Market Landscape for Improved Cookstoves in Mozambique

Introduction

In Mozambique, less than 5% of the population have access to clean cooking fuels and technologies in 2019. Thus, there is an enormous opportunity for clean cooking solutions in Mozambique. The impacts of traditional biomass for cooking are not limited to health problems, deforestation, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions but also the inefficient cookstoves keeps the person cooking (usually women) from performing other activities, such as working or studying, due to long cooking periods and the time needed to collect firewood or purchase charcoal. Additionally, a more efficient cookstoves reduces the fuel amount needed to cook a meal, thus reducing fuel costs.

The Mozambican cookstove market is currently at a nascent stage and is driven by donor initiatives that are focused on creating a cookstoves markets. Thus, there is a need and opportunity for private sector participation in moving the market forward. This article outlines the cookstove market in Mozambique i.e. actors involved, potential market size as well as challenges and opportunities for the private sector. This market assessment is targeted at private sector, donor organisations and other key stakeholders who are interested/active in the ICS market and want to get a deeper understanding of the market.

In this article, the term improved cookstoves (ICS) includes efficient cookstoves that burn different solid biomass such as firewood, charcoal, agricultural residues, animal dung and other solid biomass products. Advanced or high tier cookstoves (ACS) are fuelled by LPG, biogas, solar energy or electricity and are mentioned in some sections of this article. ACS are not included in the term ICS, however they are included in the terms clean cooking solutions and clean cooking technologies.

For an overview on the demographics and socio-economic indicators for Mozambique, see this chapter.

For detail information about the biomass potential in Mozambique, please see this chapter.

For a detailed overview of clean cooking technologies see this article.

Stakeholder Landscape

Development organisations and NGOs

The ICS market is mostly driven by development organisation initiatives. One of the most active energy programmes is EnDev, which works towards ICS market development by capacitating local ICS entrepreneurs and providing Results-based Financing. It also organises regular meeting to promote networking among the stakeholders which compensates for the lack of ICS association. Several local and international NGOs, as well as international development organisations, such as SNV, AVSI, ADEL-Sofala, Livaningo and Kulima among others have also implemented clean cooking programmes in Mozambique[1]. The Energy and Sustainable Development Forum of Mozambique (FEDESMO) is another association that has also been actively promoting improved charcoal cookstoves.

Some of the key energy access programmes [HJGM1] and their goals related to ICS are:

a.       BRILHO, planning to distribute a total of 150,000 cook stoves

b.      ILUMINA, planning to distribute a total of 16,000 cook stoves

c.       TSE4ALLM, producing biogas from organic waste.[2]

To know more about all on-going clean cooking programmes, click here[F2] .

For a list of all past clean cooking programmes, click here[rb3] .

Testing Centre

The Biomass Energy Certification and Testing Centre (BECT) is the only testing facility which provides testing and certification of ICS in Mozambique. It is located at the Eduardo Mondlane University[F4] [HJGM5]  [3].

Private Sector

Up until March 2020, there were 10-15 companies [rb6] [HJGM7] supplying ICS stoves (charcoal and fuelwood) in the Mozambique market compared to 4 ICS suppliers in 2018[4]. Some of the companies include: MozCarbon, ENI,  ICEMA LDA, Sogepal and Pamoja Moçambique. For the ICS supply chain, two-step distribution chain i.e. producers to consumers is most common but many companies are also expanding the distribution chain to reach consumers outside the capital city, Maputo[5]. The ICS companies often collaborate with solar companies to provides ICS in combination with a solar product. The ICS markets includes both artisanal production as well as cookstoves imported from other countries.

MozCarbon has disseminated more than 60,000 cookstoves as of 2020[6]. The company is currently working on two Small-Scale Voluntary Project Activities (VPA1 and VPA2) to disseminate ICS in several neighbourhoods in Maputo and Matola. These projects expect the distribution of 55,000 stoves including the Rocket Works stove, ICEMA stoves (Mbaula and Zavala), ACE 1 stoves, and several Envirofit models (CH220 charcoal, Econochar charcoal, Econofire wood). The VPAs are also certified by Gold Standard[7].

Together with carbon credit company Garner, Green 66 Innovations aims at distributing at least 100,000 ethanol stoves by 2025 in Maputo and Matola and 50,000 bioethanol cookstoves by 2027[8]. The stoves are manufactured in South Africa[9].

Italian Energy company Eni, has produced 8,448 ICS and sold 6,198 from 2016 to 2020 in Mozambique.  These stoves are manufactured in Mozambique[10].

Pamoja Moçambique has sold over 1000 ACE PT ICS. These stove cost around 7150 MZN [11].

The table below lists different actors (private companies, SMEs, consultants) active in the Mozambican clean cooking sector.

