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<p class="MsoNormal">Nikhil,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for bringing that Ghana / South Korea item to our attention. I would have missed it otherwise.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That would be 500,000 CC per year X 4 years = 2 million CC for the total project.
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
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<p class="MsoNormal">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1. Good Public Relations for South Korea and a rock bottom price for CC to help South Korea meet its climate commitments.
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<p class="MsoNormal">2. Some cookstove improvements in Ghana, including creating some local jobs and $10 per stove investment into the economy.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Some reduction in carbon emissions to the atmosphere, which is climate positive.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That makes it a Win – Win – Win situation. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How come there is not more of this being done? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Doc / Dr TLUD / Paul S. Anderson, PhD --- Website: <a href="http://www.drtlud.com">
<span style="color:#0563C1">www.drtlud.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Email: <a href="mailto:psanders@ilstu.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">psanders@ilstu.edu</span></a> Skype: paultlud<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Phone: Office: 309-452-7072 Mobile & WhatsApp: 309-531-4434<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Exec. Dir. of Juntos Energy Solutions NFP <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Go to: <a href="http://www.JuntosNFP.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.JuntosNFP.org</span></a> to support woodgas (TLUD) projects<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> incl. purchase of Woodgas Emission Reduction (WER) carbon credits<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> and please tell you friends about these distinctive service efforts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Author of “<i>A Capitalist Carol</i>” (free digital copies at
<a href="http://www.capitalism21.org"><span style="color:#0563C1">www.capitalism21.org</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> with pages 88 – 94 about solving the world crisis for clean cookstoves.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Nikhil Desai <pienergy2008@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 8, 2019 7:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Discussion of biomass cooking stoves <stoves@lists.bioenergylists.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <crispinpigott@outlook.com>; Anderson, Paul <psanders@ilstu.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Ghana news: Clean charcoal cookstoves to help solve climate change<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(Crispin, Paul cc'd because of their participation in CCFs old and new.) <br>
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In exchange for CDM carbon credits, a Korean company to fund distribution of 500,000 household-size cookstoves. <br>
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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. <br>
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Said to have life span of 3-5 years, which seems rather low for a cast-iron stove with ceramic lining. <br>
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<a href="https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/business/Ministry-of-Energy-facilitates-production-of-eco-friendly-cookstoves-808996">Ministry of Energy facilitates production of eco-friendly cookstoves</a> GhanaWeb 8 December 2019 <br>
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A UNDP report (~2015?) said that GHACCO - Ghana Alliance for Clean Cookstoves - targeted 5.5 million improved charcoal cookstoves by 2020. <a href="https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/NAMA%20Study%20Ghana%20final.pdf">https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/NAMA%20Study%20Ghana%20final.pdf</a>,
an infographic at <a href="https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/Ghana_infographic_6.pdf">https://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/MDG%20Carbon%20Facility/Ghana_infographic_6.pdf</a>. <br>
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Another story says LPG penetration is 25% of households now and set to rise to 50% by 2030. <a href="https://allafrica.com/stories/201911120445.html">Ghana: Cylinder Recirculation Model Bylydia Darlington Fordjour</a> AllAfrica.com, 11 Nov 2019. <br>
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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.) <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
Nikhil Desai</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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