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Sistema.bio

Country
Kenya
Technology
Biomass
Business model
Waste to Energy

ElectriFI invested USD 2m in Sistema.bio a company manufacturing, distributing, installing and financing biomass digesters for small and medium scale farmers. The biogas produced is then used for cooking, heating, or electricity generation. The investment aims to support Sistema.bio’s  rapid scale up in Latin America, East Africa, and South Asia.

Contract signature date: May 2019

Countries: India and Kenya
Total ElectriFI financing: USD 2m
Environmental and Social Category: B
(A) high risk, (B+) medium high risk, (B) medium risk or (C) low risk

About the project:

ElectriFI contracted a USD 2m equity loan alongside Engie RDE, DILA Capital (and potentially others) to enable the company to continue its scale up and international expansion principally in Kenya and India.

Sistema.bio manufactures, sells, installs, finances and services a range of modular biogas digesters and accessories design for smallholder farmers. Since inception in 2010 they have installed over 5600 units from hubs in LatAm, Kenya and India. Designed to serve farms from 2 to 200 cows, the product range varies in size from a single 6m³ biodigester, to a number of interconnected 40m³ units. With the biogas produced, an average household of 5 can do all its cooking with the smallest unit. Besides cooking, the larger systems can also be used for water or space heating and mechanical/electrical appliances such as a chaff cutter, water pump or milking machine.

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Impact

Number of beneficiaries
211,543
Annual output (MWh/y)
GHG avoidance (tCO2eq/y)
265,000

Key indicators

Beneficiary
Sistema.bio
Financing instrument
Equity
Amount
USD 2m
Countries
Kenya and India
Technology
Biomass
Business model
Waste to energy
Year
2019
Facility
ElectriFI global

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