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Company	Type	Link to webpage
Abt Associates Inc.	Company	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/22/73
ActGlobal	Consultant	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2207https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2207
Advance Consulting B.V.	Consultant	https://www.advanceconsulting.nl/
ASSOCIAÇÃO CASAMIGA CHAPTER	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2214
Brokers Carbon	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.brokerscarbon.com/
C Quest Capital	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://https//cquestcapital.com/
Camco Advisory Services K Ltd	Consultant	https://www.camco.energy/
Carbon Africa	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.carbonafrica.co.ke/
Carbon Impacts Consultants	Consultant	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/14/804
CerâMica Nova MacuáCua	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3067
Charter Estates	Consultant	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3110
Chemonics International Inc.	SME	http://www.chemonics.com/
Cleancook Sweden AB	SME	http://cleancook.com/
CleanStar Mozambique	SME	http://www.cleanstarmozambique.com/
Climate Focus	Consultant	https://www.climatefocus.com/
Development Technical Assistance Service	Consultant	http://ncdalliance.org/
Economic Development Council of Seattle and King County	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.edc-seaking.org/
EcoZoom	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/21/87
Endeva UG	Consultant	https://endeva.org/
Energy and Security Group	SME	http://www.energyandsecurity.com/
Enking International	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://https//enkingint.org/
Enviro Energy Enterprises	SME	https://greenfuel.webs.com/
Envirofit	SME	http://www.envirofit.org/
Everest Energy	Consultant	http://everestenergy.nl/
Exp Social Marketing	Investor	https://www.expsocialmarketing.com/ https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2474
Fenix International	SME	https://www.fenixintl.com/
Finovista	Consultant	http://https//www.finovista.com
FMS ENGINEERING	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3465
Form Remodel Inc	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3287
GAIA Association	SME	https://www.no-burn.org/
Garner Advisors/Green 66 Innovations/	Consultant	https://www.garneradvisors.com/carbonportfolio
Green Development AS	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.greendevelopment.no/
Indiegogo	Company	http://https//www.indiegogo.com/
Infinite Solutions	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://infisolutions.org/
Innovision Consulting Private Limited	Consultant	http://innovision-bd.com/
Khaya Power	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/24/1009
Lake Zone Biogas Consultancy	Consultant	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3103
NexSteppe	Company	http://www.nexsteppe.com/
McCann Global Health	Copmany	http://www.mccannglobalhealth.com/
Micergy Company Limited	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3380
MicroSave	Consultant	https://www.microsave.net
MozCarbon - Mozambique Carbon Initiatives Lda	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.mozcarbon.co.mz/
Novozymes	Company	https://www.novozymes.com/
Numerco	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://numerco.com/
Organicc Ltd	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://organicc.co.uk/
Optima Engineers	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/21/966
Partners for Innovation	Consultant	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2304
Real Relief	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2741
Renewable Resources Holdings	Carbon Asset / Project Developer	http://www.renewableresourcesholdings.com/
REENCE - RENEWABLE ENERGY & CERAMICS, SOCIEDADE UNIPESSOAL LIMITADA	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3147
Restio Energy	SME	http://www.restio.co.za/
Shengzhou Stove Manufacturer	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2100
SunFire Solutions	SME	https://www.sunfire.co.za/
Tradhol Internacional SA	Company	http://www.tradholint.com/
Welthungerhilfe	Consultant	https://www.welthungerhilfe.org/our-work/countries/mozambique/
Wundacarbon Holdings (Pty) Ltd.	Company	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/3303
YAZU Mozambique LDA	SME	https://www.facebook.com/www.yazu.co.za/
Zoe Enterprise	SME	https://www.cleancookingalliance.org/partners/item/999/2083

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[1] ‘Energy Africa Compact for Mozambique’, accessed 8 July 2021, https://brilhomoz.com/assets/documents/1_Energy-Africa-Compact-for-Mozambique.pdf.

[2] ‘ALER - Resumo Renovaveis Em Mocambique 2021’.

[3] BERF, ‘Business Environment Constraints in Mozambique’s Renewable Energy Sector: Solar PV Systems and Improved Cook Stoves’.

[4] EnDev, ‘Workshop Energy Market Scorecard Mozambique ICS 2020’.

[5] EnDev.

[6] ‘ALER - Resumo Renovaveis Em Mocambique 2021’.

[7] ‘MozCarbon » Improved Stoves’, accessed 14 July 2021, http://mozcarbon.co.mz/improved-stoves/.

[8] Garner, ‘Garner - Carbon Program Brief’, n.d., 2.

[9] Zander Garner, ‘Garner: Carbon Credits for Modern Energy Access’, 2021, https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60773fcf61f8fa4a3e66c579/t/607dbd126ac3875b4adc5644/1618853155032/Carbon+Program+Brief.pdf.

[10] ‘Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Cooking of Food in Mozambique’, accessed 15 July 2021, https://www.eni.com/en-IT/operations/energy-efficiency-and-sustainable-cooking.html.

[11] ‘Pamoja Moçambique’, 2021, https://www.facebook.com/PamojaMocambique/.