Energy recovery from domestic and agro-waste streams in Uganda: a socioeconomic assessment

Solomie Gebrezgabher, Sena Amewu, Avinandan Taron and Miriam Otoo

No 246416, IWMI Reports from International Water Management Institute

Abstract: Recovering energy from waste offers dual benefits – a) improved waste management, and b) provision of reliable energy to households, institutions and commercial entities. In this report, we present a socioeconomic assessment of three energy business models (briquette manufacturing, on-site (public toilet) energy generation, and agro-waste electricity generation) based on feasibility studies carried out in the city of Kampala, Uganda. We assess the potential economic, environmental and social impacts of waste-to-energy business models taking into consideration a life cycle of emissions to provide decision makers with the overall costs and benefits of the models to society versus a business-as-usual scenario.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Farm Management; Health Economics and Policy; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52p.
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.246416

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