The Biogas Technology & Information Center (BTIC) Cambodia is considered as a repository of commercial biogas technology and information center, which is capable in providing technical services including necessary training to various stakeholders such as pig farmers, project developers and investors, policy makers, financial institutions, researchers as well as local engineering companies. BTIC will contribute to harnessing the potential of biogas energy from pig farms, a currently untapped, clean, indigenous source of energy for rural electrification and also a way of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.
The BTIC was established jointly by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA). The center is funded by the project entitled “Reduction of GHG emission through promotion of commercial biogas plants”, which is jointly implemented by the Ministry of Environment (MOE), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) and UNIDO with financial support from the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The center was officially launched on 8th December 2016 and is hosted by the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering at the RUA in Cambodia.
The BTIC has the following objectives:
