The Department of Energy Affairs implemented activities under the UNDP funded Sustainable Energy Management Project which phase out in December, 2016. Among the activities, the Department piloted Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technologies in 14 districts where household polythene tube biogas digesters and school lighting systems were installed.
Use of biogas and their perceived benefits.
The visits found out that the beneficiaries of the systems which are in good condition and perfectly working, are very satisfied with the technology and when the systems stop producing gas, they are eager to identify the problems but due to their technical incapability’s on the technology, they are not able to solve the problems. However, some beneficiaries report to have fixed the licks in the systems buy using their local knowledge. DoE officers did not go to the sites to commission the systems and impart hands on skills to the users on how to operate the systems and problem trouble shooting and this has an impact as some users do not know what to do when the systems stop working.