Journal
SUSTAINABILITY
Volume 11, Issue 14, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/su11143814
Keywords
Bangladesh; anaerobic digestion; biogas; bioenergy; Sustainable Development Goals
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This research presents a conceptual model to illustrate how people living in rural areas can harness bioenergy to create beneficial community-driven' income-generating activities. The research is contextualised within the rural developing areas of Bangladesh where people live in abject poverty and energy deficiency. The research methodology applied in this study aims to determine the basic requirements for implementing community-based anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and illustrate how an AD facility positively impacts upon the lives of rural communities directly after its installation. The survey results demonstrate that implementing a biogas plant can save 1 h and 43 min of worktime per day for a rural family where women are generally expected to for cook (by the long-term tradition). In addition to the positive impacts on health and climate change through adoption of clean energy generation, this time saving could be utilised to improve women ' s and children's education. The research concludes that, by providing easy access to clean bioenergy, AD can change people's quality of life, yielding major social, economic and environmental transformations; key benefits include: extending the working day; empowering women; reducing indoor air pollution; and improving people's health and welfare. Each of these tangible benefits can positively contribute towards achievement of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. This work demonstrates the potential to increase the implementation of AD systems in other developing world countries that have similar geographic and socioeconomic conditions.
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