Energy Recovery from Sludge and Sustainable Development: A Tanzanian Case Study

Vincenzo Torretta, Fabio Conti, Matteo Leonardi and Gianluca Ruggieri
Additional contact information
Vincenzo Torretta: Department of Science and High Technology, Insubria University, Via G.B. Vico 46, 21100 Varese, Italy
Fabio Conti: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Via Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
Matteo Leonardi: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Via Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy
Gianluca Ruggieri: Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, Insubria University, Via Dunant 3, 21100 Varese, Italy

Sustainability, 2012, vol. 4, issue 10, 1-12

Abstract: The paper retraces the implementation of a biogas energy programme within the Best Ray project run in Tanzania 2008–2011. The objective of the Best Ray project was to empower rural communities by providing them with modern and renewable energy technologies to better tackle Millennium Development Goals. An important activity of the project was the construction of a biogas system in secondary school solve a sanitation problem and provide the school with a free and reliable energy supply. After a field assessment, the project directed the resources to small domestic biogas installation rather than large institutional ones as future sustainability seemed to be better granted. Best Ray merged the Tanzanian Domestic Biogas Programme. Trainings were organized and 25 biogas plants constructed. The technology is simple and the design effective, but still the cost seems high for a rural context. Final beneficiaries are appreciating the technologies for reasons that were not predictable by those who ideated the project.

Keywords: appropriate technology; biogas; energy supply; sustainability; waste management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/10/2661/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/4/10/2661/ (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:4:y:2012:i:10:p:2661-2672:d:20699

Access Statistics for this article

Sustainability is currently edited by Ms. Alexandra Wu

More articles in Sustainability from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().