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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Christa,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Thanks for the description and the links. The BocharPlus project also evolved into the African Biochar Partnership (ABP) which was created a last year. Dr. Bah Saho, ECREEE, is the director of that project and also a director of the International Biochar Initiative. We are currently discussing way in which IBI can support ABP.<a name="_MailEndCompose"><o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Tom<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><img width=51 height=37 style='width:.5333in;height:.3833in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D2C751.0805C540" alt=Logo160.><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>Chairman<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'>International Biochar Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><a href="http://www.biochar-international.org/"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><span style='color:#0563C1'>Biochar-international.org</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailEndCompose'></span><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Stoves [mailto:stoves-bounces@lists.bioenergylists.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>CHRISTA ROTH<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, May 07, 2017 1:52 PM<br><b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br><b>Cc:</b> Andrew Heggie <aj.heggie@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Stoves] Wattle cuttings - some more corrections regarding the ELSA stove<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Paul, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>you said <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>1. The mentioned Elsa stove is not by Dave Lello, but is by David Young<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would like to correct that: the stove known as the ELSA stove was not invented by David Young. The link <a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/content/elsa-stove">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/content/elsa-stove</a> was posted by him to write about how he built one on according to the ELSA stove blueprints from the web. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>The ELSA stove was invented in the framework of a EU funded Biochar project by a group of researchers from the Italian University of Udine. Find more on the ELSA stove and the project on <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/biocharplusproject/home">https://sites.google.com/site/biocharplusproject/home</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the company Blucomb later emerged from that group <a href="http://www.blucomb.com/en/home/">http://www.blucomb.com/en/home/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>It is also featured in the GIZ-HERA manual microgasification <a href="https://energypedia.info/wiki/File:Micro_Gasification_2.0_Cooking_with_gas_from_dry_biomass.pdf">https://energypedia.info/wiki/File:Micro_Gasification_2.0_Cooking_with_gas_from_dry_biomass.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In Ghana I just ELSA stoves with a sturdy frame and either single or double burners which function very well. Apparently over 2,000 units were made and sold by artisans in the Cape Coast province in Ghana. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best regards<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Christa<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>Am 07.05.2017 um 20:51 schrieb Paul Anderson <<a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu">psanders@ilstu.edu</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br>1. The mentioned Elsa stove is not by Dave Lello, but is by David Young<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="mailto:dyoung@pobox.com">dyoung@pobox.com</a> Urbana, IL (217) 721-9981 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>_______________________________________________<br>Stoves mailing list<br><br>to Send a Message to the list, use the email address<br><a href="mailto:stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org">stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>to UNSUBSCRIBE or Change your List Settings use the web page<br><a href="http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org">http://lists.bioenergylists.org/mailman/listinfo/stoves_lists.bioenergylists.org</a><br><br>for more Biomass Cooking Stoves, News and Information see our web site:<br><a href="http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/">http://stoves.bioenergylists.org/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>