Addis Abeba Ethiopia
Biogas, introduced in Ethiopia in 1957, is at the infant stage. 97 % of the biogas plant in Ethiopia are small-
scale and are used for cooking purpose and domestic biogas lamp. The sector, under development includes over 20,000 installed small-scale biogas plants and 40 medium size biogas plant under construction.
The capacity building training sessions organised by Iceaddis were prepared to bridge gaps in knowledge and
cover important and timely topics for Ethiopian Biogas market: recent advancement in biotechnology and
biogas project management.
One of the capacity building training sessions focused on the recent advancement of biogas technology
including biogas upgrading and bottling technologies, solar energy assisted anaerobic sequencing batch
reactor for tannery wastewater treatment and greenhouse emission mitigation, hydrogen sulphide removal
technologies and biomethane production. The sessions also concerned biogas project management, that is,
steps taken to transform an idea for a biogas plant in operation, to practical experiences in Ethiopia and South
Africa. Experts from German Biogas Association, GreenCape (South Africa), INTA (Argentina) and local experts
participated in delivering the training for three days.
Due to COVID restriction, only 20 participants were invited for the training session in person. Part of the
training was a site visit prepared by Iceaddis; a biogas plant outside of the capital in Holeta. The visited biogas
plant had a capacity if 80 m3 digester and 27 m3 of gad holder.
The second capacity building focused on feedstock management and business models for managing a commercial or institutional biogas plant. The capacity building covered business models and selection for small-
scale biogas plants, business model selection for municipal solid waste biogas plant, feedstock pre-treatment cost and logistic issues, and legal aspect of a biogas project.
About DiBiCoo
The Digital Global Biogas Cooperation (DiBiCoo) project is part of the EU’s Horizon 2020 Societal Challenge
‘Secure, clean and efficient energy’, and is implemented by a consortium of 13 organizations from eight countries.
The overall objective of the project is to prepare markets in Argentina, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, and South
Africa for the uptake of sustainable biogas/biomethane technologies from Europe. DiBiCoo aims to mutually
benefit importing and exporting countries through facilitating dialogue between European biogas industries and
biogas stakeholders or developers from emerging and developing markets. The consortium works to advance
knowledge transfer and experience sharing to improve local policies that allow increased market uptake. This
will be facilitated through the guidance of 5 demo cases up to the investment stage, as well as a digital
matchmaking platform and a capacity development program for improved networking, information sharing, and
technical/financial competences.
More details: dibicoo.org