Homebiogas
Homebiogas designs small-scale anaerobic bio-digesters that convert kitchen waste, animal manure, and human waste into cooking gas and liquid bio-fertilizer, serving homeowners, smallholder farmers, schools, eco-lodges, and government projects across 110+ countries, and monetizing Gold Standard carbon credits via direct sales and the Gold Standard Marketplace.
- Company typePublic
- Founded2010
- HeadquartersBeit Yanai, Israel
- Headcount51–100
- GTM typeB2B and B2C
- OfferingHardware or Manufacturing
What Homebiogas does
Homebiogas Ltd. (TASE: HMGS) is an Israel-based designer and seller of small-scale anaerobic bio-digester systems that convert organic waste—kitchen scraps, animal manure, and human waste—into cooking biogas and a nutrient-rich liquid bio-fertilizer. The company was founded in 2010 (per firmographic data) and is headquartered in Bet Yanai with operations in over 110 countries through direct e-commerce and a network of regional distributors. Its core hardware includes the HomeBiogas 2 (2 m³, $1,380) and HomeBiogas 4 (4 m³, $1,860) backyard systems, Bio-Toilet kits ($2,060–$3,440), a Farmers System for smallholders with 2+ cows, and accessories such as the Booster Kit for cold-climate operation, countertop biogas stoves, and annual maintenance kits.
The underlying technology is an above-ground, soft-case low-pressure digester storing uncompressed biogas on top of a water column, engineered for safety (no LPG-style explosion risk) and fast field installation. Systems integrate IOT/cloud-based remote monitoring so the technical team can diagnose and fix issues off-site; cold-weather and probiotic consumables (Bio-Booster) extend seasonal usability and microbial performance. Units are certified to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 23590, ISO 19867-1 Tier 5, CE, and carry a stated 15-year design life. Carbon offset projects in Kenya are Gold Standard verified, generating tradable carbon credits.
Revenue is generated across four streams: (i) hardware sales via homebiogas.com and regional distributors ($1,380–$3,440 ASP), (ii) recurring accessories and consumables (maintenance kits, Bio-Booster, stoves), (iii) Gold Standard carbon credits sold direct and on the Gold Standard Marketplace, and (iv) enterprise/government deployment services through partnerships with UNDP (Rwanda, 500 farmer families, 2023), the Salvadorian Authority of Water (600+ schools, 2024), and KliK Foundation (Ghana Article 6 MoU, 2025). GTM combines direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipping globally with a hybrid channel of 19+ named regional distributors in Kenya, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Oceania, Indonesia, Singapore, India, Laos, and Nepal, plus enterprise project-based deployments with multilateral agencies and governments. Customer concentration is anchored in Kenya (7,000+ households) with growing enterprise engagements in Central America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Homebiogas firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Homebiogas
- Legal name
- HomeBiogas Ltd.
- Website
- https://homebiogas.com
- Company type
- Public
- Founded year
- 2010
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 51–100 employees
- Short description
- Homebiogas designs small-scale anaerobic bio-digesters that convert kitchen waste, animal manure, and human waste into cooking gas and liquid bio-fertilizer, serving homeowners, smallholder farmers, schools, eco-lodges, and government projects across 110+ countries, and monetizing Gold Standard carbon credits via direct sales and the Gold Standard Marketplace.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
Homebiogas industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Biogas Systems and Waste-to-Energy Equipment
- NAICS
- Sewage Treatment Facilities (221320), Fertilizer and Compost Manufacturing (32531)
- SIC
- Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Anaerobic Digestion (Wet/Dry AD) & Biogas Production (EUAIAEAD)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Biogas/RNG Plant Development, EPC & Project Delivery (EUAAAEAH), Anaerobic Digestion (AD) & Biogas/RNG Production (Organics Feedstocks) (BPALAEAC), Digestate Processing, Nutrient Recovery & Fertilizer Products (Struvite, Ammonia, Compost) (EUAAAEAL), Organics-to-Energy & CHP from Biogas (On-site Power/Heat) (EUAIAEAG), Biogas Upgrading to RNG & Injection/Fueling (Gas Cleanup, Compression) (EUAIAEAF)
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Where Homebiogas is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Beit Yanai
- HQ country
- Israel
- HQ region
- Middle East
Offices3 records
Markets served
Homebiogas business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B and B2C
- Offering type
- Hardware or Manufacturing
- Cost components
- Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Hardware Sales (Bio-digester Systems): HomeBiogas sells its bio-digester systems (HomeBiogas 2, 4, 6), bio-toilet kits, and accessories directly through its e-commerce platform and via distributors globally. Systems range from $1,380 (HomeBiogas 2) to $3,440 (Large Bio-Toilet kit).
