The economics of improved charcoal stoves in Kenya |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Optoelectronic Convergence Research Center, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea;2. Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, South Korea;1. Northwest A&F University, Yangling, Shaanxi Province 712100, PR China;2. Northwest University, Xi׳an, Shaanxi Province 710069, PR China;1. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Tiruchirappalli, India;2. National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India;1. Group of Environmental Engineering and Microbiology (GEMMA), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech, c/Jordi Girona 1-3, Building D1, E-08034 Barcelona, Spain;2. Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), Building Energy and Environment Group, Edifici GAIA (TR14), C/Rambla Sant Nebridi 22, E-08222, Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain;3. Instituto Nacional de Eficiencia Energética y Energías Renovables (INER), 6 de Diciembre N33-32, Quito, Ecuador;4. Green Empowerment, 140 SW Yamhill St, Portland, OR 97204, USA;1. Department of Chemical and Polymer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Lagos State University, Lagos, 100268 Nigeria;2. Swedish Centre for Resource Recovery, University of Borås, SE 50190, Borås, Sweden;1. School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China;2. School of Electronics and Information, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, China;3. Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Aalborg 9220, Denmark |
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| Abstract: | Charcoal for cooking is a major expenditure for urban households in Kenya and improved stoves can reduce fuel costs by at least 25%. The author relates how, although an improved stove is more expensive than a traditional stove, the payback period is short and an improved stove also lasts longer. The benefits to society of a programme to encourage small-scale, informal sector production of charcoal stoves are seen to be large, even after accounting for the administrative costs. Such a programme may also provide limited employment and income gains for producers. The environmental impacts may be significant because of the energy loss in converting wood to charcoal and the fact that charcoal is usually made from felling whole trees. |
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