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| + | == Further Readings == |
− | *[[#Wood|Wood]]
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− | *[[#Charcoal|Charcoal]]
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− | *[[#Pellets|Pellets/Briquettes]]
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− | *[[#Ethanol|Ethanol]]
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− | *[[#Biogas|Biogas]]
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− | *[[#LPG|LPG]]
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− | *[[#Electricity|Electricity]]
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− | <div id="Wood">
| + | * [[Humanitarian E-Waste Network]]: cross-organizational technical working group on E-waste Reduction in Displacement Settings. |
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| + | * [https://eepafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/e-Waste_Introduction.pdf What is E-waste?] |
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| + | * [https://eepafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/e-Waste_Management-Strategies.pdf Strategies for e-waste managment] |
− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
| + | * [https://eepafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/e-Waste_Reduce-Reuse-Recycle.pdf Reduce-Reuse-Recycle] |
− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
| + | '''Publications from Displacement Settings''' |
− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#bc2a5d; color:#ffffff;" |'''Biomass and Biomass-based Fuels'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Wood'''
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− | |Firewood is a traditional cooking fuel, culturally accepted in many contexts and the smoke produced from the burning of wood can flavour foods
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− | |<nowiki>- Firewood not always available to displaced communities</nowiki>
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− | - Where readily available, firewood can be collected at high environmental cost and social cost (friction with the community, gender-based violence while collecting etc.) | + | * GIZ Energy Solutions in Displacement Settings (ESDS) (2021). ''Baseline Assessment on Electronic Waste Management and Extended Producer Responsibility in Displacement Settings in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda''. [[E-Waste Reduction in Displacement Settings|https://energypedia.info/wiki/E-Waste_Reduction_in_Displacement_Settings]] |
| + | * GIZ ESDS (2020). [[Solar E-Waste Reduction in Displacement Settings]]. |
| + | * GPA & NORCAP (2021). ''Electronic Waste (E-waste) Management for Off-grid Solar Solutions in Displacement Settings''. https://www.nrc.no/globalassets/pdf/reports/e-waste/e-waste-mgmt-for-off-grid-solar-solutions-in-displacement-settings.pdf |
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− | - Where demand for firewood is high and there is limited availability, cost can be relatively high
| + | '''Regulatory Framework''' |
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− | - Firewood bans are becoming a popular tool to reduce deforestation | + | * [https://www.gsma.com/mobilefordevelopment/e-waste-legislative-framework-map/ E-Waste Legislative Framework Map] |
| + | * [https://eepafrica.org/resources/e-waste-toolkit/recycling-facilities/ List of policy and regulatory framework for e-waste in Southern and East Africa.] |
| + | * [https://www.ace-taf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/E-Waste-Policy-Handbook-2019-ACE-TAF.pdf E-waste Policy Handbook] |
| + | * [https://www.ace-taf.org/kb/e-waste-guide-for-stand-alone-solar-in-nigeria/ E-Waste Guide for Stand-Alone Solar in Nigeria] |
| + | * [https://www.gogla.org/e-wastepolicy-and-regulation GOGLA's webinar on E-waste Policy and Regulation] |
| + | * CLASP (2022): Bending Toward Circular: Using Extended Producer Responsibility Schemes to Transition to Appliance Circular Economy. https://www.clasp.ngo/research/all/bending-toward-circular-using-extended-producer-responsibility-schemes-to-transition-to-appliance-circular-economy/ |
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− | - Where firewood bans are in place, it may be unavailable or relatively expensive as sold through the black market
| + | '''Toolkits''' |
− | |Stove Types:
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− | - Three Stone Fire, Improved Mud Stove, Improved Cookstoves | + | * [https://www.gogla.org/e-waste GOGLA E-waste Toolkit] |
| + | * GIZ (2019). [[Publication - E-Waste Training Manual|E-Waste Training Manual]]. https://energypedia.info/images/5/55/E-Waste_Training_Manual.pdf |
| + | * [https://www.step-initiative.org/business-plan-calculation-tool.html E-waste Business Plan Calculation Tool] |
| + | * [https://eepafrica.org/resources/e-waste-toolkit/other-resources/ EEP Africa E-waste Toolkit] |
| + | '''Battery''' |
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− | Availability and Costs:
| + | * [[End-of-Life Management of Batteries in the Off-Grid Solar Sector]] |
| + | * [https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/USAID-Solar-E-Waste-and-Battery-Technology-Report.pdf Case study from Uganda and Senegal] |
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− | - Three stone fires are open fires and although they have no financial cost.
