Audio long-read: How dangerous is Africa’s explosive Lake Kivu?
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Gas Levels in the Deep Waters of Lake Kivo
Scientists have been pumping methane from lake kivo on a small scale for decades to make use of it for energy. Efforts ramped up seriously when kivo wat, run by london based contour global, began operation in 20 16. The 200 million dollar project is currently providing 26 megawats of electrical power and has a contract to increase that to a hundred wats. Efficiently extracting 90 % of the methane over some 50 years could reduce the likelihood of alimnic eruption by 90%.
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