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Toxic gas becomes energy source to power Rwandan economy

By Reuters
11 July 2016   |   4:00 pm
Rwanda is turning methane gas dissolved deep inside the waters of Lake Kivu into a lifeline by generating electricity to help businesses expand and light up a nation with a chronic power shortage.

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