How Rwanda extracts methane from Lake Kivu for electricity
Thursday, July 16, 2020 - 09:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Lake Kivu lies on the border between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. It's almost the size of Mauritius and has a maximum depth of 480 meters. Lake Kivu also stores huge amounts of methane gas which Rwanda is extracting to produce electricity. Natacha Tofield Pasche explains how this process works.