IEA: By 2040, SSA will see a 40% increase in bioenergy consumption and a burgeoning $70 billion USD industry.
Resources
SCIENCE: Facts & Fiction About Charcoal in Developing Countries
If you think charcoal is only used by the poor in developing countries, or that its use for cooking will decrease over time, or that charcoal production causes deforestation, or the charcoal sector is economically irrelevant, or that improved cookstoves mitigate deforestation and GHG emissions… think again.
To Alternative Charcoal Or Not? That Is The Question.
This Alternative Charcoal Tool is not for sale in your local hardware store. But it could help make your life easier if you’re thinking about starting an alternative charcoal business.
Weekend reading: Focus on Cookstove Fuels
Ned Starck is rumored to have said, “Winter is coming. And every home needs a good stove. And every stove needs good fuel.”
Proceedings of GACC Biennial meeting in Phnom Penh available now
If, like us, you were unable to attend this year’s biennial Global Alliance for Clean Cookstove meeting in Phnom Penh in March, then here’s your chance to” geek out” to all things clean cookstove.