Diony Cabatbat (right) from Laguna
teaches the ins and outs of building small biogas systems
Local builders of Baguio city learned the ins and outs of building small biogas systems last week. The training on biogas construction started at the height of Typhoon Isang, which did not dampen the enthusiasm and bayanihan spirit of the participants. Construction workers and organic farmers, were among those who volunteered their time and labor to learn the skill, by actually building a biogas digester in barangay Lualhati. This will serve as a demonstration site for interested people to come and visit.
Mr. Diony Cabatbat has built hundreds of small biogas digesters in his home province of Laguna, and generously provided expert guidance for the week-long hands-on training. The design used was developed and tested by the Cavite State University Affiliated Non-Conventional Energy Center (CvSU-ANEC).
Biogas technology, also known as anaerobic digestion, turns waste matter into energy. All kinds of organic wastes, including animal manure and garden wastes, are placed into a digester. There, the wastes are decomposed by bacteria, and the resulting methane gas is gathered and channeled for fuel. In this case, hog manure is utilized, and the gas produced is used for cooking fuel.
The multiple benefits of biogas technology include: savings on cooking fuel, turning refuse into resource, sanitation measure for backyard piggery, elimination of bad odors and pollution generated from raising animals, better relations with neighbors, and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
With the training, we hope to make this good technology accessible locally, and trainees are now confident that they can replicate this in other sites.
Thus, if you think biogas is for you, get in touch.#
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