GIZ HERA Cooking Energy Compendium

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Learn more about why this manual for programs and projects to implement cooking energy interventions was compiled and how to use this compendium.

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Cooking Energy Fuels, Technologies and Practices / The Cooking Energy System

The Cooking Energy System

Cooking Fuels

Cooking with Solid Fuels

Cooking with Firewood

Cooking with Charcoal

Cooking with Dung

Cooking with Agricultural Residues

Cooking with Coal

Cooking with Gas

Cooking with Biogas

Cooking with Woodgas

Cooking with Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG)

Cooking with Liquid Fuels

Cooking with Ethanol and Methanol

Cooking with Plant Oil

Cooking with Kerosene

Cooking with Electricty

Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)

• Cooking with Woodfuels (Firewood and Charcoal)
• Cooking with Firewood
• Cooking with Charcoal
• Dual Fuel Stoves
• Firewood Management Techniques
• Testing of Woodfuel Stoves

Cooking with Other Biomass Fuels

• Cooking with Other Solid Biomass Fuels
  • Biomass Briquettes – Production and Marketing

• Cooking with Plant Oil
• Cooking with Ethanol and Methanol
• Cooking with Biogas
• Biogas Stoves
• Cooking with Woodgas
• Gasifier Stoves
• Cooking with Dung
• Dung-burning Cookstoves

Cooking with Nonbiomass Fuels

• Cooking with the Sun

• Cooking with Coal
• Coal Stoves

• Cooking with Kerosene
• Kerosene Stoves

• Cooking with LPG
• LPG Stoves

General Cooking Practices

• General Kitchen Management Practices

Energy-Saving Cooking Equipment

• Pressure Cookers
• Heat Retainers - Thermos Flasks and Fireless Cookers

Baking with Improved Ovens

• Baking with Improved Ovens

Water Heating

• Water Heating

Solar Drying

• Solar Drying

Basics about Cooking Energy

• Facts on Cooking Energy
  • Cooking Energy and the Sustainable Develoment Goals
  • Cooking Energy Initiatives on the International Agenda
  • Cooking Energy Initiatives on the Regional and National Agenda
  • Cooking Energy and Focal Areas of Develoment Cooperation
  • Lessons Learnt from Improved Cookstove Projects

• Frequently Asked Questions

Policy Advice on Cooking Energy

• Background - Cooking Energy Crisis
• Cooking Energy Intervention Strategies
• Biomass Energy Strategy (BEST)

Planning Cooking Energy Interventions

• Frame Conditions for Planning Cooking Energy Interventions
• Process of Planning Cookstove Interventions
• Content of Planning Cookstove Interventions

Designing and Implementing Improved Cookstoves (ICS) Supply Interventions

• Enhancing Production of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Commercialisation of Cookstoves
• Creation of Public Awareness for Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• User Training - Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Financing Mechanisms for Cookstove Dissemination
• Quality Assurance of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Production Systems and Quality Management of Improved Cookstoves
• Scaling-up Strategies of Improved Cookstoves (ICS)
• Result Based Monitoring of Cookstoves Projects
• Sustainability of Cookstoves

Designing and Implementing Woodfuel Supply Interventions

• Policy Challenges in the Woodfuel Sector
• Inception Studies for Biomass Energy Supply Opportunities
• Assessing Woodfuel Supply Potentials
• Woodfuel Production Options
• Charcoal Production
• Biomass Briquettes – Production and Marketing

Climate Change Related Issues

• Carbon Funding for Cookstoves

Extra

• Cooking Energy in Refugee Situations
• Heating - Indoor Air Temperature