[Stoves] NE Biochar takes the C-cake

[Crispin Pemberton-Pigott]

Dear Ron

> Anything more on wood prices in town would be helpful.  And for anything
in large quantities.
> Any data on the main cooking fuels if not char?  Propane, electricity,
etc.  Much wood?

The study just finished is being compiled. Early indications are that a
rough split of 40% cooking primarily with wood, 40% cooking primarily with
(subsidised) LPG, 20% with kerosene and electricity.

Of the 40% using LPG, 70% are using wood to heat water.
Of the 40% using wood, over 70% are using LPG to some extent, even in places
quite far from a supply.

It means about 70 of the whole population is using wood for heating water,
with a smaller fraction using it more and more as income decreases. 

Cecil says kitchens are becoming divided into a clean portion with wood and
dirty pots, and a clean side with LPG and clean pots. There is an
opportunity in the market for water-heating-only devices which are highly
suited to TLUD powering because the task is fixed and predictable, plus it
operates at full power all the time. Think of it as a biomass-powered
kettle.

Regards
Crispin