[Stoves] Opinion: Renewable Electricity v. Clean Cookstoves

[Nikhil Desai]

Julien:

Thank you. The idea is so simple and the rationale so self-evident, it is surprising that there isn’t much success on the ground that I know of, with possible exception of a World Bank project in Bangladesh. (It probably supports large SHS and not the portable pico-pv products. It probably doesn’t have TLUD stoves either.)

I once wrote a proposal for energy vouchers that could be used for PV products or cooking systems/fuels, the idea being that they would be used for PV products first and then stove or fuel. 

There were a couple of ventures in India to run “energy stores”; one was about 20 years ago, the other about ten years ago. 

I also remember David Stein doing both in Vanuatu for a few years. 

Nikhil 
Skype: nikhildesai888

> On Mar 13, 2019, at 1:45 PM, Julien Winter <winter.julien at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi All;
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> Small-scale solar energy systems may become affordable, and provide quality lighting (as opposed to kerosene lamps) for school children to study at night, and may in time provide internet access.  There are other possibilities.
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> Biomass cookstoves are likely to exist alongside electricity.  Furthermore, if you are using a TLUD, you could make income to pay for the electric system.  Here is another video from Bangladesh on the TLUD/Biochar Ecosystem.  Making biochar in the home places maximizes the distribution of socio-economic benifits.  Notice all the smiling women in their colorful saris.
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> This video was made by the Bangladeshi equivalent of the BBC:
> https://youtu.be/B_2pnzOiL5g
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> Cheers,
> Julien.
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> Julien Winter
> Cobourg, ON, CANADA
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