What We Do
We are an internationally recognized educational non-profit organization bringing clean, free fuel and nutrient dense fertilizer to people around the world. We deliver biogas systems to suburban and urban gardeners everywhere, to farmers in the U.S., and to remote villages and refugee camps around the world. Our mission and educational program is based on the work and vision of Dr. Thomas H. Culhane.
10 cu. meter Solar CITIES Puxin concrete biodigester, installed on a farm in Al Najaf, Iraq in 2014. The project was led by Taha Majeed of the Ministry of Science and Technology IRAQ / Renewable Energy Directorate.
Past Projects and Workshops
Carraig Dulra Permaculture Center
July 10, 2015 The sixth our seven Ireland Biodigester workshops took place at Carraig Dulra Permaculture Farm.
Greenhouse Biodigester in Ireland
July 9, 2015 Working with the great men of the Men's Shed in Portlaoise we built a greenhouse IBC biodigester. The unemployment situation in Ireland is dire but Irish men are rising to the occasion. The "Men's Shed" concept is a very hopeful solution. Groups of...
Timoleague Biogas Workshop
July 7, 2015 Our third of seven biodigesters in seven locations in Ireland was built in a workshop organized by Eimhin David Callanan and took place in Timoleague West Cork at a family farm.
Biogas Workshop in Claregalway
July 6, 2015 A home bio digester workshop was hosted at Bia Oisin, Claregalway by Dr. T.H. Culhane and Dr. Sybille Culhane as they work on the Solar C.3.I.T.I.E.S. mission: "Connecting Community Catalysts Integrating Technologies for Industrial Ecology Solutions". At...
Ireland’s First Community-Scale IBC Biodigester
July 3, 2015 The Solar CITIES Blue Flame tour of Ireland kicked off with a community build of a Solar CITIES IBC biodigester in the Birr Community Growery in the historic town of Birr. Birr is Gaelic for "The Wells" and, interestingly, Bir also means "well" in Arabic....
Permaculture Community Embraces Puxin Biodigester
June 19, 2015 Why is this guy smiling? Because the Permaculture Movement in New York has embraced the Solar CITIES Biogas Movement. We joined forces to build the state's first community-scale biodigester, a Solar CITIES variant of the 6m3 Puxin cement system. We...
First Green Faith Build in NY
June 15, 2015 To launch our Green Faith Initiative in New York, Solar CITIES US team built the Empire State's first biodigester in a house of worship at the First Unitarian Church in Hastings New York. The digester is of the Solar CITIES insulated IBC design and...
The Greening of Greenburgh Begins
June 5, 2015 Greenburgh's Yosemite Park in White Plains, NY is home to the town's first summer festival barbecue biogas unit. The digester is a dual IBC polyurethane insulated Solar CITIES system. It should provide gas lamp and cooking demonstrations throughout the...
Groundwork Hudson Valley Eco Home Digester
June 5, 2015 Over the last two years, Solar CITIES and Mercy College have built an enduring relationship with the Science Barge. This relationship led to Solar CITIES donating our signature liquid composting biogas system, field tested at Mercy, to our neighbors at...
Aquaponics and Practical Education Center Begins Biogas Training
May 29, 2015 On Friday, John Maer, preacher, teacher, and visionary, was giving us a tour of his amazing Practical Education Center which is based around aquaponics, when we spied an IBC tank lying around. We had been talking about how we might integrate small-scale...
Backyard Biogas at Rodrigo’s House
May 28, 2015 The value of bringing the Solar CITIES Biogas circus on the road comes from the number of people we meet who are ready to embrace home scale biogas once they learn how simple it is to do. Rodrigo Lima met us at the Ft. Lauderdale Green Planet...
IBC Biodigester at Tree Hugger Organic Farms
May 27, 2015 At Tree Hugger farms we built an IBC digester that was inoculated with humanure from their composting toilets.
Where We Work
Check out the map below to see where Solar CITIES has implemented biogas education programs – and biodigesters – through “hands-on” workshops. Some of these locations have two or more biodigesters in place, as part of our mission is to have two biogas education “hubs” in each location in order to build continued community learning support.
If you’re interested in working with us to bring biogas to your community, we invite you to get in touch with us directly. We have detailed reports about all of our projects. We would be delighted to share our information with serious enquires about partnership. Please contact us directly to share your thoughts on how we can be of assistance to you.