| + | '''Other Resources''' |
− | | + | * [https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0973082622001405 Off-grid solar waste in sub-Saharan Africa: Market dynamics, barriers to sustainability, and circular economy solutions] |
− | - Improved mud stoves can be produced relatively cheaply where appropriate clay soils are readily available and thus, likely to achieve higher adoption. They provide Tier performance and have room for further efficiency improvement to achieve quality standards for clean cooking.
| + | * Spear, Rowan, Cross, Jamie, Tait, Jeremy, Goyal, Richa., 2020. Pathway to Repair in the Global Off-grid Solar Sector. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Pathways-to-Repair-in-the-Global-Off-Grid-Solar-Sector_final.pdf |
− | | + | * Efficiency for Action (2021). Innovations and Lessons in Solar E-waste Management. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Clasp_EforA-SolarEWaste_5-May.pdf |
− | (see MTF framework below).
| + | * UNICEF (2020). ''A third of the world’s children poisoned by lead, new groundbreaking analysis says''. https://www.unicef.org/rosa/press-releases/third-worlds-children-poisoned-lead-new-groundbreaking-analysis-says |
− | | + | * Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) & E-waste Coalition (2019). ''A New Circular Vision for Electronics: Time for a Global Reboot. https://www.weforum.org/reports/a-new-circular-vision-for-electronics-time-for-a-global-reboot'' |
− | | + | * CLASP (2019). Solar E-waste Market Scoping Report. https://storage.googleapis.com/e4a-website-assets/Solar-E-Waste-Market-Scoping-Report.pdf |
− | - Improved cookstoves can be produced locally or are available from international suppliers relatively cheaply, although generally costs increase as higher quality standards are achieved
| + | * Duke University. [https://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/18419/Balasubramanian_Clare_Ko-SolarEWaste.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y Off-Grid Solar E-Waste: Impacts & Solutions in East Africa] |
− | |<nowiki>- Collection of firewood can put women and children at risk of sexual gender-based violence </nowiki>
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− | - Cookstoves with a low tier of performance causes high levels of indoor air pollution and associated health concerns (e.g. respiratory diseases, eye irritation, etc.)
| + | [[Category:Renewable Energy]] |
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− | - Cooking on open fire poses risk of burns and fires
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− | - Uncontrolled exploitation of firewood can lead to deforestation and environmental degradation
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− | - Competing demands for a limited resource can lead to friction between the host and displaced communities
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− | - In instances where biomass is non-renewably collected, improved cookstoves can contribute positively to climate change by reducing the emissions.
