06 July 2005

Poo-Powered Prison in Rwanda

Another encouraging project showing the potential of leapfrog development.

"The digester is fed human waste generated by 1500 prisoners and it produces 50% of the energy needed to cook for the 6000 to 10,000 inmates"



Treehugger: Biogas: Poo-Powered Prison in Rwanda:
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