[Stoves] Press Release - Envirofit India Reduces Over 1 Million Tonnes of CO2 - Envirofit

[Nikhil Desai]

Tom:

This is impressive, but so is this claim from ESMAP/GOGLA

" GOGLA estimates that the use of Lighting Global/GOGLA-affiliated solar
devices has avoided *28.6 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions. *When
considering the entire universe of OGS devices, emissions avoided are
likely to be substantially higher. GOGLA’s estimates of avoided emissions
include carbon dioxide as well as black carbon, a by-product of burning
kerosene that has a high capacity for trapping heat in the atmosphere. One
study estimates the amount of black carbon generated from the use of
kerosene lamps worldwide to be 270,000 tons per year – a quantity that has
the climate warming capacity of 240 million tons of carbon dioxide."

Why don't stove promoters include Black Carbon avoidance in their argument?
(I believe the argument was first advanced in ~2004 by Bond and Sun. I
wrote a policy note to that effect in 2006, revised in 2012. I also
advocated using 20-year GWPs.).

Gold Standard Foundation is a problem.

Nikhil

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On Fri, Sep 21, 2018 at 11:07 PM, Tom Miles <tmiles at trmiles.com> wrote:

>
> http://envirofit.org/press-release-envirofit-india-
> reduces-million-tonnes-carbon-csr-cookstoves/?platform=hootsuite
>
> Press Release – Envirofit India Reduces Over 1 Million Tonnes of CO2
> *September 20, 2018*
>
>
>
> *• Cookstoves sold by Envirofit India have reduced over 1 millions tonnes
> of CO2 • CO2 reduction verified by The Gold Standard through rigorous
> monitoring, reporting & verification • Envirofit India carbon credits
> issued by Gold Standard also help increase energy access for people in
> energy poverty*
>
> *Pune, India* – Envirofit India has surpassed 1 million tonnes of CO2
> reduced, demonstrated via the issuance of Gold Standard carbon credits;
> Verified Emissions Reductions (VERs). This milestone was certified by Gold
> Standard Foundation, a respected international carbon standards and
> certification group – and made possible by durable, high-quality Envirofit
> stoves that households use year after year. Envirofit can issue VERs over
> many years because their CO2 reductions, generated when households use
> their stoves, have been independently verified.
>
> As the global leader in the design, manufacture, and sale of
> technologically advanced biomass cookstoves, Envirofit uses the proceeds
> from the sale of carbon credits to provide a boost to small scale clean
> cookstove enterprises with training, marketing and sales support. This
> support helps increase energy access for people living in energy poverty.
> Furthermore, according to the GSF, the impact of 1 million cookstove VERs
> is equivalent to a $151 million investment in employment, livelihood and
> health impacts
> <http://www.goldstandard.org/sites/default/files/documents/goldstandard_impactinvestment.pdf>
> over and above the certified climate impacts.
>
> Envirofit works with the GSF to certify CO2 emissions reductions from
> household cookstove use and to issue corresponding carbon credits.
> Envirofit’s partnerships with carbon credit buyers, including governments,
> corporations and private individuals, helps them to offset their
> unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions via high impact, charismatic carbon
> reduction projects throughout the world. By partnering with Envirofit,
> carbon credit buyers can deliver both climate and sustainable development
> impacts that transcend most standard CO2 emissions reductions.
>
> Working with the GSF, Envirofit follows a rigorous monitoring, reporting &
> verification process in its cookstove projects to accurately account for
> the emissions reductions. The improved efficiency and durability of
> Envirofit’s biomass cookstoves is monitored frequently and households are
> surveyed to check that stoves are continuously used by their owners. This
> monitoring process is then independently verified to ensure transparency,
> which means that carbon credit buyers can claim an impact via their
> purchase that is traceable back to the individual stove use in households
> throughout the world.
>
> Nearly three billion people worldwide live in energy poverty, lacking
> access to clean energy technologies, and cook their meals over open flames
> with biomass fuels such as charcoal and wood. Traditional cookstoves are
> incredibly inefficient, wasting 90% of the energy generated and requiring
> up to one-third of a family’s income for fuel. It is also hazardous to the
> environment, causing 25% of the world’s global black-carbon emissions. The
> smoke and other toxic fumes that result from cooking this way – known as
> Household Air Pollution – are estimated to cause or directly contribute to
> 3.8 million deaths per year – more than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis
> combined.
>
> Envirofit stoves reduce smoke and toxic emissions by up to 80% and reduce
> fuel consumption by an average of ~60%, which corresponds to a reduction of
> between ~2-3 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year. Over its average lifespan
> of 5 years, each Envirofit stove can help prevent up to 15 tonnes of CO2
> equivalent from being released. With over 1.6 million stoves sold
> worldwide, Envirofit stoves have the potential to prevent the release of up
> to ~24 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent over their lifetime.
>
> According to current Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves estimates, the
> number of people who cook with biomass is expected to grow as global
> population increases, reaching 3.24 billion by 2025. By sustainably growing
> markets and increasing access to clean energy technology, carbon credit
> offsetting positively impacts the lives of millions, and helps future
> generations benefit from this access as well.
>
> *****
> *About Envirofit India*
>
> Envirofit India, a subsidiary of Envirofit International, is a social
> enterprise that innovates smart energy products and services that improve
> lives on a global scale. Using a market-based approach, Envirofit develops
> a global product line of wood, charcoal, and LPG cookstoves that cook
> faster while reducing fuel use, smoke, and toxic emissions. Serving more
> than 8 million people in energy poverty, Envirofit’s household energy
> products reduce climate change, create new jobs, and enable families to
> save money.
>
> *CONTACT*
> Ravi Kumar P
> Envirofit India – Senior Manager- Product & Consumer Experience
> ravi.kp at envirofit.org
> +91 8956 443 443
> www.envirofit.org
>
>
> T R Miles Technical Consultants Inc.
> tmiles at trmiles.com
> Sent from mobile.
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