Atmosfair and Kisiwa Farming progress report 2023

In 2021, CTF supported Atmosfair and Kisiwa Farming Limited project on establishing a pilot biomass power plant on Mafia Island, Tanzania to replace the island's dependence on diesel generators and directly displacing fossil fuel emissions. The facility has been successfully installed, but due to difficulties in securing a power purchase agreement, less electricity was sent to the grid than expected. This has also generated less emission reductions in the pilot project than planned. So far about 43,5 tonnes CO2 has been avoided and is expected to reach at least 250 tonnes (about one third of total reduction could be directly linked to CTF support). We are looking into using the remaining CTF donation to develop the coconut processing capacity on the island and installing a pyrolyser to produce biochar for carbon soil sequestration and fertilisation, to further reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainable development on Mafia Island.