A project on producing biogas from waste in Vietnam’s rural areas wasgranted the Ashden Sustainable Energy award worth 20,000 GBP at aceremony held in London on July 1.
The project,jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD) and the Dutch aid agency SNV was highly valued for itseffectiveness and potential benefit.
Launched in 2003, thebiogas project aimed to popularise the conversion of waste particularlythose discharged by animal farming, to energy via fermentation thatproduced clean and reliable energy for cooking and heating and reducedhealth and environmental problems.
The project targetsto build 168,000 biogas systems by the end of 2012.
According to Hoang Kim Giao, Head of the MARD’s Husbandry Department ,Vietnam currently has 14,000 farmer households, 80 percent of whominvolve in husbandry which produces a large quantity of waste.
Between 2003-2009, over 78,000 biogas systems have beeninstalled benefiting more than 390,000 people with carbon dioxidesavings of around 167,000 tonnes per year.
Ashdenaward founder and President Sarah Butler Sloss praised the significanceof the project, which helped create a long-lasting system ofinfrastructural facilities.
Founded in 2001, theAshden award for sustainable energy encourages clean energy usage,contributing to efforts to cope with climate change and reduce poverty.
Over the last 10 years, the award has helped improvethe life of 23 million people over the world and cut carbon dioxideemission to the air by 3 million tonnes every year./.
The project,jointly conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development(MARD) and the Dutch aid agency SNV was highly valued for itseffectiveness and potential benefit.
Launched in 2003, thebiogas project aimed to popularise the conversion of waste particularlythose discharged by animal farming, to energy via fermentation thatproduced clean and reliable energy for cooking and heating and reducedhealth and environmental problems.
The project targetsto build 168,000 biogas systems by the end of 2012.
According to Hoang Kim Giao, Head of the MARD’s Husbandry Department ,Vietnam currently has 14,000 farmer households, 80 percent of whominvolve in husbandry which produces a large quantity of waste.
Between 2003-2009, over 78,000 biogas systems have beeninstalled benefiting more than 390,000 people with carbon dioxidesavings of around 167,000 tonnes per year.
Ashdenaward founder and President Sarah Butler Sloss praised the significanceof the project, which helped create a long-lasting system ofinfrastructural facilities.
Founded in 2001, theAshden award for sustainable energy encourages clean energy usage,contributing to efforts to cope with climate change and reduce poverty.
Over the last 10 years, the award has helped improvethe life of 23 million people over the world and cut carbon dioxideemission to the air by 3 million tonnes every year./.
