 commercializing biogas commercializing biogas mr carlyle benjamin who has been serving at ug for over 20 years as a technologist within the faculty of engineering and technology s electrical department will be spearheading the work of utilising biogas to produce electricity professionally he is an engineer with several years of experience having worked at the caribbean community caricom secretariat and the guyana bauxite company among other entities additionally as a technologist mr benjamin conducts laboratory exercises and lectures on electrical and electronic principles according to mr benjamin to produce electricity from biogas a biogas plant must first be constructed he explained biogas or methane is a byproduct of natural materials that decay such as grass cooking waste plant and animal waste manure he added that cow manure harbours a rich microbial diversity containing different species of bacteria methane gas carbon dioxide and trace amounts of nitrogen hydrogen and carbon monoxide in explaining how the bio plant works mr benjamin noted the raw materials can decompose in a pit or in a container in the absence of oxygen and too much water after a period of a few weeks it is transformed to waste material and the natural gas released has to be harvested collected and slightly processed it should be noted that methane gas is highly flammable and must be handled with care biogas plants significantly reduces the greenhouse effect lowers methane emissions by capturing this harmful gas and uses it as fuel thereby reducing the reliance on fossil fuels this commodity can be used for  cooking a polyethene bio digester can provide gas for cooking for two households biogas would be a cheaper source of fuel than cooking gas heating in chicken pens brooding generating electricity biogas can be turned into electricity by using a gas turbine or fuel cell providing a source of power to buildings mr benjamin is confident that there is huge potential for the development of the project and is working with the relevant persons to ensure it becomes a reality andydindial tue 2142023 1109  