Providing sanitation and producing biogas and fertilizer across 10 villages
We are raising $95,156 in start-up capital for the establishment of a community-based biogas production company which will convert human, animal, agricultural, & food waste into biogas and fertilizer to be sold on the commercial market.
Our biogas production plant will use such waste collected from 10 neighboring rural villages (a combined population of approximately 50,000) within and around the Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary and Forest Reserve in Hohoe District, Volta Region, Ghana and across the border in Togo, where we will set up public toilet facilities in areas with no proper sanitation.
Our Biogas System will produce 140 cubic meters (m3) of biogas DAILY.
Opportunities for micro-investors are available: Invest in a single biogas receptacle for just $50!
We offer quick repayment of initial investment and excellent returns.
Bio Gas pilot Venture at Wli Waterfalls
$13,022 in start-up capital to establish a “proof of concept” community-based biogas pilot venture at Wli waterfalls, the tallest in West Africa and a major tourist attraction in Ghana, located in the Agumatsa Animal Sanctuary and Forest Reserve. We will install 4 public toilets and convert human, animal, agricultural, and food waste into biogas and fertilizer to be sold to local communities and on the commercial market in Ghana.
We appreciate your support in the form of donation or investment.
We will follow up via email to confirm type of contribution made.
For donors, we will provide a donation receipt for your records.
For investors, we will provide a paid invoice and investor agreement. Initial investment is repaid within 12 months; investors receive regular returns from biogas sales.
Overview
Biogas is a renewable energy source consisting of a mixture of different gases produced by the breakdown of organic matter in the absence of oxygen. Biogas can be produced from a variety of raw materials. Biogas can be used as fuel in cars, electricity, and for any heating purposes such as cooking on gas stoves.
The zone of 10 villages selected for the site of the biogas plant is a critical area to target as it contains important natural resources and landmarks that require intensive conservation efforts. The zone includes the Wli cascade waterfalls, the highest in West Africa, and the surrounding rivers and water systems that hundreds of communities depend on for drinking water. The zone also includes Mount Afadjato, the highest peak in Ghana, and in its valley below, the Agumatsa Wildlife Sanctuary and Forest Reserve, a partially rehabilitated tropical forest reserve thanks to the millions of trees planted and protected by NED Africa over the past 20 years.
Most of the communities in this region have no toilets and people are forced to use bushes, contaminating local water bodies and negatively impacting public health. Our biogas company will address three of the most critical problems facing rural communities right now:
Reduce cholera and other waterborne diseases
Reduce unemployment
Reduce illegal logging
Biogas Sales
We’ll sell both the biogas and the fertilizer in local, regional, and national markets in Ghana and Togo.
Our Biogas System will produce 140 cubic meters (m3) of biogas DAILY.
Because of the huge daily yields we expect, we’ll be able to offer both the biogas and fertilizer at prices below our competitors’ rates, enabling us to corner the markets. We’ll also offer mobile delivery service to vehicles, an important niche given the increasingly regulated gas market in Ghana that has shut down many facilities recently.
Product Description
The Biogas System is a Do It Yourself (DIY) Biogas System for convenient transport and easy assembly
It comes in wood boxes. It is surface mounted, except the waste collection tank; there is no need for digging and/or heavy construction. It can be assembled by the client
This System is a highly efficient biogas system with hollow sunlight sheet green house and pad for insulation and heating, heating system that can use the waste heat from the electricity generator to heat the digester, and circulating pumps for raw material and anaerobic digestate mixing
The system is mainly composed of a waste collection tank, several first stage digesters, a control room, several second stage digesters, a desulfurizing tower, and a dehydrating tower and a biogas booster pump. The digester is composed of a greenhouse made with hollow sunlight sheet and metal supporting frame, a membrane digester with a gas storage bag combined in one, a stainless steel sink, a stainless steel outlet. The membrane of the digester has the characteristics of anti-aging, acid and alkali resistant and rodent resistance. A single digester has a volume from 60 to 1000m3.
The Biogas System is designed mainly for livestock farm manure and waste water treatment, for slaughterhouse solid wastes and waste water treatment, and for municipal sludge or food waste treatment
Side view of the biogas digester:
Side view of the biogas digester:
Operation flow diagram for the Biogas System
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