{"id":18603,"date":"2015-04-23T12:37:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=18603"},"modified":"2015-04-23T12:37:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-23T16:37:27","slug":"update-on-vietnam-biogas-production-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/update-on-vietnam-biogas-production-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Update On Vietnam Biogas Production Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/biogas-production-source.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18604\" src=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/biogas-production-source.jpg\" alt=\"where biogas production starts in vietnam\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/biogas-production-source.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/biogas-production-source-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last month, I dug into <a href=\"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/2015\/03\/this-waste-to-energy-project-is-electrifying-rural-vietnam\/\">a project in Vietnam<\/a> that built biogas production units for rural farmers in Vietnam. I remember thinking that using biogas production from farm animals to produce electricity was a pretty big jump forward: technically, it can be done, but most in the developing world, you&#8217;re more likely to find <a href=\"http:\/\/eatdrinkbetter.com\/2012\/01\/24\/9-steps-for-a-greener-food-system-in-the-developing-world\/\">biogas being used for things like cooking<\/a>. Turns out I should&#8217;ve trusted my instincts.<\/p>\n<p>A representative of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snvworld.org\/en\">SNV<\/a>, the NGO that now <a href=\"http:\/\/biogas.org.vn\/English\/Home.aspx\">runs this program<\/a>, reached out to me about the information I&#8217;d shared &#8211; it turns out that Climate Friendly&#8217;s information was inaccurate and out of date. They&#8217;ve <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climatefriendly.com\/Projects\/Projects\/Vietnam_Household_Biogas_Project\/\">updated their information<\/a>, and Dagmar Zwebe, the representative who reached out to me, shared a ton of good information on the program. According to SNV&#8217;s information,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This program &#8211; like others &#8211; doesn&#8217;t produce electricity; it produces cooking fuel (which is still a huge step forward for rural Vietnamese). These units simply don&#8217;t produce enough fuel to generate electricity.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s not run by Climate Friendly; rather, they&#8217;re a purchaser of carbon credits from the program. The program was started by the government of the Netherlands, and now funded by donors and carbon credit sales.<\/li>\n<li>As we&#8217;ve seen before with other upgrades to cooking technology, this program creates reductions in work time for women: the installation of a methane digester results in 4.76 hours of saved work time per week for rural Vietnamese women.<\/li>\n<li>The program&#8217;s also a job creator: it&#8217;s resulted in the training of\u00a01,668 masons and 1,064 technicians.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s also an effective tool against climate change: it results in a 5 metric tonne reduction in greenhouse gas emissions per digester (or 5.5 &#8220;short&#8221; tons).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not bad for a system that&#8217;s run on pig poop, huh? I apologize for not digging further into Climate Friendly&#8217;s details, or confirming with them, and thank Dagmar for reaching out. If you&#8217;d like to dig more into the details of this innovative program, take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snvworld.org\/en\/countries\/vietnam\/our-work\/programmes\/renewable-energy\">SNV&#8217;s detailed overview of the program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/pic-213429580\/stock-photo-black-pigs-in-vietnam.html?src=I9_TYPBNVrOI3w29-xaiVQ-1-3\">Shutterstock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last month, we took a look at a biogas production program for rural Vietnam. 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