- Accessories and Consumables: Annual maintenance kits, bio-booster probiotics, countertop biogas stoves, and service kits are sold as add-on purchases to existing customers, providing recurring revenue from the installed base.
- Carbon Credits (Gold Standard): HomeBiogas generates certified Gold Standard carbon credits from its installed biodigesters. Customers and organizations can purchase carbon offset certificates (e.g., $30 per tonne for car emissions offset) to support biogas projects in Kenya and other communities.
- Large-Scale Deployment Projects: HomeBiogas executes enterprise-level deployment projects in partnership with governments and multilateral organizations (UNDP, El Salvador Authority of Water), supplying systems to schools, rural communities, and farmer families with installation and capacity-building services.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | HomeBiogas 2 - Backyard System |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | HomeBiogas 4 - Larger Household System |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Bio-Toilet Kit: HomeBiogas 2 + Toilet |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Large Bio-Toilet Kit: HomeBiogas 4 + 2 Toilets |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Annual Maintenance Kit |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Annual Service Kit for Bio-Toilet |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Countertop Biogas Stove (Single Burner) |
| One time/ perpetual license | Pay-as-you-go | Countertop Biogas Stove (Double Burner) |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Carbon Offset - Car Emissions (1 Tonne) |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Carbon Offset - Flights (1 Tonne) |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Carbon Offset - Electricity (1 Tonne) |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels4 records
Marketing channels7 records
Homebiogas product offering
Product offeringCore offering
HomeBiogas designs, manufactures, and sells above-ground anaerobic bio-digester systems that convert organic waste (kitchen scraps, animal manure, and human waste) into clean cooking biogas and nutrient-rich liquid bio-fertilizer. The company also offers Bio-Toilet kits for off-grid sanitation and Gold Standard certified carbon offset credits derived from its installed base of systems in developing markets.
Product overview
Homebiogas offers a portfolio of biogas waste-to-energy systems centered around anaerobic digestion technology. The core product line includes HomeBiogas 2 (2m3 capacity, $1,380) and HomeBiogas 4 (4m3 capacity, $1,860) backyard bio-digesters, which convert organic waste into clean cooking biogas and liquid bio-fertilizer. These are complemented by Bio-Toilet kits (HomeBiogas 2 + Toilet at $2,060 and HomeBiogas 4 + 2 Toilets at $3,440) that convert human waste into renewable energy. The Farmers System targets smallholder farmers with 2+ cows, processing up to 50 liters of animal manure daily. Accessories include Annual Maintenance Kits ($65), Annual Service Kits for Bio-Toilets, single and double burner biogas stoves ($75-$135), Booster Kits for cold weather operation, Bio-Bins for waste measurement, Bio-Water Heaters, and carbon offset certificates. The company also offers a Loocy Toilet product line. All systems generate biogas for cooking and produce nutrient-rich bio-fertilizer as a byproduct.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- HomeBiogas 2
- HomeBiogas 4
- Bio-Toilet Kit: HomeBiogas 2 + Toilet
- Large Bio-Toilet Kit: HomeBiogas 4 + 2 Toilets
- Farmers System
- Carbon Offset Certificates
Quantifiable outcome
- Up to 5 hours of free clean cooking gas daily from the Farmers System
- +8 more outcomes
Companies that use Homebiogas
Customer profileNamed customers9 records
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles4 records
Homebiogas technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature6 records
Homebiogas partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
27 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- KliK FoundationcoreHomeBiogas signed an MoU with KliK for an Article 6 carbon project in Ghana, expanding its carbon market presence.
- Salvadorian Authority of Water (ASA)coreHomeBiogas partnered with El Salvador's Authority of Water (ASA) to install Bio-Toilets in rural areas lacking sanitation infrastructure. The partnership aims to supply systems to hundreds of schools in El Salvador. ASA is in charge of improving water resources and developing projects to stop aquifer contamination. Cecsa also participates, improving sanitation and preventing water contamination.
