Sago or shortly after the inflorescence appears. The stems, which grow 10 to 15 metres high), are split out. The starch-containing pith is taken from the stems and ground to powder. The powder is kneaded in water over a cloth or sieve to release the starch. The water with the starch passes into a trough where the starch settles. After a few washings, the starch is ready to be used in cooking. A single palm yields about 800 pounds (360 kilograms) of dry starch. The sago palm, "Metroxylon sagu", is found in tropical lowland forest and freshwater swamps across Southeast Asia
Kibuye Power Plant 1 Kibuye Power Plant 1 Kibuye Power Plant 1, also Kibuye Thermal Power Station 1 (KP1), is a methane gas-fired thermal power plant in Rwanda. The power plant is located in Kibuye, Karongi District, in the Western Province of Rwanda, approximately , by road, west of Kigali, the capital and largest city in that country. Starting in 2006, with partial financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the government of Rwanda began sourcing for qualified engineering firms to design, build and operate a methane gas-powered electricity generating power plant, using gas extracted from the depths of Lake Kivu. One of the