18/5/2011

Study Visit on Biogas at Energy Research and Development Institute Nakornping, at Chiang Mai University

1.Please tell us about the current situation in your country.

• Biomass resources (livestock waste) in Myanmar is (34,421x10³ ton/year)
• Research and development on Biogas is provided by the Ministry of Science and Technology especially in Myanmar.
• Family size of fixed dome type biogas plants (50 m3) were installed in different villages.
• About 200 biogas digesters were already installed up to now.
• Most of the villagers are farmers and they more like to use the cow dung as conventional and natural fertilizer than the use as raw for Biogas digesters.
• The rest of the villagers who are not farmers have no cow and no cow dung for digesters.
• In any way, Biogas utilization may be suitable and effective for intensive waste disposing plants such as alcohol plants, sugar mills, big live stock, farms, etc.

2.What are lesson learnt today?

• Biogas is a kind of substantial alternative energy and it can reduce green house gas emission especially of methane (CH₄) gas.
• As the equipments’ cost are rather high that if we want to develop on that kind of energy, we need special grants and subsidies from the government and other parties.
• Research and development on any kind of energy is very important and necessary and for such kinds of tasks, we need special laboratories, strong financial situation, technology and encouragement of government.

3.What areas of international cooperation at organization level or Macro level are you interested in?

• The organizational level backed up by the government of international cooperation was interested.

Study Visit on Biomass at Energy Research Center, Maejo University

1.Please tell us about the current situation in your country.

• The energy conservation stoves namely (A1 stoves) are researched and produced by the plan of Ministry of Forestry in Myanmar.
• ACMECS project of “Energy Efficiency promotion for Rural Villages” was accomplished in Myanmar during the last year 2009. According to the project 300 nos.of energy efficiency stoves and other different kinds of energy efficiency equipments were delivered to the villagers.
• The energy efficiency stoves (charcoal or wood chips can be used) can save 50% of fuel and also 50% cooking time.
• Although the villagers know the advantages of stoves, they are not too much interested in using those stoves as they can easily get firewood from their nearby locations and they have no problems at all.

2.What are lesson learnt today?

• Energy saving equipments should be produced and delivered to the community in the way of cheaper and low cost.
• Proper dissemination and demonstration on awareness of global warming and climate change are needed to the community.

3.What areas of international cooperation at organization level or Macro level are you interested in?

• The organizational level backed up by the government of international cooperation was interested.