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Photo: P. Feiereisentaken at the office of WASAZA/Borda in Lusaka, Zambia (CC BY 2.0)
The group should work the whole chain from bio-waste to bio-gas to biomethane. For example, they should work with Indian Railways where they collect human waste from millions of passengers regularly. The first step is the development of technology, which should be followed with logistics and business model. Then, the model can be transferred to rural bio-waste.
Dr. Vijay, it’s great to hear that you’ve developed an way to bottle biogas. A while back a couple of us ran some calculations to bottle biogas and found that it was cost prohibitive to do this. Does your process change that? Does it provide a positive ROI?