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Detail of GEF Project #388
| GEF Project ID | 388 |
| UNDP PMIS ID | 384 |
| Funding Source | GEF Trust Fund |
| Project Name | Electricity, Fuel and Fertilizer from Municipal and Industrial Waste in Tanzania: A Biogas Plant for Africa |
| Country | Tanzania |
| Region | Africa |
| Focal Area | Climate Change |
| Operational Program | 6 |
| Approval Date | 1993-05-01 |
| GEF Agency Approval Date | 1994-03-17 |
| Project Completion Date | 1999-12-31 |
| Project Cancellation Date | 1999-12-31 |
| Project Status | Cancelled |
| GEF Agency | UNDP |
| Executing Agency | Government of Tanzania |
| Description | Project establishes Africa’s first large-scale biogas plant, converting methane produced by municipal waste into energy. With increased indigenous interest and capacity resulting from project, plant is to operate as independent profit centre capable of reinvesting profits in replication. |
| Implementation Status | Because of difficulties with the implementation, all the stakeholders agreed to terminate the project which is now operationally and financially closed. (vg1jul00). |
| GEF Project Grant | 2,500,000 USD |
| GEF Grant | 2,500,000 USD |
| Cofinancing Total | 1,576,380 USD |
| Project Cost | 4,076,380 USD |
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