http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/story?id=51993Europe, the U.S. and the rest of the developed world are bringing more and more renewable energy online everyday to offset the use of fossil fuels and the release of greenhouse gases. Many of these projects are grid connected and are generally large in scale. Throughout the developing world on the other hand, fossil fuels are still the means by which most people get their energy. Projects in Cambodia and Costa Rica are trying to change that by showing people that the waste they generate can be used to fuel their homes and businesses.
SME Renewable Energy Ltd. (SME-RE) is a joint venture partnership of SME Cambodia, a Cambodian NGO promoting rural private sector development, and E+Co. Inc., a U.S. based non-profit, renewable-energy investment company. In the 3 years since that time, SME-RE has established itself as the Cambodian leader in the field of biomass gasification systems.
These innovative energy systems produce a gas that replaces 75% - 100% of expensive imported diesel and other fossil fuels on which most rural Cambodian enterprises still depend. The gasifiers use renewable, agricultural waste products such as rice husks, corn cobs, sugar cane “bagasse”, or wood from local tree farms.
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In Costa Rica, residents of Santa Fe are using biogas on a more personal level, for everyday cooking. The Santa Fe Biogas project, in its initial stages, was simplya long list of concerns in the community communicated at the Women's Group meetings.
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