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− | |<nowiki>- Improved cookstoves are more available than alternative clean cook stoves in most contexts </nowiki>
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− | - Many commercially made improved cookstoves are more efficient than three-stone fires and some (Tier 4) also meet most of the international quality standards
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− | - Improved cookstoves have relatively lower price and higher uptake compared to alternative clean cookstoves
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− | |<nowiki>- Most improved cookstoves do not meet the quality standard for clean cooking, particularly if used improperly </nowiki>
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− | - Improved cookstoves are dependent on biomass fuel sources, many of which are unsustainably grown and collected
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− | - Handcrafted cookstoves cannot guarantee quality standards, and consequently it is impossible to quantify their impact
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− | - Although sustainably managed wood lots are possible, the size of the land required is generally prohibitive with regards to meeting the demands of a displaced community in its entirety (this includes households, businesses and institutions)
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− | <div id="Charcoal">
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#bc2a5d; color:#ffffff;" |'''Biomass and Biomass-based Fuels'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Charcoal'''
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− | | Charcoal is a traditional cooking fuel, culturally accepted in many contexts and the smoke produced from the burning of charcoal can flavour foods
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− | Heat from the burning of charcoal is transferred through radiation (not convection as with firewood) so requires a different stove design from that associated to firewood stoves
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− | |<nowiki>- Charcoal is not always available to displaced communities</nowiki>
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− | - Where readily available, charcoal can be purchased relatively cheaply
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− | - Where demand for charcoal is high and there is limited availability, cost can be relatively high
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− | - Charcoal bans are becoming an increasingly popular tool to reduce deforestation (incl. In displacement settings)
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− | - Where charcoal bans are in place, it may be unavailable or relatively expensive as sold through the black market
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− | | Stove Types:
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− | - Traditional Charcoal Stove, Improved Cookstoves
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− | Availability and Costs:
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− | - Improved cookstoves can be produced locally or are available from international suppliers relatively cheaply, although generally costs increase as higher quality standards are achieved
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− | |<nowiki>- Cookstoves with a low tier of performance can lead to high levels of indoor pollution and associated health concerns</nowiki>
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− | - Use of charcoal stoves in poorly ventilated shelters can lead to death though the build-up of carbon monoxide
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− | - Uncontrolled production of charcoal can lead to deforestation and environmental degradation
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− | - In instances where charcoal is not produced in a sustainable manner, improved cookstoves can contribute to climate change
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− | |<nowiki>- Improved cookstoves are widely available in most contexts </nowiki>
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− | |<nowiki>- Most improved cookstoves do not meet the quality standard for clean cooking, particularly if used improperly </nowiki>
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− | - Improved cookstoves are dependent on biomass fuel sources, many of which are unsustainably collected
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− | - Handcrafted cookstoves cannot guarantee quality standards, and consequently it is impossible to quantify their impact
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− | - Although sustainably produced charcoal is possible, the size of the land required is generally prohibitive with regards to meeting the demands of a displaced community in its entirety
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− | <div id="Pellets">
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#bc2a5d; color:#ffffff;" |'''Biomass and Biomass-based Fuels'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Pellets/Briquettes'''
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− | | Pellets and briquettes are the result of compacting loose biomass (including charred biomass) into a uniform product, which may require the addition of a binder, to achieve energy densification (less volume for the same amount of energy output)
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− | |<nowiki>- Pellets and briquettes may not be readily available in displacement contexts </nowiki>
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− | - Pellets and briquettes may not be the cheapest source of cooking energy and may require some form of subsidy to make them an ‘affordable’ solution | |
− | |Stove Types:
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− | Improved Cookstoves, Gasification Stove
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− | Availability and Costs:
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− | - Improved cookstoves can be produced locally or are available from international suppliers relatively cheaply, although generally costs increase as higher quality standards are achieved
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− | |<nowiki>- Can produce less smoke than other biomass fuels but this is dependent on the raw materials, quality of production and the type of stove used </nowiki>
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− | |<nowiki>- There is an opportunity to use waste biomass or sustainable wood supplies to manufacture pellets and briquettes</nowiki>
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− | |<nowiki>- Pellets and briquettes can be difficult to light and be reused once extinguished </nowiki>
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− | - Grant based small scale briquetting activities in displacement settings rarely result in meaningful impact and are only sustainable with ongoing grant commitments | |
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− | - May require the development of a supply chain to the displacement setting | |
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Ethanol'''
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− | |Ethanol is an alcohol fuel distilled from a variety of biomass feedstock, usually produced in liquid or gel form
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− | |<nowiki>- Ethanol may not be readily available in displacement contexts </nowiki>
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− | - The cost of ethanol is influenced by production and supply chain costs and economies of scale
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− | - Sugar cane and molasses are the most common and economical sources of ethanol
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− | - Ethanol Burner
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− | -Availability limited to contexts where ethanol for cooking is already established
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− | - Simple design and can be made relatively cheaply
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− | |<nowiki>- Can be manufactured from renewable primary products, however, poor land management associated to fuel crops can lead to environmental degradation </nowiki>
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− | - Fuel crops can occupy land previously associated to food production or biodiversity
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− | - Clean combustion with negligible emissions and no soot
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− | |<nowiki>- Ethanol can be affordable in contexts with appropriate supply ecosystems </nowiki>
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− | |<nowiki>- May require the development of a supply chain to the displacement setting</nowiki>
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− | - May require behavioural change if users unfamiliar with or hesitant towards gas stoves | |
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Biogas'''
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− | |Biogas is produced from agricultural, food and/or human waste through processes of anaerobic digestion
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− | |<nowiki>- it is particularly viable in rural areas where sufficient feedstock is available</nowiki>
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− | - Biogas systems require intensive upkeep and maintenance, which is labour intensive and requires skilled local knowhow for its maintenance.
