1. Biogas from organic waste in Nepal
Behrang Alimohammadi, Constance Brouillet, Elli-Noora Tiainen, Hafsa Ahmed Munia, Muhammad Owais.
Group-18

4. Energy consumption in economic sectors
Residential
87 %
Transport
6 %
Industry
5 %
Commercial (services)
1 %
Agriculture
The use of primary energy sources is distributed
Biomass
85 %
Petroleum products
9 %
Coal
3 %
Hydro Electricity
2 %
Renewables
1 %

5. Energy Consumption on Household Level
Rural
Urban

6. Bio Gas production by Anaerobic Digestion

7. Bio Digester

8. Percentage content of gas
Bio Gas Composition
Component
Symbol
Percentage content of gas
Methane
CH4
40-70
Carbon dioxide
CO2
30-60
Hydrogen H2
1.0
Nitrogen N2
0.5
Carbon monoxide CO
0.1
Oxygen O2
Hydrogen sulphide
H2 S

9. for what ? Maintenance after installation
Basic Data for the Economic Analysis of 8 M3 Biogas Plant for Hill Districts and the
entire BSP

10. Who pay?
< 160 $
The total financing was derived from a number of key sources. The Nepalese banks, mainly
ADB/N, provided 43% of the funding principally through loans to farmers. The Dutch
Development Cooperation through SNV/Nepal provided 44% principally for subsidy payments
and technical assistance. Farmers making cash payments accounted for 12% of the total
funds while participating companies, through the raising of so-called participating companies,
through the raising of so-called participation fees, provided the remaining 1% of the funds.
The BSP also received a gift from a Dutch natural gas company used to subsidize an

11. References
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