Gaire Family
Farmers
Bhairahawa, Nepal
The Gaires are the long-time owners of a farm and now also help generate clean power by supplying the raw material needed to produce biogas. Biogas is a renewable power source made using organic waste. Its carbon footprint is lower than fossil fuel alternatives and it can be locally made, reducing Nepal’s reliance on imported fuel and making energy that is both sustainable and reliable.
Siddharthanagar, Nepal
Nepal is helping address longstanding energy challenges through biogas, a clean power source derived from organic waste. With support from CIF, the World Bank, and other partners, the country is building 340 new commercial biogas plants across 10 municipalities, creating jobs, and replacing the equivalent of around 131,000 cylinders of imported propane. By helping break down barriers to private sector participation in the sector, the initiative is creating enough biogas to fill more than three Olympic-size swimming pools every day.