SKG Sangha is an NGO in India, which builds biogas plants for individual small farmers.
These plants generate biogas and compost from animal dung, agricultural and food processing residues. The slurry from many of their biogas plants is used to make a good quality compost, which is further improved by vermi-composting.
In 2007, they won an Ashden Award and their work was filmed.
They have had several projects in communities in South India, such as around Hassan, which is North-West of Bangalore and around Kolar, which is East of Banglaore. They had installed over 160,000 biogas plants.
In 2010, SKG Sangha were asked to build 21 biogas plants in Machakos, Kenya by CMS Africa and the Machakos Diocese of the Anglican Church. The project was visited by the Archbishop of Canterbury. This project needs to be part of a much larger biogas extension programme to extend the benefits, which was the reason for the formation of the Foundation.
In 2012, SKG Sangha started a similar project in Egypt, building biogas plants for small farmers, funded by UNDP. By mid 2013, 102 plants have been built for small farmers in the Governorates of Asyut and Faiyum, using cattle dung to generate biogas for cooking and improved compost.
Other renewable energy technologies in which SKG Sangha are involved are improved cook stoves (ICS) and using solar energy for electricity via pv, and water heating and cooking. They are also involved in rain water harvesting.