Students from D-Lab are doing a study on what makes a quality briquette – please fill out this survey so we can learn how to improve sustainable charcoal alternatives! #sustainablecharcoal #renewableenergy “We are a team from MIT D-Lab Energy class and for our class project, we are exploring what makes a high quality briquette and how to conduct briquette quality testing. We are hoping to use this data to make recommendations about how to improve and test for briquette quality.” Please fill out the survey using this link. It should take between 5-10 minutes. Continue reading
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Advancing Sustainable cHarcoal Enterprises at Scale (AScHES)
The Charcoal Project is pleased to announce a new collaborative effort with MIT D-Lab to host a convening for biomass briquette producers in October 2018. The Advancing Sustainable cHarcoal Enterprises at Scale (AScHES) Convening will be held in Naivasha, Kenya Oct 1st-Oct. 5th. At this convening, producers will be provided training in a range of business and technical topics to better achieve scale in their businesses. Other activities include networking, mentoring, and field trips to local briquette producers. The hope is to develop a community of practice that will help briquette producers become more sustainable and equip them to serve as Continue reading
Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development: Lessons from the Harvest Fuel Initiative
Please join us for a special webinar exploring the development and scaling up of alternative briquette fuel enterprises. March 5th from 10 – 11:30 am Eastern Standard Time Winrock & U.S. EPA Cook Stoves & Indoor Air U.S. EPA | Winrock International | Webinar Archive Charcoal Briquette Enterprise Development: Lessons from the Harvest Fuel Initiative March, 5, 2014 10:00 a.m – 11:30 a.m Eastern Standard Time (EST) Charcoal briquettes made from various types of biomass feedstock have the potential to displace unsustainably produced charcoal and significantly reduce biomass consumption, but there are several factors that need to be taken into consideration before scaling Continue reading