[Stoves] Ghana news: Clean charcoal cookstoves to help solve climate change

[Anderson, Paul]

Nikhil,

Thanks for bringing that Ghana / South Korea item to our attention.   I would have missed it otherwise.

Using the provided numbers, there will be 500,000 stoves with an average life of  4 years (3 – 5).  I think that charcoal stoves could be credited with 1 to 2 carbon credits (CC) per year.  ( I  will  use 1 CC/yr and then it is simple to multiply it larger if merited)

That would be 500,000 CC per year X 4 years = 2 million CC for the total project.

Cost of project is estimated at US$5.5 million, but did not say if all of that money was from South Korea.   Assuming 90% ($5 million), then the South Koreans are acquiring carbon credits at US$ 2.50 per CC.   (check my math, but I think that seems correct).

So, if the stoves last 5 years, or if the S. Korean funds are less than the $5 million, or it the CC per stove is greater than 1.0 (say 1.5 or 2.0), the South Korean expense per CC would be even less, maybe even only half.

1.  Good Public Relations for South Korea and a rock bottom  price for CC to help South  Korea meet its climate commitments.
2.  Some cookstove improvements in Ghana, including creating some local jobs and $10 per stove investment  into the economy.
3.  Some reduction in carbon emissions to the atmosphere, which is climate positive.

That makes it a Win – Win – Win situation.

How come there is not more of this being done?

And why $10 per stove for a charcoal burner when better “bang for the buck” can be had with other stoves?     (and some of us are working toward a $10 TLUD-ND with much more benefits).

Paul

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In exchange for CDM carbon credits, a Korean company to fund distribution of 500,000 household-size cookstoves.

With a $5.5 m budget, comes to $11 per stove, presumably including implementation fees and M&E to verify fNRB.  Looks like they carry GPS trackers.

Said to have life span of 3-5 years, which seems rather low for a cast-iron stove with ceramic lining.

Ministry of Energy facilitates production of eco-friendly cookstoves<https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ministry-of-Energy-facilitates-production-of-eco-friendly-cookstoves-808996> GhanaWeb 8 December 2019

A UNDP report (~2015?) said that GHACCO - Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves - targeted 5.5 million improved charcoal cookstoves by 2020. https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/NAMA%20Study%20Ghana%20final.pdf, an infographic at https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/Ghana_infographic_6.pdf.

Another story says LPG penetration is 25% of households now and set to rise to 50% by 2030. Ghana: Cylinder Recirculation Model Bylydia Darlington Fordjour<https://allafrica.com/stories/201911120445.html> AllAfrica.com, 11 Nov 2019.

At roughly $20 per 15 kg cylinder and 7 million households, looks like there will be a lot of stacking if 5 million households use charcoal. Wood users extra. (See the UNDP report.)

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