Sustainable green energy production from agricultural and poultry operations-A renewable energy project for community empowerment and vocational training in remote villages in South Africa

Resource type
Journal Article
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Title
Sustainable green energy production from agricultural and poultry operations-A renewable energy project for community empowerment and vocational training in remote villages in South Africa
Abstract
The development of an innovative waste-to-energy plant in rural South Africa is now underway. A plan to construct a test unit that uses chicken droppings from a nearby chicken farm as a fuel source is presented. This waste-to-energy plant offers an opportunity to provide economic development and community empowerment. The system is based on two critical components: (1) a power generation plant which uses chicken droppings as a fuel source, and (2) a waste processing unit that is based on magnetic induction heating technology. The ultimate goal of the power plant is to utilize it as a vocational training tool to teach young people of the community to become power plant technicians, a vocational option that has never been available in rural African communities until now. © 2012 IEEE.
Publication
INEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference
Date
2012
Language
en
Citation
Ushimaru, K. (2012). Sustainable green energy production from agricultural and poultry operations-A renewable energy project for community empowerment and vocational training in remote villages in South Africa. INEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference. https://doi.org/10.1109/ghtc.2012.80