Building Biodigesters in Alaska

Building Biodigesters in Alaska

December 5, 2009 In late 2009, after developing our Solar CITIES IBC-based biogas system in Cairo, Egypt in anticipation for building in cold climates, we went to Alaska to experiment with psychrophilic microbial biodigesters in IBC tanks. Read more about the project...
Experiments with IBCs at Sekem Farm

Experiments with IBCs at Sekem Farm

May 12, 2009 At the Sekem Farm and Science School outside of Cairo, Egypt Thomas Culhane, Hanna Fathy and Solar CITIES intern Mike Rimoin deployed their invention of the open-source solar heated three IBC Solar CITIES biodigester. This is perhaps the first use of...
SolarCITIES Cold Climate Digester

SolarCITIES Cold Climate Digester

May 5, 2009 This system is built from three identical IDB tote HDPE tanks. To the rear, one can just make out the biodigester itself. The top of the digester is connected by 1/2 inch clear plastic tubing to the top-side of the water displacement tank (WDT) . Water...
Our Humble Beginnings in Essen, Germany

Our Humble Beginnings in Essen, Germany

January 30, 2009 Home scale biogas at home. This is where it all began for Solar CITIES co-founder T.H. Culhane when he built his own household biodigester on the family porch in Essen after returning from his first visit to India in January of 2009 where he learned...