- UNDP (United Nations Development Programme)coreHomeBiogas partners with UNDP on large-scale clean cooking projects. In Rwanda, a UNDP project introduced HomeBiogas technology to 500 rural farmer families in Ngoma and Rwamagana districts, converting animal manure into cooking gas and bio-fertilizer. The project includes expert installation, capacity-building programs, warranty coverage, and product liability insurance.
- MCFAcoreMCFA is listed as a key partner of HomeBiogas, contributing to the company's mission to reach 200 million families through biogas technology.
- WWFcoreWorld Wildlife Fund is listed as a key partner of HomeBiogas, supporting the company's climate action and renewable energy mission.
- GIZcoreGIZ (German development agency) is listed as a key partner of HomeBiogas, backing the company's high-standard projects for measurable climate impact.
- CecsaminorCecsa (Constructora Electro Consult S.A. de C.V.) is partnered with HomeBiogas and the Salvadorian Authority of Water for the El Salvador school sanitation project, focused on improving sanitation and preventing water contamination.
- Gold StandardcoreHomeBiogas projects are verified by Gold Standard, the leading international carbon certificate authority. Carbon credits are authorized by Gold Standard, representing removal of methane emissions and avoidance of CO2 emissions. Kenya projects are fully Gold Standard registered.
- International Finance Corporation (IFC)coreIFC (part of World Bank Group) is listed among HomeBiogas's trusted partners, supporting the company's global expansion and sustainability mission.
- HomeBiogas KenyacoreHomeBiogas Kenya is the exclusive distributor in Kenya. Commercial Manager: Daniel Mungai. Operates over 7,000 household installations and manages Kenya carbon projects. Contact: [email protected].
- Ark Engineering (Uganda)coreGeneral Manager: Zak Amanya. Website: aesug.com. Facebook: HomeBiogasUganda.
- Energy Yakachena (Zimbabwe)minorGeneral Manager: Joe Banda. Website: www.energyyakachena.co.zw.
- Equipo Miogas (Spain)minorHomeBiogas distributor in Spain. Website: www.miogas.com.
- BioMovement (Brazil)coreGeneral Manager: Leandro Toledano. Website: www.homebiogas.com.br.
- BoxEnergy (Chile)minorGeneral Manager: Enrique Sobarzo. Website: www.homebiogas.cl.
- REVI (Colombia)minorGeneral Manager: Carlos Augusto Vieira A.
- HomeBiogas Costa RicaminorWebsite: www.homebiogascr.com.
- Inventagri RUC (Ecuador)minorGeneral Manager: Fabian Jaramillo. Facebook: ecoinventagri.
- Coenergy (El Salvador)coreGeneral Manager: Ileana Paula. Manages local distribution and project coordination for El Salvador school and community installations.
- Endless Solutions (Mexico)minorGeneral Manager: Barry Cooper. Website: www.endlessolutions.com.
- HomeBiogas PanamaminorStartup Consulting. Website: www.homebiogaspanama.com.
- Trevim (Peru)minorGeneral Manager: Fabio Neri Diaz. Website: www.trevim.com.
- Pacific Grow (Pacific Region/Oceania)coreRegional Exclusive Distributor for Oceania. General Manager: Guy Jakobi. Website: www.pacificgrow.co.
- PT Eco Verde Solusi Indonesia and Ecoverde Solutions Pte. Ltd. (Indonesia and Singapore)coreExclusive Distributor for Indonesia and Singapore. General Manager: Jamila Bravo. Website: www.ecoverdesolu.com.
- HRG India SolutionsminorWebsite: www.hrgsolutionsindia.com.
- LaoBiogas (Laos)minorGeneral Manager: Tony Wu. Website: www.laobiogas.com.
- Biomass Power Nepal (Nepal)minorWebsite: biomasspowernepal.org.
Scale indicators11 records
Recent moves7 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Homebiogas competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Sistema.bio: Sistema.bio is a Mexico/Kenya-based social enterprise that sells prefabricated smallholder biogas systems converting animal manure into cooking gas and biofertilizer — a near-identical product, customer (smallholder dairy farmers), and carbon-credit monetization model to HomeBiogas's Farmers System.