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− | - Such systems have high investment costs though more affordable DIY or ready-made solutions also exist
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− | |Stove Types:
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− | - Simple design and can be made relatively cheaply
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− | |<nowiki>- Biogas is clean and, if feedstock processes are managed correctly, safe for users </nowiki>
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− | - Reduces reliance on firewood and charcoal, which can reduce the impacts of deforestation
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− | |<nowiki>- Biogas systems can contribute to circular economies and can incorporate sanitation management strategies </nowiki>
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− | - Biogas produces fertiliser as a by-product which is a sought-after co-benefit
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− | |<nowiki>- Ideally for households with agricultural and livestock. Could also support community cooking activities </nowiki>
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− | - Cultural norms might limit the acceptance of handling raw materials and cooking from the generated gas | |
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− | - Biogas systems need a significant initial water input to produce gas | |
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− | - Biogas systems require a continuous supply of suitable feedstock, which is a challenge to procure or produce | |
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− | - The biodigester needs a certain temperature and contamination needs to be avoided for continuous biogas generation | |
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− | - May require behavioural change if users unfamiliar with or hesitant towards gas stoves | |
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Summary'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Availability & Cost'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Stoves/Appliances'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Health, Safety and Environment'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Opportunities'''
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− | | style="background:#27811d; color:#ffffff; text-align:center;" |'''Limitations'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#bc2a5d; color:#ffffff;" |'''Fossil Fuels'''
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− | | colspan="6" style="background:#2596be; color:#ffffff;" |'''Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)'''
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− | |A by-product of natural gas and oil extraction, can be supplied to kitchens in cylinders, providing a convenient cooking fuel which increasingly features in government policies to transition from biomass fuels
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− | |<nowiki>- In many contexts, LPG can be prohibitively expensive for low-income households, especially without subsidy </nowiki>
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− | - The cost of LPG is influenced by production and supply chain costs, economies of scale and domestic energy policies (e.g., subsidies)
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− | - In some contexts the monthly costs associated to cooking may be cheaper with LPG than traditional fuels, however, the initial cost of the stove and deposit on the first cylinder may be prohibitive
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− | |Stove Types:
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− | - Gas Burner
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− | Availability and Costs:
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− | - Simple design and can be made relatively cheaply
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− | |<nowiki>- LPG is a clean fuel, which emits lower GHG emissions than biomass fuels </nowiki>
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− | - There are safety concerns associated to the use of LPG if not stored or used correctly
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− | - LPG is a clean-burning fuel that emits less CO<sub>2</sub> compared to other biomass fuels and thus, contributes to climate change
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− | |<nowiki>- LPG stoves are convenient to use, efficient and fast </nowiki>
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− | - LPG is easy to store in bottles and transported from the production centre to the consumers | |
− | |<nowiki>- LPG is dependent on a reliable distribution network, which is a challenge in remote and rural areas </nowiki>
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− | - LPG is a finite, fossil fuel resource | |
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− | - Initial cost of buying a gas stove and cylinder can pose financial challenges
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− | - Since the gas cylinders are heavy and bulky, can pose transport challenges for the rural household. Households might have to pay extra for the transport deterring adoption.
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