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Tanzania: Cheap biogas coming soon Mon. March 26, 2007 12:20 am.- By David Odoki. - (SomaliNet) Tanzania’s rural population will soon be relieved of using costly energy following the introduction of a new technology of using food and agricultural waste to generate electricity for domestic use. Smiles will be seen on the faces of a bigger percentage of Tanzanians especially rural dwellers who have never used modern technology for domestic use, after Appropriate Rural Technologies Institute (ARTI-TZ) introduces a compact biogas system that is cost saving and environment friendly. Mr Dennis Tessier, the Tanzanian director of ARTI-TZ programme, said this week in Dar es Salaam during the launching of the technology that it will serve both rural and urban dwellers seeking alternative sources of energy for domestic use. Instead of depending on grid electricity, people would have cheaper alternatives like the compact biogas system and charcoal briquettes from agricultural wastes, helping urban dwellers to save up on buying electricity. Currently we are educating people on how to use such technology. It will allow them to use agricultural waste products to produce charcoal and their food waste from their last meal to generate the energy required for domestic use," he said. (Guardian) News Category: East Africa Latest Headlines Latest News Somalia: Somali pirates hijack second Stolt ship-of... Libya: 6 killed as gun battles break out in southeas... Nigeria: Militants threaten to renew "oil war" if a... Zimbabwe: Opposition chief Tsvangirai rejects SADC c... Philippine: Troops kill 10 Muslim rebels in the troub... Ivory Coast: Political leaders postpone November 3... Rwanda: Thousands protest against arrest of Rwa... Nicaragua: Thousands riot after Nicaragua local elec... India negotiating a $1.5 -billion arms deal with Isra... Sudan, Chad restore full diplomatic ties, exchange e... More News...