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Lessons Learnt from the Energy Needs Assessment Carried out for the Biogas Program for Rural Development in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: This paper briefly presents the experience of the Center for Regional Energy Management in the needs assessment, capacity building and adoption of household biogas plants in rural areas of Yogyakarta over the past five years. The biogas program has been designed to solve specific energy provision problems in rural areas, such as securing cooking fuel, as well as to promote ecological farming by using biogas digester as organic manure, thereby efficiently recycling locally available biomass waste. The paper also points that realizing these goals would require significant changes in funding and policy support for the successful implementations of biogas in developing countries. In addition, it highlights some of the key issues related to the implementation of rural energy programs and suggests a new approach and future strategies for initiatives that endeavor to address the issue of rural poverty and improve the living conditions of rural people.

Source: Procedia Environmental Sciences

DOI: 10.1016/j.proenv.2014.03.005

Authors: Sri Atmaja P. Rosyidi, Tjasa Bole-Rentel, Surya Budi Lesmana, Jazaul Ikhsan

Institutions: Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta, Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands

Language: English

Topic: Energy and Environment Impacts

Subfield: Pollution

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Affordable and clean energy, No poverty, Climate action, Responsible consumption and production, Zero hunger

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Kementerian Energi Dan Sumber Daya Mineral