Description:
Skylink Innovators is a company in Kenya that seeks to preserve the countryÕs remaining woodlands and to alleviate the problem of deforestation through developing alternative energy sources from human waste. It builds its business on producing biogas from animal and human waste as household fuel, and provides both via a network of local entrepreneurs. 200 domestic biogas plants and six large-scale ones in schools and a prison have been sold benefiting at least 5,200 people, and wood use has been reduced by 800 tonnes per year resulting in an estimated 1,100 tonne-a-year reduction in carbon emissions.
Countries of Operation: Kenya
Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya
Main Area of Focus:Waste
Other Areas of Focus: Waste-Based Products, Biomass Power, Energy
BOP Value Add: Product Design
Profit Focus: For-Profit
Awards/Funders: BBC World Challenge, Ashden Awards
Website:
http://www.skylinkinnovators.blogspot.com/
Resources:
http://www.theworldchallenge.co.uk/2009-finalists-project03.php
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