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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 dont have to start from zero, we
can learn from other peoples experiences and share
our own findings with them, so everyone benefits.
The film were watching today has been shared with
people in 22 countries.
GOOD or BAD?
Sort these FUELS from BEST to WORST. Theres no right
answer so think about why youve chosen that order.
Methane
Coal
The North Wind
A cowpat
A banana skin
A tree
Sunshine
A waterfall
Your legs
Uranium
GOOD
BAD
If you were a farmer in Tanzania,
would you install a biogas system?

?
BENEFITS TO MY FAMILY PROBLEMS TO OVERCOME
Activity 1
Used for lighting
and


How is it made:..


Also known as

(A mixture of gases)
Benefits:

..


Biogas
Find out more
What is it made from?


What is biogas?
A mixture of methane
and carbon dioxide
CH
4
CO
2
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
?
Biogas is produced by the breakdown of
organic waste by bacteria without oxygen
(anaerobic digestion or fermentation).
How is it made?
Leftover food from houses,
shops, restaurants and
factories
Cow, sheep and
chicken manure
Sewage
Leftover meat
and blood from
abattoirs
Leftover straw
and crops from
farming
What types of organic waste
could be turned in biogas?
Biogas is made by fermenting organic waste in a
biogas digester.
Digesters vary from small household
systems
How is it made?
Holsworthy Biogas Plant, Devon
.to large commercial plants of several thousand cubic metres
It can also be captured from landfill
sites where organic waste has been
rotting under the ground
CREATE A SENTENCE USING THE
KEYWORDS TO COMPARE THE TWO
CASE STUDIES
KEYWORDS
Electricity generators at Holsworthy
Katakwas biogas stove
environmental
electricity
methane
manure
biogas
Anaerobic
digestion
greenhouse
gases
organic waste
pollution

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