New project lends from nature to power up villages

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Water-food-energy My biogas was installed in November last year and when I started to use it I saw a big difference. I was under a lot of pressure when I used wood and electricity because I would pay R750 and that would only last for three months. I once went three days in darkness and I had to use candles until pension day when I could buy more power. Now that I have biogas it has helped me tremendously. ” These are the words of Ethel Khumalo, who lives at Obonjaneni in KwaZulu-Natal with her three sons and three grandchildren. Hers is one of the four households across KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape, as well as community cooperatives in the Limpopo province, who have proven the effectiveness of an alternative, green energy source to improve lives. Energy is seen as central to improved social and economic well-being, and a key factor for relieving poverty, improving human welfare and raising living standards. For this project, the alternative source of energy is one that has not received as much attention as popular choices like solar, wind and hydro.

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