HomeBiogas, a renewable energy organisation, is celebrating one year of changing lives in Kenya at its main hub in Ting’ang’a, Kiambu County.
HomeBiogas develops biogas systems that enable households, businesses, farms and schools to turn their organic waste into clean energy for cooking on-site. It is a cost-effective biogas solution for small dairy farmers in Kenya as it allows recycling of cow manure into clean cooking energy and rich organic fertilizer, allowing farmers to cut costs on charcoal and chemical fertilizer.
In Kenya, HomeBiogas has installed 1,500 active systems served by hubs located in Kiambu, Embu, Murang’a and Meru counties with a mission to grow the customer base. Globally, HomeBiogas has sold over 15,000 systems in 107 countries to various customers in need of renewable energy while recycling all their organic waste.
It has partnered with local and international organizations to help in sanitation, clean cooking, and sustainable farming including UN refugee camps in Malawi, Zimbabwe, and Rwanda where HomeBiogas was contracted to set up bio-digesters.
HomeBiogas for dairy farmers can manage up to 8,000 litres of organic waste daily and generate up to five hours of free cooking gas daily. It creates tens of litres of liquid fertilizer every month and saves six tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions a year, which is equivalent to a vehicle’s annual carbon emission. This system exists in a variety of sizes and includes a larger version created for farmers that deal with larger amounts of farm waste.
Mr Yair Teller, co-founder and chief business officer of HomeBiogas, said he founded HomeBiogas to impact the world on many levels. “Today, HomeBiogas is impacting important, pressing issues around the world such as climate change, waste management, and renewable energy,” Mr Teller said, speaking when he hosted Israeli and government officials.
He says 84% of Kenyans still rely on polluting fuel, six million trees being cut down each day and 16 million people dying globally every year because of indoor pollution. “We saw an opportunity to provide a more sustainable solution for longer term through our innovative, easy to use and price sensitive system that is accessible to small scale farmers,” he says.
The driving force behind HomeBiogas is to develop a portfolio of products that will treat organic waste on-site and, in turn, will benefit the environment and help people and businesses worldwide to shift to clean renewable energy.
