Mt. Everest Biogas Program Accomplishments
• Team formed in April 2010
• Web site implemented: www.MtEverestBiogasProject.org
• Formal application to EWBsubmitted
• Formal affiliations established with:
o Mt. Everest Foundation for Sustainable Development (MEFSD)
o Saving Mt. Everest 2011-2012
o Biogas Sector Partnership of Nepal (BSP-Nepal)
• Discussions held with elders at Gorak Shep
• Water and soil quality sampling and testing at Gorak Shep underway
• Biogas digester model (Harris, U of Adelaide) is being used to assess performance (needs verification)
• Digester lab model/ pilot development and testing under discussion (SU, UW)
• Biogas digester “Green house” model in development (supported by Ecotope)
• System mass- energy balance model in development
