Scalable Business Models for Alternative Biomass Cooking Fuels and Their Potential in Sub-Saharan Africa
Building on its previous work on clean cooking in Africa, the World Bank has begun to explore intervention strategies for the clean cooking sector that move beyond stoves to examine the potential for cleaner-burning biomass fuels. This report focus...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2017
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/327641508494599807/Scalable-business-models-for-alternative-biomass-cooking-fuels-and-their-potential-in-Sub-Saharan-Africa http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28595 |
| Summary: | Building on its previous work on clean
cooking in Africa, the World Bank has begun to explore
intervention strategies for the clean cooking sector that
move beyond stoves to examine the potential for
cleaner-burning biomass fuels. This report focuses on the
potential for scaling biofuel markets in the region for
cooking as opposed to heating or industrial uses,
specifically carbonized and uncarbonized biomass briquettes,
biomass pellets, ethanol fuel, and ethanol gel. Models are
explored for scaling the cooking fuel value chains while
balancing the environmental health, social, and economic
impacts of the fuels at the household and national level.
While this report focuses solely on pellets, briquettes, and
ethanol, referred to here as alternative biofuels, LPG,
electricity, and biogas also have a role to play in a clean
cooking ecosystem. |
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