we could do in nwoya. >> so, in 2012, peter nyeko set up a private company.ilowatt hours of renewable energy from agricultural biomass through a process called 'gasification'. >> due to the shape of the gasifier, just a spark is enough to get the material to heat up to a thousand degrees celsius. at that temperature it breaks down. from rice husks, maize cobs, ground nut shells, coffee husks into methane and hydrogen rocket fuel. while those gases are light, they rise to the top. they are sucked out and go to power the engine. >> the maize harvest has just ended. after removing the kernels for food, the women used to throw these cobs away. now they supply them to peter nyeko as a raw material to produce the energy they use in their homes. >> we take it to mandulis, we sell it to them, they buy it and we get money almost three times. we get money from selling this one. then we get money from the rice husks. >> the company also uses the waste from the gasification. during the process, gasses are separated from solid biomass. it leaves behind tons of solid resid