Review Article

Current Status and Future Prospects of Small-Scale Household Biodigesters in Sub-Saharan Africa

Table 2

Number of household biogas digesters installed in selected African countries.

CountryMsibi and Kornelius [23, 24, 26, 28] and Surendra et al. [65]IRENA [99]Clemens et al. [17]SNV [100]
Year of initiationCumulative no. of domestic biogas plants installed up to 2012Year of initiationHousehold-scale biogas digester units in selected countries, 2014Year of initiationCumulative no. of biogas plants reached up to 2017Cumulative no. of biogas digesters installed up to 2021

Kenya20096,749ā€”14,110200913,26026,768
Uganda20093,0835,70020097,5889,019
Tanzania20084,98011,10020096,441
Ethiopia20085,01110,68034,693
Burkina Faso20092,0135,46015,019
Rwanda20072,6191,70011,625
Cameroon2009159300
Benin201042110249
Senegal2010334ā€”
Zambia5671