The NCEA advised on methane extraction and monitoring of stratification in Lake Kivu.
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The ministry of Infrastructure (through the state minister of Energy), desiring to break the deadlock on these issues, proposed a workshop and invited all stakeholders in Lake Kivu methane gas exploitation. In addition, the ministry asked NCEA to facilitate the workshop, act as the workshop secretariat and formulate advice on methane harvesting and lake stratification monitoring.
After a successful workshop, in which a general agreement was reached on both scientific and organisational aspects, the working group provided input for the “Mandatory Requirements and Guidelines – Rules and Regulations for the Design and Operation of Gas Extraction” document of UPEGAZ and for the WB-prepared Carbon Credits request.
This advice is a further refinement to support the Governments of Rwanda and DRC to embed harvesting of the methane resource and monitoring of the stratification of Lake Kivu in a legal, regulatory and institutional setting.