Image by New Times of Methane extraction platform on lake KIVU

The New Times of Rwanda has a very interesting news article informing us that finally the methane gas from Lake Kivu has produced electricity. I say finally because the first time I heard about this gas was when I was still doing my primary school. At the time a teacher told us that it was a terrible gas that sucks in those who approach it and kill them making it even impossible to recover their bodies because nobody would venture to go down in the lake to bring them back.

Now, that gas is no longer a killer-only monster but has been a useful ingredient to the production of electricity: my congratulations to the team that made this dream come true. They made history.

Like the skinny kid with a funny name , I will say Yes We Can.

I hope the full scale production will not take as many years as it took since I heard about the existence of this gas. I am sure this might be a great export product.