Course Mai 2008. Wafler, M. [1.15 MB]

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2008 - Anerobic Digestion of Blackwater and Kitchen Refuse. Wendland, C. PhD thesis, Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH), Hamburg, Germany. [964.42 KB]

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The main objective of this thesis was to assess the anaerobic treatment of blackwater (toilet wastewater) from vacuum toilets without and with kitchen refuse and its potential for …

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2008 - Welt im Wandel - Zukunftsfaehige Bioenergie und nachhaltige Landnutzung (in German) - World in Transition - future prospect for bioenergy and sustainable land use. WBGU Wissenschaftlicher Beirat der Bundesregierung Globale Umweltveränderungen (WBGU), Germany. [4 KB]

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Angesichts der großen Chancen und Risiken sowie der Komplexität ist Bioenergie in kurzer Zeit zu einer anspruchsvollen politischen Regulierungs- und Gestaltungsaufgabe geworden, …

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2007 - Biogas: Eine Einführung (in German) - Biogas: An Introduction. FNR Fach agentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. (FNR), Germany. [2.07 MB]

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2007 - Feasibility Study for a National Domestic Biogas Programme in Burkina Faso. Mang, H.-P. GTZ. [5.78 MB]

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The present document is based on the Terms of Reference (ToR) prepared by GTZ for a detailed study analysing the technical, economic, and socio-political feasibility of initiating …

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2007 - Biogashandbuch Bayern: Materialienband (in German) - The Bavarian Biogas Handbook: A volume of material. BayLfU Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft, Institut für Landtechnik und Tierhaltung (BayLfU). [2.27 MB]

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2006 - BP I Final Report. Biogas Project Office Biogas Project Office. [1.28 MB]

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Different domestic biogas digester programmes have been implemented in …

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2006 - Report on the feasibility study of a national programme for domestic biogas in Ethiopia. Eshete, G., Sonder., K., ter Heegde, F. [3.02 MB]

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This study researched the extent to which essential conditions for large scale dissemination of domestic biogas are present. It concludes that there is a significant technical …

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2006 - Asia hits the gas - Biogas from anaerobic digestion rolls out across Asia. van Nes, W.J. [291.22 KB]

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Biogas technology is already working extremely well on a large scale in …

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2006 - Agricultural Engineering in Support of the Kyoto Protocol - The Clean Development Mechanism for Biogas Technology. Yapp, J. UNESCAP. [836.25 KB]

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This paper discusses the main findings of research conducted by Caleb on the potential of CDM for the commercialisation of the small- to large- scale Integrated Biogas System …

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2006 - Various documents about the biogas programmes for the animal husbandry sector in Vietnam and for rural households in Nepal. SNV Biogas Project Offices, SNV, Netherlands Development Organization. [301.94 KB]

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In this library entry, there are three documents discussing the impacts of biogas plants in Vietnam and Nepal. Furthermore, financing, implementation, promotion and monitoring of …

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2005 - Biogas Sanitation Systems. Mang, H.-P., Jurga, I. [4.6 MB]

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2005 - Anaerobic systems for biological treatment in ecological sanitation systems (Ecosan) for biogas and fertiliser production. Köttner, M. [1.62 MB]

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2005 - Feasibility of a national programme on domestic biogas in Bangladesh - Final report. van Nes, W., Boers, W., Khurseed-Ul-Islam Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV). [3.7 MB]

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The following are the main recommendations resulting from this feasibility study: …

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2005 - Biogas Support Program - Nepal (BSP-Nepal) Activity 1 - Clean Development Mechanism Simplified Project Design Document for Small-Scale Project Activities. UNFCCC UNFCCC. [913.61 KB]

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Under the proposed project activity, the Alternative Energy Promotion Center aims to sell biogas digesters (biogas plants) to households located primarily in the rural areas of …

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2005 - Biogas Support Program - Nepal (BSP-Nepal) Activity 2 - Clean Development Mechanism Simplified Project Design Document for Small-Scale Project Activities. UNFCCC UNFCCC. [915.44 KB]

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Under the proposed project activity, the Alternative Energy Promotion Center aims to sell biogas digesters (biogas plants) to households located primarily in the rural areas of …

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2005 - Report on the Feasibility Study for a Biogas Support Programme in the Republic of Rwanda. Dekelver, G., Ruzigana, S., Lam, J. SNV. [1 MB]

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This report presents the findings of a study conducted by MININFRA and SNV to assess the feasibility to set-up and implement a national programme on domestic biogas in Rwanda. …

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2002 - Concepts Innovateurs sur l´Eau orientés réutilisation haute-intermédiaire et basse technologies (in French) - Innovative concepts on water, reuse oriented with high - medium and low technologies.. Otterpohl, R. [4.45 MB]

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1999 - Biogas Digest (Volume I) - Biogas Basics. Kossmann, W., Pönitz, U., Habermehl, S., Hörz, T., Krämer, P., Klingler, B., Kellner, C., Wittur, T., von Klopotek, F., Krieg, A., Euler, H., GTZ. [640.53 KB]

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This report provides a general overview on biogas, history of biogas technology, appliances, limitations and socio-cultural aspects of biogas projects …

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1999 - Biogas Digest (Volume III) - Costs and Benefits and Programme Implementation. Kossmann, W., Pönitz, U., Habermehl, S., Hörz, T., Krämer, P., Klingler, B., Kellner, C., Wittur, T., von Klopotek, F., Krieg, A., Euler, H., GTZ, Eschborn, Germany. [278.89 KB]

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Before a biogas plant is built or a biogas program is implemented, a techno-economic assessment should be made. For this, two sets of cost-benefit analyses have to be carried out: …

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1999 - Biogas Digest (Volume II) - Biogas - Application and Product Development. Kossmann, W., Pönitz, U., Habermehl, S., Hörz, T., Krämer, P., Klingler, B., Kellner, C., Wittur, T., von Klopotek, F., Krieg, A., Euler, H., GTZ. [1.14 MB]

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Before building a biogas plant, there are different circumstances which should be considered. For instance, the natural and agricultural conditions in the specific countries are as …

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1998 - Förderung der Anaerobtechnologie zur Behandlung kommunaler und industrieller Abwässer und Abfälle: Zusammenfassung wichtiger Ergebnisse (in German) - Promotion of anaerobic technology for treating municipal and industrial wastewater and other waste: Summary of significant results. TBW TBW GmbH for GTZ, Germany. [1.78 MB]

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Der vorliegende Bericht fasst wichtige Ergebnisse des Projekts, vor allem zum Wissensstand über Anwendung, Einsatzmöglichkeiten und -grenzen anaerober Technologien sowie …

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1996 - Guide de construction et d'utilisation des installations biogaz (in French) - Guide for construction and use of biogas. CDER Centre de developpement des energies renouvelables (C.D.E.R.), Marrakech, Morocco. [1.2 MB]

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1991 - The performance of a night soil based biogas plant. Danawade, L., Joglekar, V. Bremen Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA), Bremen, Germany. [170.15 KB]

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A fixed-dome plant (Krishna Model) with 6 m3 Volume was connected to three toilets and two urinals. Users were given no special instructions at all which means the results achived …

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1982 - My biogas unit - How to handle, how to get the most out of it, what to do in case of problems. Kimaro, A., Butare, A., Kellner, C., Hgowi, H., Athumani, M., Lutaihwa, M., Hoffmann, R., Nasser, R., Kombe, S., Hoerz, T. GTZ/CAMARTEC. [2.17 MB]

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A simple manual for users with illustrating sketches on how to operate and maintain a household biogas unit that is run on cow waste. It also includes information on biogas cooking …

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