- ATEC Biodigesters: ATEC builds low-cost, portable plastic biodigesters for smallholder farmers in Cambodia and SE Asia — directly overlapping with HomeBiogas's off-grid farmer use case and Laos/Indonesia distributor footprint.
- BURN Manufacturing: BURN manufactures and distributes efficient cookstoves and clean cooking solutions across East Africa, sharing HomeBiogas's Kenya channel, smallholder customer, and carbon-credit revenue model though focused on stoves rather than biodigesters.
Emerging players
- CleanCook (BURN's clean ethanol stove line and similar providers): CleanCook produces ethanol-fuelled clean cookstoves targeting the same developing-market household segment; competes with HomeBiogas's cooking-gas output for the same wallet and carbon credit share.
- Prometheus Energy: Prometheus builds small-to-medium scale anaerobic digestion and biogas-to-energy projects for industrial and agricultural customers, overlapping with HomeBiogas's technology stack (AD, RNG) at a different scale.
- Sunfire (Home / Home Energy Solutions): Sunfire develops industrial Power-to-Liquid and fuel cell systems with household clean energy products; an adjacent player in decentralized renewable energy where HomeBiogas could be a competitor or partner for clean cooking gas.
- Biogas International / Quantum Biogas: Small-scale biogas plant developers and component suppliers in India, Europe, and Africa providing turnkey AD systems — comparable to HomeBiogas's Farmers System and project-deployment capability at varying scales.
Broad incumbents
- Viessmann (Biogas/Heating division): Viessmann manufactures heating, biogas plant components, and integrated energy systems across residential, commercial, and industrial segments — a broad incumbent in biogas hardware that dwarfs HomeBiogas but targets different (larger) customer profiles.
- Thetford / Dometic (sanitation): Dometic (including Thetford) is a global leader in RV/marine sanitation, portable toilets, and off-grid bathroom appliances — comparable to HomeBiogas's Bio-Toilet and Loocy product lines in off-grid sanitation but as a much larger incumbent.
Others
- Climate Impact X / Patch (carbon marketplaces): Carbon credit trading platforms and registries (CIX, Patch, Gold Standard marketplace) are distribution and pricing channels rather than direct competitors — comparable because they determine how HomeBiogas monetizes its Gold Standard certified credits.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks5 records
Key highlights6 records
Customer concentration
Homebiogas social profiles
Digital presenceHomebiogas compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance9 records
Homebiogas financial estimates
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Homebiogas leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles9 records
Homebiogas funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds4 records
Investors4 records
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Homebiogas M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Homebiogas
What does Homebiogas do?
HomeBiogas designs, manufactures, and sells above-ground anaerobic bio-digester systems that convert organic waste (kitchen scraps, animal manure, and human waste) into clean cooking biogas and nutrient-rich liquid bio-fertilizer. The company also offers Bio-Toilet kits for off-grid sanitation and Gold Standard certified carbon offset credits derived from its installed base of systems in developing markets.
Is Homebiogas a public or private company?
Homebiogas is a public company. It is classified as public and is currently operating.
When was Homebiogas founded?
Homebiogas was founded in 2010. It employs 51 to 100 people.
Where is Homebiogas based?
Homebiogas is headquartered in Beit Yanai, Israel, in the Middle East region.
How does Homebiogas make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Hardware Sales (Bio-digester Systems) is the primary driver. The others are accessories and Consumables, carbon Credits (Gold Standard) and large-Scale Deployment Projects.
Who are Homebiogas's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Sistema.bio, ATEC Biodigesters and BURN Manufacturing. Emerging players are CleanCook (BURN's clean ethanol stove line and similar providers), Prometheus Energy, Sunfire (Home / Home Energy Solutions) and Biogas International / Quantum Biogas. Broad incumbents are Viessmann (Biogas/Heating division) and Thetford / Dometic (sanitation). Climate Impact X / Patch (carbon marketplaces) is listed as an others.
Does Homebiogas have an API?
No public API is recorded for Homebiogas.
What industry is Homebiogas in?
Homebiogas's product category is Biogas Systems and Waste-to-Energy Equipment. Its primary akta.pro industry code is EUAIAEAD, Anaerobic Digestion (Wet/Dry AD) & Biogas Production, with a secondary code of EUAAAEAH, Biogas/RNG Plant Development, EPC & Project Delivery. Its NAICS code is 221320 and its SIC code is 4953.