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‘ Someone somewhere has found a solution’
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‘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 don’t have to start from zero, we can learn from other people’s experiences and share our own findings with them, so everyone benefits. The film we’re watching today has been shared with people in 22 countries.
‘GOOD’ or ‘BAD’? Sort these FUELS from BEST to WORST. There’s no right answer so think about why you’ve chosen that order. GOOD Methane A banana skin Your legs A waterfall Coal A cowpat A tree Uranium The North Wind Sunshine BAD
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 swampy ponds What is this?
What is it used for? • Biogas is a fuel used as an energy source for light, heat or movement ?
Leftover food from houses, shops, restaurants and factories Leftover straw and crops from farming Cow, sheep and chicken manure Sewage Leftover meat and blood from abattoirs How is it made? Biogas is produced by the breakdown of organic waste by bacteria without oxygen (anaerobic digestion or fermentation). What types of organic waste could be turned in biogas?
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 biogas Anaerobic digestion Electricity generators at Holsworthy electricity manure methane pollution organic waste CREATE A SENTENCE USING THE KEYWORDS TO COMPARE THE TWO CASE STUDIES Katakwa’s biogas stove