Nepal’s household biogas dream is quietly collapsing
Summary
More than half of Nepal's household biogas systems are non-functional, with technical failures, demographic changes, and lack of maintenance threatening the sector's future and its climate goals.
Key Points
- Over 54 percent of biogas plants in surveyed Nepal districts are non-functional, showing high abandonment rates.
- Technical failures and lack of maintenance are the main causes of biogas system collapse.
- Changing rural demographics and shrinking livestock numbers limit operational biogas plants.
- Failure of biogas systems undermines Nepal's climate goals and leads to increased reliance on LPG and firewood.
- Prof Sunil Prasad Lohani urges urgent policy reforms for sustainable biogas use.
