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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NO-BOK link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Ron (and the list),<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Thank you for sharing the Boiling Point story on the list and for the nice comments. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Prime Cookstoves has, since being established in 2013, exported to more than 20 countries and sold more than 10,000 stoves commercially to distributors around the world. We manufacture the stoves developed by Prof. Nurhuda in Indonesia, whilst our HQ is in Oslo. As mentioned below, Prime was established with funding from Differ (<a href="http://www.differgroup.com">www.differgroup.com</a>), a Norwegian company that invests in or establishes companies in the renewable energy/energy efficiency sector in Asia and Africa. Differ has also established Ditana Energy Solutions, a distribution company for Prime cookstoves in Indonesia that has so far sold more than 3,000 Prime stoves to end-users, in addition to Vitalité Zambia that retails Prime cookstoves in Lusaka. Being involved all along the value chain from stove development to end-user distribution in several countries provides Differ/Prime/Ditana with a rather unique position as information and knowledge can be easily shared. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>To answer your questions below, why do end-users like Prime cookstoves, I will refer to a recent impact assessment study we conducted in North-Sumatra, Indonesia: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fuel savings: Average reduction of fuelwood consumption of 57%<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Price: Affordable for end-users without subsidies (3 months’ pay-back time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Time savings: Average time savings of 8 hrs per household per week if fuelwood is collected<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Monetary savings: Average savings of USD 2.5 per household per week if fuelwood is purchased (does not include savings if fuelwood is used to replace expensive LPG)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Smokeless flame: Users reported significant reduction in smoke compared to traditional cooking practices common in the area<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Fuel flexibility: Prime cookstoves can burn a large variety of biomasses (dried corncobs, branches, coconut hust etc etc), increasing flexibility and reducing reliance on fuelwood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Reduced tending time: In our experience users like batch-loaded stoves as they require minimal tending which also saves them time as the stove does not “tie them to the kitchen”. They also utilize the char-burning time for heating water and other tasks that do not require intense heat. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We are currently working on updating our website but I will share this on the list once it is launched. I have forwarded your email to Kopernik in case they would like to comment. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hope this was useful!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camilla<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Camilla Fulland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>CEO | Prime Cookstoves<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="mailto:camilla.fulland@primestoves.com"><span lang=EN-US>camilla.fulland@primestoves.com</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Norway: +47 48 12 05 37<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Indonesia: +628 2147 600 141<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Skype: camilla.fulland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><a href="http://www.primestoves.com/"><span lang=EN-US>www.primestoves.com</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Ronal W. Larson [mailto:rongretlarson@comcast.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> 19. juli 2015 16:38<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass<br><b>Cc:</b> mnurhuda@ub.ac.id; camilla.fulland@primestoves.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Story about a successful TLUD in Indonesia<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>List: cc Prof. Nurhuda and Camilla Fulland<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>1. This is to encourage all stovers to read the nice story about the Indonesian firm “Kopernik”, with much about Prof. Nurhuda and his TLUD stove, and the firm “Prime Stoves”. I get the (free) print copy of “Boiling Point” (BP), but think you can get there through:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.hedon.info/BP:Latest%20Issue"><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>http://www.hedon.info/BP:Latest%20Issue</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Then you have to download - but maybe first sign up.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>2. One quote (emphasis added about being the <b><u>most popular</u></b> stove - the first time I have seen this for a TLUD):<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><i> </i></span><i>"In their search for an appropriate cookstove, Wojkowska and Nakamura were introduced to Professor Muhammad Nurhuda, a lecturer in theoretical physics at Brawijaya University in Malang, East Java. Professor Nurhuda had been working on the development of a top-lit uplift gasifier stove, named the UB.03-01 stove. This stove used up to 80% less wood than a three-stone cookfire and produced no smoke when burning dry fuel. Made from sheet metal, the stove was lightweight and easy to transport - a valuable feature in order to expand distribution to remote islands. The factory price of the stove, less than US$ 13, was far lower than imported cookstoves (in the range of US$ 30-50) and there was no risk of shipments being delayed in customs. This confluence of innovative design, fuel-efficiency, portability and affordability made the stove extremely attractive from a technical and economical viewpoint.</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>The UB.03-1 stove was regularly selected as the most popular clean cookstove at these events. In Bojonegoro, East Java, it was voted the most popular product of all technologies including solar lights, water filters and agricultural technologies. </i></b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><i>A further key supply chain development came in late 2013 when Norwegian investment group Differ became the majority investor and distributor of Professor Nurhuda’s UB.03-1 cookstove.”</i><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>3. Most of the story was about the distribution system set up by Kopernik, which company can be found at: <a href="http://www.kopernik.ngo/">http://www.kopernik.ngo/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>4. There is a good bit about a firm called Prime stoves (<a href="http://www.primestoves.com/team/">http://www.primestoves.com/team/</a>), headed by Ms Fulland<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>5. Dr. Nurhuda and Ms. Fulland: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Can you add anything on why the stove purchasers liked your TLUD stove better than others? (time saving? using the char?, smoke reduction?, able to use small branches?, making money?, saving money?, etc?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>I would have liked to included an address for the founders of Kopernik (<i>Wojkowska and Nakamura) </i>, so hope you will see if they also wish to comment.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span> </span>Congratulations to all involved, especially the Hedon publishers of BP, who I presume read this list some.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ron<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>