PILOT PROJECT “BIOGAS FOR COOKING AT MOEDING
COLLEGE IN BOTSWANA”
MASHAV International Training on ‘Green Growth’, Weitz Center
10 December 2015
PROJECT TEAM
Mareledi Gina Maswabi – Botswana
Eralda Hoxhaj –Albania
Vladimir Grebnez – Kyrgystan
Ahmed Abdulazeez – Nigeria
Martin Baloyi – South Africa
PROJECT BACKGROUNDLocation:• Moeding College in Otse village
• Boarding school (approx. 500 students)
• Situated 52.5 km (51 mins) from the Capital City Gaborone
Boarders provided with 3 meals per day:• Cooking mainly with firewood
• Firewood purchased from the school budget
• Leftover foods are available
School has a garden for Agric school projects:• Biodegradable waste is available from the
garden
Project
1. Department of Energy
2. Ministry of Education
1. Community2. Government
Ministries (Agric, Finance, Envt)
3. Moeding College 4. Farmers
1. Research Institutions
2. Suppliers
(MASHAV)
PROJECT’S STAKEHOLDERS
PROJECT AND SDGs
Direct contributions:
Additional Impacts:
Strengthening promotion biogas as an alternative renewable energy source in Botswana via practical demonstration benefits
To build a pilote biogas plant for provision of biogas for cooking and organic fertilizer in Moeding College located in Otse village.
To produce biogas for cooking in government schools using cow dung and other available biodegradable materials like waste food and agricultural waste.
To provide biogas as an alternative energy for cooking
To reduce firewood consumption by 75% at Moeding College
To reduce Botswana’s GHG emissions
VISION, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES
STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLAN
Action/Strategy Months (Year 2016)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Agreement between Department of Energy and Ministry of
Education on the choice of school
Analysis of available feedstock
Determination of school’s energy requirements
Designing of the biogas digester
Construction/assembly of the plant
Monitoring and evaluation
SWOT ANALYSIS
Strengths
Available raw materials
Can serve as a model for additional
government institutions
Spreading of biogas knowledge at an early
age
Weaknesses
Inadequate technical capacity
Lack of data (no feasibility assessment for the
project)
No local companies commercially active in
biogas
Opportunities
Availability of land/space for the project
International measures for climate change
mitigation
Possible funding from financing institutions
Community support and school willingness
Supported by the National Energy Policy and
the Climate Change Policy
Threats
High prices of construction materials
Collection of cow dung (feedstock) to a central
place (Challenge)
Lack of trained operators at the chosen school
Poor construction or design leading to gas
pressure problems
Inadequate or lack of support after installation
LOGICAL FRAMEWORKPROJECT SUMMARY INDICATORS MEANS OF VERIFICATION ASSUMPTIONS
GOAL • To provide alternative energy
for cooking at Moeding
College by end of 2016
• Reduction in use of
firewood
• Production of biogas
• Amount spent on purchase of
firewood per month
• Amount of gas produced
Enough biogas
produced for cooking
OUTCOME • Firewood consumption
reduced by 75% in Moeding
College
• Amount of firewood
consumed
• Comparison of fuelwood
consumption amounts
before and after installation
of the biogas plant
Biogas will be the
preferred energy source
for cooking
OUTPUTS • At least 90m3 biogas
produced per month for
cooking
• At least 150kg of organic
waste converted to biogas in
a month
• Amount of biogas
produced
• Amount of organic waste
used in the bio digester
• Records of daily gas
production
The most suitable
design and technology
is employed
ACTIVITIES • Identify biogas plant provider
(Potentially HomeBioGas –
advantage)
• Installation of biogas plant in
Moeding College
• Capacity building campaign
• Collection of organic waste
for the biogas plant
• One biogas plant
installed and functioning
• At least 5 kg of organic
waste collected per day
• Records of meals prepared
using biogas
• Records of organic waste fed
into the digester
• Records of time allotted for
cooking (this will help
determine success/failure of
system)
Organic waste is
collected and added
into the digester
effectively and
efficiently
ESTIMATED BUDGET1) COST OF THE BIOGAS PLANT: $16 000
Ready-made plant from HomeBioGas (potentially) plant $9 500
Installation costs $3 500
Technical assistance within a year $3 000
2) TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER RELEVANT COSTS: $2 000
3) CAPACITY BUILDING CAMPAIGN: $7 000
PR materials (leaflet and poster)1 national presentation for Mass Media2 Local trainings for service personnel
TOTAL AMOUNT: $25 000
• Creation of a Public Project Board (PPB) responsible for:• making management decisions for the project, in particular
• guidance to the Project Coordinator when required
• It will play a critical role in project monitoring and evaluations to assure the quality of these processes and associated products
• use evaluations for improving performance and accountability.
• The PPB will ensure that required co-financing from different resources are committed on time as well.
• It will also arbitrate on any conflicts within the project and negotiate solutions to any problems with external bodies.
TRANSPARENCY AND ANTI-CORRUPTION
Thank you!
Team
members: