BIOGAS IN HAIKOU, CHINA

AGRICULTURE IS FLOURISHING IN THE PICTURESQUE ISLAND PROVINCE OF HAINAN –AND THERE IS PLENTY OF POTENTIAL FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ACTIONS.

With a subsidiary in Shanghai and strong business partnerships throughout Asia, we maintain close communications with the continent. To make a difference on a local level, we support a biogas project in Haikou. And successfully so: some 15,555 smallholder farmers from 20 districts in the city of Haikou have been able to set up small biogas systems for their own use. Each household keeps an average of 2.5 pigs, the slurry from which is fed into fermenters (with an eight-cubicmetre capacity). Organic substances such as manure and waste are anaerobically decomposed in the sealed biogas tanks. This produces enough gas to cover all of a household’s heating requirements. Progress begins with little steps.